Wednesday, July 07, 2010

Mystery picnic

This photo appeared on the cover of the Orange County Historical Society's County Courier newsletter from June 1979, and it comes from the Society's photo collection. No location or date are provided. Do you know where the folks are picnicking, or when?
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8 comments:

  1. Connie Moreno7:42 AM

    How I wish I knew! I love those ladies' hats!

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  2. The OC Gazette12:10 PM

    if the costuming in the film Titanic is correct, these outfits look really similar! so maybe sometime around 1915? but that's just a guess!

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  3. CoxPilot3:03 PM

    I'm not familiar with old cameras, but seems one could research the model and zero in on that.

    The building in the background seems familiar, and might be in the old Irvine Park.

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  4. Anonymous1:08 AM

    I think it was taken in Mile Square Park in Fountain Valley.

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  5. Barry2:23 AM

    It was a little after 1914-1915 when Kodak went away from those bulbs and went to a plunger shutter cord.
    The Model 4A Folding Camera was 11 inches long...so it could be this model made from 1906-1915.

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  6. Lovely Orange Corespondent2:37 AM

    I agree with CoxPilot, I think it's Irvine Park.

    The building looks like the the one where (at that time) housed the row boats you could rent, now they have paddle boats & paddle bikes. This is just a guess!

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  7. Chris Jepsen10:32 AM

    I initially thought of Irvine Park (then called Orange County Park) myself. But it's not the boathouse in the background. It doesn't match contemporary photos of that building. The arch shape on the front is not a match.

    Dan: No, it is not Mile Square Park! ;-)

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  8. Anonymous7:16 AM

    Did you ever get to the bottom of this? It's interesting. One thing I'd point out is that most of the people in the photograph have the 'same' very distinctive nose. Maybe that nose has been passed on - its certainly extremely consistent in this photo! Thanks for posting it. Judy

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