Renaissance Pleasure Faire - Various Places in California
(All photos taken from the 1970 event that took place in Agoura Hills) You can see 44 different Kodachrome photos in my collection right here.
History of the Faire:
Begun in 1963 in Agoura, near Malibu, to create “living history” for schoolchildren and their families, the Original Renaissance Pleasure Faire has grown into an annual interactive playground and gallery for over 200,000 participants and guests. It has given birth to an industry nationwide and this year is more fun and exciting than ever.
This Southern California Faire has traveled a bit since Agoura. The Glen Helen Pavilion provided two different settings in Devore (in San Bernadino County) where the Faire spent many years. Shortly after the turn of the Century, the Faire moved back to Los Angeles County, to its current home at the Santa Fe Dam Recreation Area, a United States Army Corps of Engineers’ Facility and a unit of County of Los Angeles Department of Parks and Recreation System in Irwindale, CA.
Since its inception, more than 5 million people from around the world have visited Southern California’s Renaissance Pleasure Faire, averaging approximately 20,000 each weekend.
-The Original Renaissance Faire website
Out With The Old….In With The New
Wilmette, Illinois
Fall 1964 & Spring 1965
Two women purchase flowers from a vendor at the 1962 Seattle World’s Fair
Summer 1962
Seattle, Washington
(via exposandworldsfairs)
American Guide Week: The Final Day
Thanks to everyone for the kind feedback and for allowing me to share these groups of images from all over the United States. Special thanks to The American Guide for the wonderful week!
Life at North High School (1943-1946) - Worcester, Massachusetts
In 2009, I purchased an unmarked box of slides from an estate sale in Southern Michigan. The box contained beautiful Kodachrome photos taken by a young high school photographer named Andrew Love. Andrew attended North High School in Worcester, Massachusetts sometime during 1944-1947 (give or take a year or two on either side).
There are photos of after school groups, athletics, award winners, plays, agricultural events and even a band performance in West Springfield, Massachusetts. Andrew wonderfully captured high school life in Massachusetts during and after the War.
I can only post 10 photos on tumblr, but I have 75 images currently posted on my flickr page.
