Just happened to discover the photos taken by photographer
Branson DeCou (1892-1941).
(
maybe some of you know his works already?)
photos from
Branson DeCou Digital Archive :
http://digitalcollections.ucsc.edu/c.../nosort/ad/asc
See also here:
http://library.ucsc.edu/vrc/decou-dream-pictures
here:
http://1x1.fi/sk/7825
and here:
http://1x1.fi/sk/993 (St. Petersburg, Russia, 1931)
In Russian (по-русски):
http://spbstarosti.ru/vidy-na-peterb...sona-deku.html
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"Photographer and travelogue lecturer Branson DeCou journeyed the world for thirty years before his death in 1941 at the relatively young age of 49.
He was born October 20, 1892, in Philadelphia"
(source:
http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/ft709nb32t/ )
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Photos taken
in California:
http://найдешь.рф/?p=8161
(I do hope the link will work OK)
Sorry! this site is in Russian but the photos speak for themselves