Frank Hardy Made My Photographs Two

This image is one that my father made back in the 1940’s on one of his trips out West to visit his sister.  The photo was made from a bridge looking down at these kids swimming in this river … it must have been made with a wide angle lens because this negative was mostly all water and the kids were a very, very small section ( maybe about a quarter of the size of a “Forever” stamp ) of the negative.  They are sharp, since you can see their features at this magnification, and I think that you can see how much fun they are having.  What struck me was how ” muddy ” ( I did not want to say dirty ) this river is … however it does not seem to bother these boys.  Coming from Florida and swimming in the Gulf and the rivers and bays in this area, I can never remember swimming in water that looked like this.  But it sure looks like these kids are really enjoying themselves and the clarity of the water looks like the last thing on their mind … it makes me wonder if this was rain water or if it was just a lake with a sandy bottom.  Whatever … thanks for looking and please check back … Frank

These two photos were found with the ones of Modesto California, so I would imagine that they were made somewhere near the Modesto area.  Since I have never been to this area, nothing even remotely looks familiar.  The old cars crossing the bridge into the ” big ” city makes this photo look interesting to me.  Somewhere back, I posted a photo my dad made by a shore with boats and it looked to me to have been made on a lake … I wonder if this bridge might have been across that lake.  I know that we might never know for sure, since my father died four years ago, but it is interesting to speculate.  The next photo is downtown somewhere …

The ” Hotel Whitmore ” sign is sure prominent in this photo … I wonder if this could be downtown Modesto?  Maybe that was the city off in the distance as you crossed the bridge?  I am sure that some one out there might know the answer.  It is interesting to look at the downtown photo and see all of the street-car wires suspended above the street. Could you imagine going to a city this large now and looking up and seeing all of those wires … I am sure there is still a city out there today that looks like this, but I sure have not seen one in years.  That is all for now.  Thanks for looking and all comments are appreciated …

UPDATE:  Someone commented and said that these two images are of Dallas Texas.  The image above is Commerce Street in downtown Dallas, because the Hotel Whitmore is still there.  The image before is a skyline of Dallas coming across some … I do not know which one, but is anyone knows, please let us hear from you.  Thanks … Frank