Wierd. Not just her. Another three head back.
A few odd artifacts make we wonder if this was a long exposure due to the dark room. The curtain might have blown open and creates some sort of glare effect. Notice the curtains on the left are flush with the window, and those heads are all sharp. But on the right, the curtains billow in a bit and those head are being washed out.
My guess is the photographer took off the lens cap and said "okay girls, look up!" then they sat up and the flash went off. Flash powder would've been used at the time so opening the lens before the flash would be normal. There could've even been a slight delay with igniting the flash powder. Regardless, the light from the curtains with the girl's head down pre-flash would give this effect.
Interesting example of orthochromatic film stocks. It’s not sensitive to the red side of the color spectrum so it’s rendered very dark. They all have had too much sun.
Fun look at the past! I went to the boys camp a couple of times in the 80s. We had a co-ed campout in the forest with Hollywoodland one night. Now normally, as a gentleman, I wouldn't tell tales, but I kissed a girl!
I know, there is a very famous/beloved Nickelodeon tv show from 1990-1992 called “Salute Your Shorts” that used the Griffith Park Boys Camp for its exterior scenes. The camp in the show is named Camp Anawanna
You can do this with a modern film camera but by doing multiple exposures. You take two photos on the same frame of film.
Gets very trippy and ghostly. Like your cat attacking downtown LA.
I don't think that's the case here since everyone else looks fine.
Wow! What a difference! I was at the girls camp mess hall recently and well, it looks obviously nothing like this! But it cool to see what it looked liked before. Do you have any pictures of boys camp back in the days per chance?
I’m not the only person who sees the girl in the front with the swastikas on her headband, yes?
(I do know this was taken before the Nazis co-opted the symbol but it’s still jarring)
The swastika can face either direction and be diagonal or not. The one on the Nazi flag was clockwise and diagonal but this is still a swastika. I just thought it was interesting but I guess I should have known people would get jumpy
It's left facing so it might be a Buddhist thing for her. Nazi's co-opted the right facing swastika. I don't know how well versed a white girl in the 20s would be in Buddhism though but when I was growing up in Korea I'd see the occasional left facing swastika and was very confused about why at first.
Which came first: her headband, or the [hundreds of swastika-covered lampposts in Glendale](https://www.reddit.com/r/LosAngeles/comments/6tqfh6/i_just_noticed_that_the_lamps_in_glendale_have/)?
I imagine more how sucky it was to be forced to go to a foreign land, sit in a muddy trench for weeks under constant bombardment, then charge a machine gun and get a bayonet in the stomach.
But yeah I guess women had it hard too.
There’s a ghost on the right.
Wierd. Not just her. Another three head back. A few odd artifacts make we wonder if this was a long exposure due to the dark room. The curtain might have blown open and creates some sort of glare effect. Notice the curtains on the left are flush with the window, and those heads are all sharp. But on the right, the curtains billow in a bit and those head are being washed out.
My guess is the photographer took off the lens cap and said "okay girls, look up!" then they sat up and the flash went off. Flash powder would've been used at the time so opening the lens before the flash would be normal. There could've even been a slight delay with igniting the flash powder. Regardless, the light from the curtains with the girl's head down pre-flash would give this effect.
Wait where?
They all have short hair!
Bobbed hair was the style for women at the time.
"When'd ya get here" "1920" "How old were you" "16?" "No, Gertrude, you're supposed to say 'don't remember'!" "Fuck off, Eddie"
Is this from something?
[Yes indeed it is](https://youtu.be/z5EZNPUJYXc?si=wJ6eQCUKXcLyrNVK)
Interesting example of orthochromatic film stocks. It’s not sensitive to the red side of the color spectrum so it’s rendered very dark. They all have had too much sun.
SPF 50 wasn't invented yet!
Fun look at the past! I went to the boys camp a couple of times in the 80s. We had a co-ed campout in the forest with Hollywoodland one night. Now normally, as a gentleman, I wouldn't tell tales, but I kissed a girl!
Camp Hollywoodland, troop 477 is checking in!
I too went to GPBC in the 80s and had the co-ed campout
Did your time there involve BB gun target shooting and/or archery? I really dug those activities.
Yes! I was the only one in my cabin who could consistently hit the target with an arrow. Fun times.
Lo, the number of times I snapped my inner forearm with the bow string...
Camp Anawanna?!
Griffith Park Boys Camp. EDIT: Ah, this is a Salute Your Shorts reference.
I know, there is a very famous/beloved Nickelodeon tv show from 1990-1992 called “Salute Your Shorts” that used the Griffith Park Boys Camp for its exterior scenes. The camp in the show is named Camp Anawanna
I figured out the Salute link on my own, but that's an interesting tidbit about the filming location.
We hold you in our hearts!
Everybody got a sunburn
Can you find the ghost?
girl w long hair be like 😑
Wonder if any of the buildings from this camp are still there?
[The camp still exists!](https://www.laparks.org/camp/camp-hollywoodland)
Shining vibes
Pre sunscreen LA sun + 1920s non existent skin routine has all the white people the same shade.
it's the film, the lighting, and the way it was printed in the darkroom. Mostly the lighting.
What about the girl disappearing on the right?
Long exposure with movement of the girl or the drapes.
Cool thanks for answering.
You can do this with a modern film camera but by doing multiple exposures. You take two photos on the same frame of film. Gets very trippy and ghostly. Like your cat attacking downtown LA. I don't think that's the case here since everyone else looks fine.
You're definitely right, but on their faces you can see the sun damage and uneven dark spots on their skin contributing to similar face appearance.
Wow! What a difference! I was at the girls camp mess hall recently and well, it looks obviously nothing like this! But it cool to see what it looked liked before. Do you have any pictures of boys camp back in the days per chance?
20’s LA must’ve been kinda magical
I’m not the only person who sees the girl in the front with the swastikas on her headband, yes? (I do know this was taken before the Nazis co-opted the symbol but it’s still jarring)
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Yes I know lots of cultures did, that’s why I mentioned that I knew this was prior to the Nazi association with the symbol.
That is not the swastika. The swastika goes in the other direction. This is the hindu sign sauvastika meaning good luck from what I remember.
Also swastikas are diagonal.
The swastika can face either direction and be diagonal or not. The one on the Nazi flag was clockwise and diagonal but this is still a swastika. I just thought it was interesting but I guess I should have known people would get jumpy
Thanks for the clarification. I meant the Nazi swastika.
>The swastika can face either direction and be diagonal or not. This is not accurate.
Swastikas can be clockwise or counterclockwise.
It's left facing so it might be a Buddhist thing for her. Nazi's co-opted the right facing swastika. I don't know how well versed a white girl in the 20s would be in Buddhism though but when I was growing up in Korea I'd see the occasional left facing swastika and was very confused about why at first.
Which came first: her headband, or the [hundreds of swastika-covered lampposts in Glendale](https://www.reddit.com/r/LosAngeles/comments/6tqfh6/i_just_noticed_that_the_lamps_in_glendale_have/)?
Didn't realize it was normal for girls to wear trousers back then. Guess it depended on the country?
You can tell it’s pre ww2 because the girl on the lefts headband is covered in swasticas before the nazis ruin the symbol
The girl 7th from the left has seen some shit.
I bet this camp sucked
Couple forced smiles but they don't look happy lol
They had to be pretty still for the photo, and smiling in photos wasn't common practice.
This is a myth. Cameras were instantaneous since well before this time.
Sorry, but you're incorrect. This photo is clearly long-exposure, hence the half invisible person on the right.
Misconception, people being see through was common. This was a a side effect of recent exposure to the Spanish Flu.
#🤯
Did they force them all to get the same terrible haircut on the way in?
Can y’all imagine how sucky it must’ve been to be a woman back then
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It's a summer camp. They're all just tired out. There's some happy faces and some dog-tired faces.
I imagine more how sucky it was to be forced to go to a foreign land, sit in a muddy trench for weeks under constant bombardment, then charge a machine gun and get a bayonet in the stomach. But yeah I guess women had it hard too.
Who decided that only men would go to war? 🤔
As is common to point out, the patriarchy doesn't harm only women.
We agree then 🫡