Our Del Norte County Photo Albums | |
 | The children are Donald,.Lora and Clark Nuss Children of Donald and Sandy Nuss |
 | There were 12 Passengers and Captain H.T. Payne and two crewman on board. all survived the wreck. they were Residents of Crescent City on their way home from San Francisco. It struck the rocks and put a hole in her bow. under rough seas the Captain lost control. After many hours the Schooner Scotia came near and sent out a life boat to rescue the people on the boat at great peril to themselves. . Photo is Property of the Del Norte County Historical Society
Steam Schooner Crescent City wrecked.JPG Posted by sandisu on 2/19/2004, 55KB |
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Lincoln school 1908.jpg Posted by David Berry on 7/11/2001, 42KB |
| Before addition of 2nd story. My grandfather grew up here & I remember him pointing it out to me when I was a boy. I believe that it fell victim to the 1964 tidal wave. Photo probably by George T. Berry Sr. Photo from David Berry Collection.
TJT Berry Home[1].jpg Posted by David Berry on 7/4/2001, 26KB |
| This is the home of Thomas J. T. Berry & family at the corner of 4th & I Streets, Crescent City, about 1906 or 1907, after the addition of a 2nd story. Woman in front gate is probably Emma Jones Berry. Photo probably by my grandfather George Thomas Berry Sr. Photo from David Berry Collection.
Berry house.jpg Posted by David Berry on 11/19/2002, 24KB |
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Breens.jpg Posted by David Berry on 11/19/2002, 31KB |
| Masonic/Oddfellows Hall at corner of 2nd & G Streets after the waterspout that hit downtown CC Feb. 23, 1925. The hall was eventually destroyed by the 1964 tidal wave. Note the railroad crossing sign on G St. at lower right (circular sign with cross). Photo from David Berry Collection.
Waterspout 2.jpg Posted by David Berry on 10/12/2002, 31KB |
| Waterspout 3.jpg Posted by David Berry on 10/12/2002, 30KB |
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Waterspout 4.jpg Posted by David Berry on 10/12/2002, 36KB |
| This was taken on Front Street between G & H. The snare drummer in this picture was Ben Smail.
ben smail.JPG Posted by Lance Martin (VIEMANN) on 7/8/2001, 41KB |
| Note by Lance Martin (VIEMANN) : This was my Great Grandfather Frederick Hugo Viemann's house with all of his boys out front.
viemanns.JPG Posted by Lance Martin (VIEMANN) on 7/8/2001, 29KB |
| A similar picture of the same car, driver & passenger is in the DNHS Museum and is labeled "Dr. Mathew Fountain of Blue Lake, CA, with Elmer McCullough in the first auto in Crescent City, 1905." It looks like it was taken on H Street between 2nd & 3rd. The building in the background with the arch over the door appears to be the old Crescent City Bank buliding (later a law office) that stood on the corner of 3rd & H until the tidal wave. The arch is now in the DNHS Museum. The car appears to be a REO Runabout, ca. 1903-1906. Note the pedestrians stopping to watch it go by. This photo was probably taken by my grandfather, George T. Berry Sr. Photo from David Berry Collection.
2nd St Traffic.jpg Posted by David Berry on 7/4/2001, 24KB |
| My gt. gt. grandmother Mariah Vaughan Jones on the porch of her home at the corner of H & 10th streets. I lived here from 1953 to 1968. Photo from David Berry Collection.
982 H St #1.jpg Posted by David Berry on 5/25/2001, 29KB |
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Mariah Jones3.jpg Posted by Pookah on 9/6/2003, 23KB |
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mom_shouse1.JPG Posted by queenangel on 9/1/2003, 16KB |
| 982HSketch.jpg Posted by Pookah on 9/1/2003, 29KB |
| 2-story white building center left is the courthouse, large house in center is the Marhoffer house, building on right edge is the Crescent City & Smith River Railroad Depot. Photo from David Berry Collection.
3rd and K St.jpg Posted by David Berry on 7/5/2001, 35KB |
| Note by Sandisu: Most of these Home are still around in 2004, some in good shape and some not. Do you recognize any of these homes ? I am sure they have had many owners since 1930. when these photo's were taken.
Crescent City Homes in 1930.JPG Posted by sandisu on 1/21/2004, 68KB |
| Old Puncheon Road[1].jpg Posted by David Berry on 7/5/2001, 37KB |
| Caption: "Jack London on His Northern Trip Collecting Data for the North of Bay County's Association 'The Big Seven.' 7/24/11." Taken in front of X A Phillips Store. It is on a postcard sent from Mr & Mrs X A Phillips to my grandparents George & Violet Berry in 1912. My grandfather mentions in a letter to Esther Ruth Smith in 1950 that he visited with Jack London on this occasion and that he had this photo of London & his four-in-hand in front of the Phillips store, but that he hadn't been able to find it in his photo collection since his last move. It took 54 years, but I finally found it in an old box of photos today. On the back he noted that there were four horses, although it looks like three in the picture. Photo from David Berry Collection.
Jack London in CC.jpg Posted by Pookah on 7/11/2004, 26KB |
| Court House Fire 1.jpg Posted by Pookah on 7/12/2004, 25KB |
| This garage was owned by my great uncle, Roland H. Bray, and was one of the earliest automotive garages on the North Coast. It was located at 2nd & K Streets, according to the address on a sheet of his business stationery that I have. I recall him telling me that he first opened for business in 1909, and sold Model T Fords at one point. Photo from David Berry Collection.
Bray's Garage.jpg Posted by Pookah on 7/12/2004, 37KB |
| Built in early 1870's by Rev. EA Wible , the house stood on a 10-acre plot of land at the corner of 9th & L Streets. Rev. Wible sold the house and land to my gt grandfather Richard D Bray in 1898. He added the 2nd story to accomodate his large family and the house became known as "The House of Seven Gables." RD Bray lived there until his death in 1933, His daughter Margaret Bray LaCombe lived there with her husband Noel LaCombe in the 50's and 60's. Noel cut the embankment away in front of the house and built the gas station. The house burned down on July 14, 1975, and now there is a Dollar Tree Store on the site. -- David Berry |
| Photo probably taken by my grandfather George Berry, Sr. His uncle Charlie Jones was Town Marshall & Superintendent of Streets back then and I believe he is either the man seated on the roller or the man in the suit on the left. Photo from David Berry collection, courtesy of my brother Tom, Archivist for the Historical Construction Equipment Assn, who has the original.
Charlie Jones & drum roller.jpg Posted by Pookah on 4/9/2005, 45KB |
| It was on the north side of 9th between G & H in the 1950's and 60's, and was remodeled into a private residence after the high school was relocated. I grew up on the opposite end of the block and when I was 4 or 5 I went in on my own and asked for an ice cream, not realizing that money would be required. The proprietor patiently gave me my first lesson in economics and sent me home for a quarter. I was soon back with money in hand and had my ice cream. Those were different times! My thanks to Mary Jo Duncan and Jerry Cochran for sharing this photo with me - David Berry
CC ice cream shop.JPG Posted by Pookah on 1/13/2006, 35KB |
| Unidentified women above the sea at Crescent City, circa 1912. Photo scanned from my grandparents' snapshot album. Promentory in background near the center is Preston Island, which is only a flat spot now, owing to it being converted into rocks with which to build the harbor breakwater in the late 1920's. Behind it and to the left is Castle Island, which so far remains the same. |
| Young women by the breakwater, Crescent City, about 1910. The wooden fence behind them was supposed to keep high tides (tsunamis) from flooding Front Street businesses. Sometime it worked, sometimes it didn't. It wouldn't have done much good on March 28, 1964. I'm not certain of this, but I think the women may be from left to right, Margaret Bray, Dorothy ("Snow") Bray and Ethel Bray. Margaret Bray LaCombe was my grandmother's step-sister, Dorothy Bray Lenz was her sister, and Ethel Bray was her step mother. I scanned this snapshot from a 100-year-old photo album that belonged to my grandparents. |
 | my grandmother bought this house in 1969 and our family has continued to enjoy this home. :D (2011) |
 | How wonderful, to have this history preserved. |
| This was the 1930's, but does anyone know what it turned into - so familiar. |
| My grandmother-in-law, told me that they displayed the biggest and best vegetables out in front on tables. A great place. |
| Hard to believe, but I can picture it. Thank you. Not far from here, to the south of our house on Pebble Beach, my grandmother-in-law told me there was a dance hall - 1920's ish. Or slightly before. |
| FYI, my husband, Lorimer Bertolini, just told me that a drum that looked exactly like that - was owned by his family and used at the Bertolini Ranch, Ft. Dick - later on. Same one? |
| It probably got turned into splinters if it was still around at the time of the '64 tsunami. |
| I thought there was a picture of that old dance hall in this collection, but i can't find it. Maybe it was in the old Vintage Photos of Del Norte County on MSN and got lost when we had to move it all over here to Multiply. I think Sandisu posted it and maybe she still has it and can post it again. |
| My brother & I were born n this hospital. The other side was right on the Pacific shoreline. There is a Hampton Inn on this spot today. |
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