Moscow and muscovites

[amirko]

...received all of this plus more from Moscow, ID.

There were 2 cameras as you see, Agfa Pioneer and Ansco ReadyFlash, plus:
-- portrait attachment for Ansco
-- 1 flash
-- 1 case
-- 2 rolls of film, one unused, one exposed
-- manual for Agfa ("The Agfa Pioneer camera is modern, compact camera especially designed blah-blah...")
-- plus something else, don't remember at the moment.

For $9.99 and just because of the exposed Verichrome Pan.

Here is the story on the film:

Only the first picture is somewhat sharp, the rest is blurred.
I think they used the portrait attachment on the rest.
These attachments were not designed for the group portraits, should be used at closer distances for the headshots (correct me if I'm wrong, this is No30 Ansco).
Anyway, I think they are even better this way. Love them all.
I think this is Moscow, Idaho in mid to late 60s. At least what it looks like. I wonder where are they all now.
The streets are emptier these days. Everybody's inside, myself included. Oh well...
Have a nice weekend guys

[Julio1fer]

First communion. The camera on the left side looks like an Agfa Clack.

[amirko]

First communion.

yes, should be

The camera on the left side looks like an Agfa Clack.

yes but it says "ANSCO Readyflash"

[LarryD]

OHH yess great as you always do my friend I love my ready flash.

[Julio1fer]

yes but it says "ANSCO Readyflash"

Of course Emir, just remarking on the general similarity. Ansco and Agfa had a lot of links and shared-brand cameras in the 1950s. The Ansco Readyflex is 620, and it has a metal body instead of plastic. No flash contacts in the Clack either.

[Ronald Bishop]

I think this is Moscow, Idaho in mid to late 60s. At least what it looks like. I wonder where are they all now. Quote}

 Lots of these homes are left, but are slowly being replaced with new sub-divisions. I was down through there just a few weeks ago.
    They were built after WWII for the baby boomers and also to help the employment situation at that time.
the plan made a few millionaires and dumped some substandard housing unto the public.
     The houses in Moscow and Spokane were built with 'green lumber'.The lumber came from mills in St.Maries Idaho and Lewiston Idaho. The St.Maries mill didn't have a dry kiln, the boards were just sticker-ed and left out in the sun to dry. { when I was 16yo I worked in the St.Maries mill and stacking lumber off the green-chain was an entree job @ $.97an hour.} So noises during the night were common, the house was shrinking.
I believe they were selling for around $4000.00. I bought one in Spokane for $ 5800.00 in 1964. When we remodeled it I had to replace a bunch of the studs in the walls as the old ones were warped and split so bad. When I went to replace the front door I had to replace the casing as the old one was so out of square.


  I would also guess that these pictures were maybe mid 50s ? { no junk cars in the yards}