Category Archives: historic eureka

TWO WINDOWS AND A DOOR

Posted on April 2, 2019 by Thomas Bethune

I am having a challenging time sorting out in my head which version of this image works the best. It is interesting how much a small cropping can affect the mood of an image. Is the bottom rendering the strongest … Continue reading →

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LET’S KEEP YOUR EYES MOVING

Posted on March 2, 2019 by Thomas Bethune

Perhaps it is just me, but I cannot easily find a place to rest my eyes in this image. They finally settle on the greenish horizontal strip near the center. Perhaps that is all right. I am open to comments. … Continue reading →

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ARTS ALIVE THIS SATURDAY

Posted on October 5, 2018 by Thomas Bethune

Here is a sample of my images that are part of the exhibit at the F Street Foto Gallery (upstairs at Swanlund’s Photography in Eureka). Most of my images are scanned negatives and color slides from the nineteen eighties and … Continue reading →

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NORTHWESTERN PACIFIC RAILROAD TRAIN AT DEL NORTE STREET

Posted on January 31, 2018 by Thomas Bethune

There were a couple of tracks at Del Norte Street (the dock is behind me and to the right). I assume that this was an inbound freight. The railroad was still active in the nineteen-eighties as the timber industry was … Continue reading →

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HUMBOLDT BAY IN THE NINETEEN EIGHTIES

Posted on January 26, 2018 by Thomas Bethune

  This image is a scanned 35mm color slide from about nineteen-eighty. I used to ride my bicycle to the Del Norte dock to watch and photograph the harbor activity. I took this photograph from the bluff above Broadway. The … Continue reading →

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HUMBOLDT BAY SHIPPING

Posted on January 24, 2018 by Thomas Bethune

I am compiling more of my legacy images for consideration for an exhibit.

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HERE IS THE CHURCH, HERE IS THE STEEPLE…

Posted on January 23, 2018 by Thomas Bethune

FORMER FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH, EUREKA, CALIFORNIA This image got an award at the New Year’s show at the Redwood Art Association in Eureka.

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VINTAGE TOMMY PHOTOS

Posted on March 30, 2017 by Thomas Bethune

Near the Del Norte Street Pier, Humboldt Bay 1982

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INTERACTIONS, My Relationship With the Buildings of Humboldt County

Posted on June 28, 2016 by Thomas Bethune

The exhibition runs from Saturday, July 2, 2016 through Saturday, July 30, 2016 at Piante 620 Second Street, Eureka, CA. The opening reception is Saturday, July 2, 2016 from 6pm to 9pm. Normal gallery hours are Tuesday through Saturday from … Continue reading →

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GOING TO CHURCH

Posted on March 2, 2016 by Thomas Bethune

The empty shell of a former church in Eureka – today with the Sony RX100-4

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