Category Archives: historic humboldt

ABANDONED ROAD WAY

Posted on February 2, 2019 by Thomas Bethune

An image from some years back that I reworked today. It is of a stretch of abandoned highway that is sometimes used for backcountry packers to get to a wonderful campground directly above the ocean. It is near Stone Lagoon … 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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OCTOBER EXHIBIT AT F STREET FOTO GALLERY

Posted on September 13, 2018 by Thomas Bethune

Here is an example of the images that I will exhibit next month. I took most of them in the nineteen-eighties. Some were color slides, and others were large format black and white. These locomotives were parked at Simpson’s Korbel … Continue reading →

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THE AVILA PHOTOGRAPHED FROM THE DEL NORTE DOCK

Posted on February 1, 2018 by Thomas Bethune
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KEEPING WITH THE LEGACY TRANSPORTATION THEME

Posted on January 30, 2018 by Thomas Bethune

 This privately owned P51 Mustang was parked near the abandoned tower at ACV.  It was a common visitor for many months.   c.1995

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THE AVILA AT EUREKA

Posted on January 29, 2018 by Thomas Bethune

Here is another view from the Del Norte Street dock. It looks to me that the ship’s name is Avila, and I assume that it is a tanker. I believe that the two tugs are the Thor, and the Atlas.  Part of the … Continue reading →

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SIMPSON PULP MILL SUNSET

Posted on January 28, 2018 by Thomas Bethune

Here is another photograph c.1982 at the Del Norte Street Pier looking toward the Simpson pulp mill.

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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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