Photos taken by James Louis Blilie,
1953-54 Stationed at Moses Lake, WA
All images are copyright © James W. Blilie, 2010, All rights reserved
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These are all scans of slides, prints, and negatives. Some of the originals are quite damaged. Most of
the scans required some restoration in Photoshop. I'm not sure what materials he was using. When
he used Kodachrome, the colors are still well preserved. On other materials, the color has nearly
faded out completely. Here are a couple of examples (click on the thumbnails):
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Un-restored
This is typical of the slide films that are not Kodachrome. |
Restored by color restoration and various other techniques to bring something of the original image back |
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Un-restored |
Restored by color restoration and various other techniques to bring something of the original image back |
In addition, many of the slides from the 1940s and early 1950s were severely damaged by humidity
when he stored them in Florida in the late 1950s. You can clearly see large discolored blotches and
fungal growth on them. These are just too much work to correct. I present them more or less as
scanned, for record purposes.
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1940s and 1950s Photos by James L Blilie
Korea and the Philippines 1952-53
The first bunch of photos are from before he left to drive to Moses Lake, Washington
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His mother's home 1806 Wordworth Ave, St. Paul, MN (before going to Moses Lake) |
My Dad's Uncle Bert's farm, Glenwood City, WI, 1953 (before going to Moses Lake) |
Bert and cousins Bobby and Vallea Richards with my Dad's 1951 Packard at the farm |
Uncle Bert; Bert in his oat field 1953 |
Uncle Bert's farm 1953, Bert with his draught horses Jerry and Barney |
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Vallea and Bobby bringing down the cows |
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Bert's Guernsey cows |
The Gundersen sisters: L-R: Julie, Olga, Selma, Josie, 1953 at Uncle Bert's farm | Josie Gundersen, 1953 at Uncle Bert's farm |
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| Picnic at Como Park, 1953; L-R: my uncle Alex Polanek's mother, Susan Polanek, Lorraine (Blilie) Polanek (my Dad's sister), Marge Polanek (Alex's sister), Julie Blilie (my Dad's mother) |
Picnic at Como Park, 1953; L-R: Alex Polanek, Uncle Leonard Polanek, Alex's father Peter Polanek |
Picnic at Como Park, 1953: Peter Polanek |
Jimmy Nask and Susan Polanek, 1953, Como Park, St. Paul MN |
Enroute to Moses Lake Washington 1953 |
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Ferry across the Columbia River near Wenatchee, WA, Enroute to Moses Lake Washington 1953 |
Enroute to Moses Lake Washington 1953 | Moses Lake: Larson AFB, 1953 | Moses Lake: Larson AFB, 1953, 63rd Troop Carrier Squadron | 1953, Moses Lake, WA: Henry Horne and Stuart Apgar |
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1953 Moses Lake, WA: Shep Williams and his mobile Ham radio rig |
1953: Moses Lake, WA: Troop carrier exercise with troops from Fort Carson, CO |
C-119 delivery flight to Wiesbaden, Germany: Full crew | C-119 delivery flight to Wiesbaden, Germany: Flight crew: Grolnick, James L Blilie, Troxell | C-119 delivery flight to Wiesbaden, Germany, enroute: The officer's club at Stewart AFB, Nashville, TN |
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C-119 delivery flight to Wiesbaden, Germany, enroute: Top: Greenland in sight, bottom: Entry to Long Fjord, Greenland |
C-119 delivery flight to Wiesbaden, Germany, enroute: Up the Fjord to Narsarssuak, Greenland |
C-119 delivery flight to Wiesbaden, Germany, enroute: Narsarssuak landing strip, Greenland |
November 1953, road trip to San Francisco: Crater Lake, OR |
November 1953, road trip to San Francisco: Klamath Lake, OR |
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November 1953, road trip to San Francisco: Near Klamath Falls, OR: Mt. Shasta in the clouds |
November 1953, road trip to San Francisco: Northern California |
November 1953, road trip to San Francisco: Northern California | November 1953, road trip to San Francisco: Northern California, Castle Rock | November 1953, road trip to San Francisco: Mt Shasta |
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November 1953, road trip to San Francisco: The Bay Bridge |
November 1953, road trip to San Francisco: Alcatraz |
November 1953, road trip to San Francisco |
November 1953, road trip to San Francisco: The Golden Gate |
November 1953, road trip to San Francisco: Seal Rock |
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November 1953, road trip to San Francisco: Golden Gate Bridge in fog, from the air |
November 1953, road trip to San Francisco |
Near Ephrata, WA |
Corner radar reflector designed by my Dad to test the APS-42 radar system |
Adolph Lion and my Dad with the corner reflector |
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John Harper and Adolph Lion with the corner reflector |
Kurt Stein near Coulee Dam, 1953-54 | 1953-54 Kurt Stein at the Dry Falls | 1953-54 the Dry Falls |
My Dad at the Grand Coulee Dam, 1954 |
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Kurt Stein at Grand Coulee Dam, 1954 |
Grand Coulee Dam, 1954 |
Stuart Apgar at Grand Coulee Dam, 1954 |
Grand Coulee Dam, 1954 |
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Near Grand Coulee Dam, 1954 |
Chief Joseph Dam, under construction, 1954 |
Chief Joseph Dam, under construction, 1954 (at right: Stuart Apgar and Shep Williams) |
Cascade mountains |
Stanley Park, Vancouver, BC, 1953 or 1954 |
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The Lions Gate Bridge, Stanley Park, Vancouver, BC, 1953 or 1954 |
Stanley Park, Vancouver, BC, 1953 or 1954 | Stanley Park, Vancouver, BC, 1953 or 1954 | Soap Lake WA Rodeo, 1954 | Soap Lake WA Rodeo, 1954 |
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| Soap Lake WA Rodeo, 1954 | Soap Lake WA Rodeo, 1954 | Moses Lake, 1954: Trying to fly in formation: C-124 aircraft |
Glacier National Park, 1954 |
Glacier National Park, 1954 |
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Glacier National Park, 1954 |
Glacier National Park, 1954 |
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1940s and 1950s Photos by James L Blilie
Korea and the Philippines 1952-53
Background image is my Dad (R) with Adolph Lion and a radar corner reflector my Dad designed, Moses Lake, WA, 1953 or 1954, winter
Last updated: 25-Sep-2010
