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Byan’s Collection of
Photos by John E. Bz

Bryan has two albums of photos taken by his grandfather John E. Bz.  Thank you James Bell for providing us these copies (July'23)!!

The photos are fitted into pockets in the album and are in good condition, with 2 exceptions.  Many are duplicates of photos in John’s own albums or those of his brother Alfred, copies of which we already have made available on-line.  We have omitted the following duplicates:

  1. Alfred’s albums:
    1. Album 1: pg.8-1,  John & daughters visit to “Los Palmares’, July, 1907.
    2. Album 2: pg.8-d,  pg.11-c,   pg.20-c — ditto
    3. Album 2: pg.28-b, John’s daughters in the Córdoba hills, ca.1901 – dated by photo pg.05-b.
  2. John’s albums:
    1. Album 3: pg.22-a – ready to party ladies
    2. Album 4: #32 - waterfall; & #33 - family picnic?
    3. Album 6: #001 - family group portrait at Cruz Grande
    4. Album 6: #083 - family group in the “El Cajon” pool of the Ao. Cruz Grande?

BMBz-01

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La California drive
2 of John & Elsie’s daughters & Josephine K-Bz
Dated: 15/5/02
(Source: BMBz via James Bell)

BMBz-02

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Out for a walk - lower Cruz Grande valley
(Repaired photo, Source: BMBz via James Bell)

BMBz-03

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Goat farm that became Alfred’s ‘El Rincon’, 1909
Within a loop of the Arroyo ‘Cruz Grande’
Alfred bought it March 1908.
(Source: BMBz via James Bell)

BMBz-05

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Exploring the Arroyo ‘Cruz Grande’?
Frank Higham?
(Source: BMBz via James Bell)

BMBz-06

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Daughters out for a joy ride?
Córdoba hills, ca.1901
(Erased smudges & fingerprints! Source: BMBz via James Bell)

BMBz-07

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Summer in Capilla del Monte or Ascochinga (Cba)?
Photo dated 10-8-96(98?), child could be Elsie, born Nov.1893.

Note: before John & fly. moved into Cruz grande,
they would summer in Capilla del Monte or Ascochinga.
(Source: BMBz via James Bell)

BMBz-08

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Capilla del Monte or Ascochinga (Cba)?
Photo dated 2/1/01
(Source: BMBz via James Bell)

BMBz-09

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Elsie - Jo - Marjory-Daw
Likely in Capilla del Monte or Ascochinga (Cba)
ca.1901 - Marjory-Daw was born Aug.1897
(Source: BMBz via James Bell)

BMBz-10

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Elsie Macinstosh/Bz & Josephine Kolmer/Bz
Capilla del Monte or Ascochinga (Cba), ca.1901?
(Source: BMBz via James Bell)

BMBz-11

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Agnes Macintosh/Storey?
Capilla del Monte or Ascochinga (Cba), ca.1901?
(Source: BMBz via James Bell)

BMBz-12

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Marjory-Daw - Elsie - ?? - ?? - Jo – & adult
Córdoba hills, 1901
(year per plaid skirts, see Alfred Alb2-p05b & p28b)
Not-named likely Schreiber cousins
(Source: BMBz via James Bell)

BMBz-13

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Cooling-off in a river
Córdoba hills, ca.1901
(Source: BMBz via James Bell)

BMBz-15

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Swimmers at ‘El Cajón’, Arroyo ‘Cruz Grande’
(Source: BMBz via James Bell)

BMBz-16

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Swimmers at ‘El Cajón’, Arroyo ‘Cruz Grande’
(Source: BMBz via James Bell)

BMBz-17

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Swimmers at ‘El Cajón’, Arroyo ‘Cruz Grande’
(Source: BMBz via James Bell)

Swimmers enjoying the ‘El Cajon’ pool of the
Arroyo ‘Cruz Grande’, 23 February, 1902:
  - see Alfred Bz’s Album 2, photo 04-c
  - see John Bz’s Album 6, photo 6-83.

BMBz-20

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Unknown children
(Source: BMBz via James Bell)

BMBz-21

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Frank Higham - Marjory-Daw
?? - Elsie - Jo - ??
Córdoba hills, ca.1902
(Source: BMBz via James Bell)

© Peter Benitz (Benitz Family)