Speaking of Echo Park and Lotuses

This photo delights me to no end- her expression, the vintage quality, and the fact that she's surrounded by giant lotuses is just wonderful!

(from the Herald-Examiner/ Los Angeles Public Library)

Louise Van Nuys is pictured in a canoe holding lotus blossoms in 1936, during a visit to Los Angeles from the East Coast.

from the Baltimore Sun online

Vintage Echo Park Postcards, Los Angeles

I found these beautiful postcards at this years Lotus Festival in Echo Park, Los Angeles, showing scenes from the lake in earlier times (caption on back reads "Echo Park in Midwinter").

I like them especially for the colors and for how lush Los Angeles looks in these images.

For more information, visit www.HistoricEchoPark.org