Susanville photographer, Jervie Eastman, (1880-1969), opened his studio in that community in 1921. He constantly expanded his enterprise, first by buying the local competition, Thompson Studios.
In the fall of 1931 he unveiled his traveling photography studio. It was customized trailer complete with bedroom, bathroom, kitchen, living room/reception room and a photography studio. It measured 8 feet wide, 20 feet long and six feet high. The announcement stated “The Eastman Studio No. 2 is wired so that it can be connected to the light lines in any community in which the owner decides to stop. Photographs can be taken and completed without the photographer stepping outside.”
Tim
Many years ago, I went to the Eastman Studio to have a Susanville photo printed from the Studio’s vast collection of negatives. Some years later I gave those 3 or 4 photographs to you Tim. Where are those Negatives to day? Do you have them?