Sebastopol — Photographer Anton Orlov, left, talks with Barbara Hoffmann at Hoffmann's home in Sebastopol. Orlov had come to present a show of "magic lantern" slides taken in World War I-era Russia by her grandfather, John Wells Rahill.
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Sebastopol — Barbara Hoffmann carries a samovar, used in Russia to heat water for tea, which was brought to America by her grandfather in 1918. She and photographer Anton Orlov were preparing for a showing of magic lantern slides he also brought back with him from Russia.
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Sebastopol — John Bressie views photographic works by Orlov on the school bus that Orlov owns. He uses the bus for transportation and to display his work. It also has a darkroom.
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Sebastopol — Orlov projects magic lantern slides next to Hoffmann's home in Sebastopol.
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Sebastopol — Hoffmann, far right, joins a group of local residents to watch a showing of the glass slides taken by her grandfather.
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San Diego — An original 1917 black-and-white print and its companion hand-tinted magic lantern slide are among hundreds of images that Orlov bought from Hoffmann.
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San Diego — Orlov walks into his traveling photography bus in San Diego. A fine-art photographer and lecturer, he travels the country documenting everyday life on old, large format film cameras. The 1978 Gillig bus was once used by the Durham Unified School District in California's Central Valley area.
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San Diego — Orlov looks through a box of the 1917 magic lantern slides in his San Diego darkroom. Projected on the screen is one of the photos, showing Russian artillery pieces.
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San Diego — Orlov holds another slide. He bought 500 of the hand-colored glass slides from Hoffman for sorting and study, providing a fascinating link to the past for both of them.
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San Diego — Orlov in the fully functional darkroom in the back of his converted school bus.
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San Diego — Orlov holds a No. 1 Kodak Jr. camera like the one that American photographer John Wells Rahill used in 1917 in Russia.
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Photographer John Wells Rahill steps out from behind his camera to join some village children for a picture..
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An image shows photographer John Wells Rahill somewhere in China. His route to Russia took him through Manchuria.
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San Diego — Orlov holds a magic lantern slide of Russian soldiers photographed by Rahill.
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