tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33230120037802509682024-03-13T08:24:12.733-07:00The Daily PostcardChristine H.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09786732494496282743noreply@blogger.comBlogger1001125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3323012003780250968.post-37369758577987074382012-11-07T09:08:00.003-08:002014-02-15T15:20:13.649-08:00Up, Up and AwayAs promised, this thousand and first post is my last, at least for the foreseeable future. I will be checking in occasionally and updating some of the posts. Links to updated posts will be on this page, so check back from time to time if you like. I will also be cleaning up the list of tags at the bottom of the page so it's easier to find things.<br />
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I bid you a warm farewell with this patriotic stand-up card, 7"wide by 10.25" high. These were produced by the National Tea Company at the turn of the century to give to customers or use as a display. National Tea Company was a grocery store that started out in Chicago and became a popular chain store, particularly in the Midwest.<br />
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Thanks again to my many faithful readers and the thoughtful comments and insight you contributed to this blog. I hope you enjoyed this adventure as much as I did. I wish you all the best.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">February 13, 2014 - After finding a relevant and touching photo, I just updated the post on <a href="http://postcardparadise.blogspot.com/2012/11/the-tragic-life-of-george-muhlig.html">George Muhlig</a> and his family with an addendum.</span></h4>
<span style="color: #fff2cc;"><b>Fighting to Clear Her Ancestor's Name</b></span><br />
You may remember the numerous (and humorous) posts regarding Tracy Graham of Delhi, New York. Eventually, my research led me to his daughter Bernice, who is alive and well and still living in the the Delhi area. At 82, Bernice is not just sitting around. She is the Meredith Town Historian and has recently written a book entitled <i>My Grandmother Mary Was Hanged</i>. It turns out that Bernice's 7th grandmother was convicted of witchcraft and hanged back in 1663 in Connecticut. Apart from writing the history of the event, Bernice is trying to convince the State of Connecticut to exonerate her 7th grandmother. You can read more about the book in this <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/on-faith/descendants-want-justice-for-connecticut-witches/2012/10/01/d237f910-0c06-11e2-97a7-45c05ef136b2_story.html"><i>Washington Post</i> article</a> or buy the book from <a href="http://www.avalonmoon.com/books3.htm">Avalon Moon</a> in Delhi, Dew York.<br />
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Update February 15, 2014. I just got another letter from Bernice today. She's at it again! Bernice just published another book, <u>A Sheriff's Mounted Division in Delaware County New York</u>, which details the history of the mounted division. <br />
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<span style="color: #fff2cc;"><b>Jordena Flood Green Update</b></span><br />
Recently I was contacted by a relative of <a href="http://postcardparadise.blogspot.com/search/label/Jordena%20Flood%20Green">Jordena Flood Green</a> whose name is Linda. She didn't actually know Jordena, but she was contacted as an heir upon Jordena's death. It seems that Jordena had no close relatives when she died, and although she didn't have a huge amount of money, she had numerous accounts including a Swiss bank account. There was also evidence of a trust fund financed by a mysterious man. Jordena's relative said that there were also a number of photographs of Jordena on cruise ships and in Hawaii. If she sends me copies of these photos (wouldn't that be great!) I will add them to the post and let you know.<br />
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<span style="color: #fff2cc;"><b>Elizabeth Brady Cabot Winslow</b></span><br />
It's easy to understand why people are fascinated with Elizabeth's story, which is both mystifying and heartbreaking. I mentioned that we have some film footage from her modeling days. It has been transferred from film to a digital file. I have added a very short snippet from the film to <a href="http://postcardparadise.blogspot.com/2012/09/hugh-winslow-and-elizabeth-brady-cabot.html">this post.</a> I only included a short segment to avoid confusion, since other models were also on this film.<br />
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Christine H.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09786732494496282743noreply@blogger.com53tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3323012003780250968.post-43443545000721560212012-11-06T06:00:00.000-08:002014-02-13T17:21:39.079-08:00The Tragic Life of George MuhligGeorge John Muhlig was born in about 1873 and worked as a farmer in the areas around Walton and Liberty, New York.<br />
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He married Mary Jane Henderson; you may remember her from either <a href="http://postcardparadise.blogspot.com/2012/10/photo-sleuthing.html">this previous post</a> on the Hendersons or the <a href="http://postcardparadise.blogspot.com/2012/10/more-photo-sleuthing.html">following post</a>. Here's an early photo of Mary.<br />
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George and Mary had a son, Howard Ezra, born in 1906. According to an article in the October, 8, 1917 edition of the <i>Kingston Daily Freeman,</i> 11-year-old Howard was hit in the stomach with an apple thrown by another boy. The boy complained of a sore stomach and despite medical attention died a few days later.<br />
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In the following year, the Monticello, New York <i>Republican Watchman</i> published this article. It's a little hard to read, so I have transcribed it below.<br />
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<span style="color: #ffe599;"><b>MEN INJURED WHEN BOOZE ESCAPED</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><b>When Car Was Overturned Near White Sulphur Springs</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #ffe599;">Accident Revealed the Fact That Supposedly Dry Territory is Very Wet</span><br />
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<span style="color: #ffe599;"><i>Two bottles of rum escaped injury Tuesday evening when the Ford automobile in which they were riding struck a fender near White Sulphur Springs and overturned but three men who were also riding in the automobile narrowly escaped death. George Muhlig, of Liberty, who was driving the car, had his shoulder injured; Frank Burgher, who lives on the Stevensville Road, was cut severely in the thigh, and Orlando Donaldson of Neversink, had his leg injured so
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<span style="color: #ffe599;"><i>The men said they were run into by another car, but eyewitnesses
of the accident say that no other cars were in sight. Harry Knack, from his
residence a quarter mile away, and his brother Gus heard the crash and ran to
give aid. They found the Ford on its side and the men beneath it in a dazed
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<span style="color: #ffe599;"><i>Burgher was bleeding profusely in the leg where he had been
cut and the other men were so quiet that bystanders feared they had been
killed. The Ford and the fenders were almost a total wreck. The booze, which
had been wrapped carefully in paper placed in a burlap bag, and stowed away in
the rear, came out without a scratch. A large jug was also found in the bag and
it was unhurt. But unlike the bottles, it was empty. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Those who saw the wreck say that not all the booze aboard was
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<span style="color: #ffe599;"><i>The place where the meeting of the fender and the Ford
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Liberty<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>for medical treatment and
Cliiff Edwards took the Ford to White Sulphur, where it got first aid. Dr Payne
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George is one of the men in this photo, though I can't be sure which one.<br />
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Here's why. I have two copies of the same photo, but they are labeled differently. Both have George listed, but the second man is identified as hired man, Blake Schoomacher on one card and as John Washington on the other. I couldn't find a record of any Blake Schoomacher or Schumacher, but I did find John Washington and he was 14 years older than George. The postcard could have been printed anytime between 1904 and the 1920s, so George would have been between 31- 46 when the photo was taken. That doesn't narrow it down enough to be sure which one is George.<br />
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I'm guessing that George is the older man. I'm trying to compare the known photo of George with this one - and trying not to be too influenced by the mustache.<br />
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The next entry I find for George Muhlig is in 1924. It's the Delaware County coroner's report from the <a href="http://www.dcnyhistory.org/">Delaware , NY Genealogy & History</a> website. The coroner writes in his report:<br />
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<i> <span style="color: #ffe599;">On October 1, 1924 was called to the home of George Muhlig in Walton village where he had just been found hanging by the neck in the upper story of the barn. I found it to be a case of suicide. </span></i><br />
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They are all buried together at the Liberty Cemetery in Liberty, New York.<br />
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This is a photo of Mary in 1925, the year after her husband's death, standing in a field with an empty chair.
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The writing on the back of the postcard/photo says: <i><br />
Mrs. Mary J. Muhlig<br />
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Addendum - February 13, 2014<br />
Every now and then we find another photo that turns out to be a missing piece of one puzzle or another. I immediately recognized it when I read the inscription on the back of this card. Here's a photo of Howard Ezra who died at 11 after being hit in the stomach by an apple thrown by another boy. How old do you think he is here? Nine, maybe? Poor fellow.<br />
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It looks like Mom did the writing: <i> </i><br />
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<span style="color: #ffe599;"><i>Dear Grandpa + Grandma. Will send you a picture of myself I got at school This is taken on the door (?) yard in front of the house</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><i>all well</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><i>Howard E. Muhlig</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><i>when are you coming down to see us</i></span><br />
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Christine H.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09786732494496282743noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3323012003780250968.post-81658630867568317202012-11-05T06:00:00.000-08:002012-11-05T14:55:47.299-08:00Time is on the Wing - Birds in Advertising - Part 2<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i>Thus, like the miller, bold and free, let us rejoice and sing;</i></span></div>
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The first card is a very early engraved calling card, probably circa 1840, so it's not really an advertisement. But I suppose you could say that calling cards are really a form of personal advertisement. In any case, this one says <i>Time is on the Wing</i>, and there's something very beautiful about its simplicity. Once there was a name written underneath, but it's impossible to read now.</div>
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The words are from <i>The Miller of Dee</i>, a traditional folk song. You can read the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miller_of_Dee">full lyrics here</a>.</div>
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The second card advertises Carters Little Liver Pills, available at Heyne Druggist in Syracuse, New York. Heyne had many beautiful trade cards in the 1880s.</div>
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And this card is a rarity, because it's a trade card with a bird on it that's actually advertising a novelty and bird store, Stinard's, also of Syracuse, New York. </div>
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More cards from Syracuse, New York. These are from George C. Young & Brothers.</div>
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The back of this next card is more interesting than the front, also from a merchant in Syracuse, Kenyon, Potter & Company.</div>
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And now for some gratuitous eggs. If you didn't see Birds in Advertising-Part I, you can <a href="http://postcardparadise.blogspot.com/2012/11/birds-in-advertising-part-1.html">click here </a>to see it.</div>
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Grace was born to Sara Mary (Thorne) Shapley and William S. Shapley in 1902. She seems to have graduated from Binghamton High School in 1923, which would have made her a little older than her classmates. I am guessing that her mother's death in 1919 had something to do with the delay in her schooling. And it appears that her father died the very year of her high school graduation, leaving Grace, who was an only child, very much on her own.<br />
Here's Grace changing a tire.<br />
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And here's a male cheerleader at a Binghamton High School football game.<br />
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After Binghamton High School, Grace enrolled in Russel Sage College, a women's school, in Troy, New York. I think this picture shows some of her college pals.<br />
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Grace with unknown child.<br />
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Grace never married or had children. She is buried with her parents in Spring Forest Cemetery in Binghamton, New York.<br />
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The first one is from American Breakfast Cereals.<br />
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Then there are these beautiful cards from Solomon Rosenbloom & Sons, shoe dealers in Syracuse, New York. I highly recommend this <a href="http://mycentralnewyork.blogspot.com/2012/05/rediscovering-daniel-rosenbloom-house.html">blog post about the Rosenblooms</a> and Daniel Rosenbloom's house on a blog called <i>My Central New York</i>. Samuel Gruber, the blog's host, has conducted thorough research, included a number of interesting photos, and writes a compelling story.<br />
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The last trade card from Liberman & Stevenson, also of Syracuse, take a different approach to advertising, emphasizing humor instead of beauty.<br />
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More birds in Part 2, coming soon.Christine H.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09786732494496282743noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3323012003780250968.post-51652991744660458672012-10-31T10:51:00.001-07:002012-10-31T10:51:41.840-07:00Harry Starr's Magnificent ScrapbookI wonder if it was typical for little boys to keep scrapbooks like this in the 1880s. Harry Starr seems to have lived in Baltimore, Maryland, based on the advertising cards in his scrapbook.<br />
The front of the album is both ornate and exotic.<br />
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I was able to scan these pages because they have come loose and are no longer attached to the binding. The rest of the pages are still attached, and scanning them would compromise the already delicate condition of the binding.Christine H.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09786732494496282743noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3323012003780250968.post-65064326093271171122012-10-30T06:00:00.000-07:002012-10-30T06:00:00.096-07:00Tram Tuesday - Milan, ItalyThis is a phantom streetcar. Board at your own risk, because you never know where it could take you. It reminds me of the title of <span class="st">Buñuel</span>'s movie, <a href="http://natesminireviews.blogspot.com/2012/06/illusion-travels-by-streetcar-luis.html"><i>Illusion Travels by Streetcar</i></a>.<br />
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I am not an expert on perspective, but logic tells me that the man on the left is farther away than the streetcar, therefore he should appear smaller than the people riding it--the ones that are so tiny you can't even see them. Maybe he's walking away dejected because the conductor told him he was too big to board. More likely it's a case of turn-of the century photo editing. The image probably seemed a little dull, but nothing the addition of a streetcar wouldn't fix!<br />
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Trams have been operating continuously since 1876 in Milan, with transitions from horse-drawn to steam-powered, and then electric. Although there were also post WWII cuts that persisted through the 1970s, the system survived. As in a number of other cities, trams have managed to regain favor in Milan resulting in a revival of tram service.<br />
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The second card shows a seemingly congested center terminus in front of the magnificent Piazza del Duomo in Milan. There was no photo editing here. They didn't even remove the wire or cable that crosses the image diagonally.<br />
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Here's the ultimate edited postcard image, showing Berlin's Nollendorfer Platz. My guess is that the street was empty on the original image. I like the final result though.<br />
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Christine H.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09786732494496282743noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3323012003780250968.post-31292975089563810382012-10-29T06:00:00.000-07:002012-10-29T17:27:09.911-07:00Lake Oquaga, New YorkWhen you walk into <a href="http://scottsfamilyresort.com/">Scott's Oquaga Lake House</a> in the Catskills of upstate New York, you might just as well have stepped out of a time machine in the 1940s or 50s. In fact, I'm guessing it wasn't all that different in the teens/early1920s when Grace Shapley was there.<br />
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I have a folder of negatives and prints that belonged to Grace, showing Binghamton and surrounding areas, including Oquaga Lake, Russel Sage College, as well as Syracuse University and Scranton, Pennsylvania. Grace was born in Binghamton in1903. In the 1920 Census her father is listed as proprietor of an iron foundry, presumably Shapley and Wells, which manufactured steam engines.<br />
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The young woman on the right is standing a little too close to the edge for my comfort. I don't know who any of the people are, but I really like the clothing, including these boys' shoes.<br />
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I think I have a clear sense of what it must have been like to spend time at the relaxed family resort, because it just doesn't seem to have changed that much. The resort has been there since 1869. We stopped by for lunch on October 7, 2007.<br />
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Here's a copy of the menu.<br />
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This is a sign on the outside of one of the buildings; it looks like it's been there for awhile too.<br />
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You can take dancing lessons in Scott's Playhouse or canoeing lessons out on the lake. There's also shuffleboard and a golf course where Grace took a few pictures.<br />
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Here's a photo of the Scott's bus and a couple of guys who may have been slightly damaged on their voyage in the time machine.<br />
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<br />Christine H.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09786732494496282743noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3323012003780250968.post-23383004048321996202012-10-26T17:59:00.002-07:002012-10-31T15:19:56.338-07:00More Photo SleuthingRemember the <a href="http://postcardparadise.blogspot.com/2012/10/photo-sleuthing.html">Hendersons from yesterday's post</a>? Well, I unearthed some more photos from the family and discovered that I had also posted something on one of them in 2010...and forgotten all about it. And that photo was from a different box of photographs. It just goes to show you how things can get mixed up. It was another one of those Aha! moments. <br />
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The first carte de visite photo is labeled James and Hanna Henderson. The 1850 Census shows them both born in about 1806. They had 10 children. One of those, Ezra, was the father of all Hendersons from yesterday's post. This photograph was probably taken around between 1865 and 1870.<br />
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Then there's this carte de visite, which is hard to stop looking at! It must be linked to the Anna Henderson Nesbitt in some way, but I couldn't tell you how. Isn't it the oddest thing? Is he a giant? Is she a midget? The writing on the back says this is Eliza Nesbitt and father, and the imprint on the back shows that it was taken at A. Hickox Gallery of Art in Binghamton, New York.<br />
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This post is really about Anna Eliza Henderson (1868-1950) who married William S. Nesbitt Jr. (1852-1931). This is the lovely photo from yesterday of Anna with William and their son George Earl Nesbitt, who went by the name Earl (born 1895).<br />
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And here's another photo of Earl, relaxing in an ornate wicker chair. The photo was taken by S.S. Cornell of Stamford, New York.<br />
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But Anna and William had another child, Lillian, who was born in 1890 and is not shown in the family photograph, because she died at the age of six when Earl was only one year old. The writing on the back of the card says <i>Lillian Nesbitt, Earl's sister.</i><br />
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<i>10/31/12 Update. I just found another photo labeled Anna Nesbitt and daughter Lillian., so I'm adding it. </i><br />
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Finally, here's the photo I posted in 2010 that I had forgotten about. It shows Anna and William Nesbitt at the Los Angeles Ostrich farm in California. The back of the card is labeled Anna Nesbitt Boggs. Why Boggs? Because she remarried. But we can see that this is clearly her first husband, William Nesbitt in the photograph.<br />
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The second husband, William Sidney Boggs (1868-1957), was still listed as widowed in the 1940 Census, and Anna Henderson Nesbitt died in 1950, so it must have been a brief marriage when they were both in their 70s. As the previous post of <a href="http://postcardparadise.blogspot.com/2010/04/anna-nesbitt-boggs-at-ostrich-farm.html"><i>Anna Nesbitt Boggs at the Ostrich Farm</i></a> will tell you (the one I forgot about!), Anna is buried next to her first husband in the Valley Views Cemetery in Stamford, New York.Christine H.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09786732494496282743noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3323012003780250968.post-37267240358836448952012-10-25T21:30:00.002-07:002012-10-31T15:16:03.941-07:00Photo SleuthingSo, I get this big box of unsorted photographs that belonged to my father-in-law. Who knows where he got them. Photographs from different sources ended up in the same box--cabinet cards, tin types, cartes de visite, slides, glass negatives. But the minute you start separating them you are potentially discarding the clues that could tell you who these people are. It turns out that many of them are actually connected.<br />
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Here's an example. I find a number of photographs with the last name Henderson on them. The Census provides me with basic clues, but some of the siblings have already left home and married by 1900. I can't find anything in the 1880 Census, but there are some useful newspaper articles. At the turn of the century and even into the 1940s, local newspapers would often let you know that Mr. and Mrs. So and So were hosting her sister Mrs. Everett Squires and the name of the town she was from. This it what brings it all together.<br />
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The writing on the back of this photograph, taken in Stamford, New York, tells us that this is Mary Henderson when she was 18 years old. The 1910 Census shows that she was born in 1881 and lived in Neversink, Sullivan County, New York with her husband, George Muhlig (more on them in a future post.)<br />
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Then there's a photo labeled Hannah Thompson. I would have missed the connection, despite the resemblance, if I hadn't found a newspaper article that identified them as sisters. She was born Hanna Henderson in 1877 and the 1910 Census shows her living in Middletown, New York with her Husband, Andrew Thompson. Just in case I had any doubts about her last name, the Census shows that her aunt, Nancy Henderson, lived with them.<br />
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<i>10/31/13: I just found a photo of the aunt, Nancy Henderson, so I'm adding that. I'm sure she was a lot friendlier than she appears.</i><br />
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There's a photo labeled <i>Will Nesbitt and family</i>, with a woman looking very similar to these two. Sure enough, she turns out to be Anna Eliza Henderson, born in 1868. The 1910 Census shows her living with her husband, William Nesbitt and their 5-year-old son, George Earl.<br />
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There's another photo with the name Elizabeth Squires written on the back. I would have missed the connection here if it hadn't been for the newspaper article that referred to one of the sisters as Mrs. Everett Squires. Elizabeth Henderson was born in 1885 and is show in the 1900 Census living in Middletown, New York with her parents and brothers James and John.<br />
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This photo is labeled John Henderson, Grandma's brother. John was born in 1887.<br />
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Christine H.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09786732494496282743noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3323012003780250968.post-43005425135996729892012-10-24T14:44:00.000-07:002012-10-25T13:25:37.660-07:00Just PeachyI finally got around to scanning an envelope of slides that was just labeled <i>Kodachrome slides</i>. I had no idea who they were, so I thought I'd post them as <i>Anonymous Family</i> slides. <i> </i><br />
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<i>Anonymous Family</i> slides have played an important role in slide shows around here. The architect who steals my covers loves to take pictures when he travels and he used to invite friends to see slide shows from these trips. The problem is that he tends to only take pictures of buildings; human subjects are few and far between. To keep the audience from falling asleep, he would insert slides of the <i>Anonymous Family</i> in between every dozen or so building images. We still don't know who that Anonymous Family was, but they went on lots of trips to national parks and wore a lot of plaid--and they were popular with the slide viewing audiences. The image below reminded me very much of those slides.<br />
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It didn't take me long to realize that this was not an anonymous family though. These slides are from Elizabeth Brady Cabot Winslow's family. (See previous post on <a href="http://postcardparadise.blogspot.com/2012/09/hugh-winslow-and-elizabeth-brady-cabot.html">Elizabeth</a> and on her father <a href="http://postcardparadise.blogspot.com/2012/09/hugh-winslow-at-west-point.html">Hugh</a>.) I thought I recognized her, but the photo with her brother and father is very recognizable. These are all from the mid/late 1940s. <br />
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<br />Christine H.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09786732494496282743noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3323012003780250968.post-35045763967448206872012-10-23T17:13:00.001-07:002012-10-23T19:35:37.006-07:00Tram Tuesday - Frankfurt, GermanyTrams have been operating in Frankfurt since 1872. The tram system is alive and well and integrated with light rail (U-Bahn), suburban rail (S-Bahn) and the bus system. According to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_transport_in_Frankfurt_am_Main">Wikipedia</a>, two new sections have been added to the streetcar system in the past few years and additional service will be added to serve neighborhoods with medium transit needs. The reason cited is that "trams are more attractive to the traveling public than buses and cheaper to build than underground railways." It's interesting to see trams replacing bus service, a reversal of trends in the mid 20th century.<br />
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Here are some postcards showing early views of Frankfurt with streetcars. The first two are both from about 1910, showing the same church from different angles.<br />
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The next two cards both show views of Zeil, Frankfurt's vibrant shopping street. The first one was sent in 1898, at a time when there were still horse-drawn trams, as well as steam-powered and electric ones. I can't tell which kind this one is, because it's tiny and there are some carriage horses in front of it.<br />
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On the next one, sent in 1903, you can see the overhead wires.<br />
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The last card shows an electric tram in front of the magnificent Circus Schumann, which was destroyed by Allied bombs in World War II. According to<a href="http://www.circopedia.org/index.php/Circus_Schumann_%28Frankfurt%29"> Circopedia,</a> the U.S. Army used what was left of the building (the facade, foyer, and restaurants right behind it) until 1958. The remains of the building were demolished in 1960.<br />
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That white object in the sky to the right of the building is a highly-stylized cloud, probably the strangest one I've seen, added by the person who tinted the card. This tinting process was also used to obscure unsightly things like overhead streetcar wires.<br />
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<br />Christine H.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09786732494496282743noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3323012003780250968.post-36708017014306561622012-10-22T18:42:00.000-07:002012-10-23T13:17:43.802-07:00Victorian Calling CardsThe year is 1870. There are no telephones and not even postcards as a way of communicating with friends and neighbors. Although you could write letters, to keep in touch with neighbors you would likely just get in your horse-drawn carriage and stop by for a visit. On a particular day, perhaps on a Sunday afternoon, you would make the rounds, observing the proper etiquette of staying for approximately 30 minutes and leaving a decorative calling card with your name on it. In the foyer, there was a tray where you could leave the card, so even if your hosts were out they would know that you stopped by. You would hope to be remembered by your friends with an attractive card bearing your name. What you would not expect is that 140 years later someone might be looking at the card and wondering who you were. Wouldn't they be surprised!<br />
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Originally I intended to just post the scans of these cards, but, of course, I couldn't help looking up some of the names. Sometimes cards like this are simply stationer's samples with invented names. In this case, they seem to be real and generally from upstate New York, with a fair number from Cortlandville, New York.<br />
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This card belonged to Miss Mary Uhlman, but I can't say for certain which Mary Uhlman. The card looks older (1860s, maybe?) than most of the others.<br />
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Assuming I found the correct Rienzi A. Crane, he seems to have died in 1877 at the age of 19 and is buried in the McGraw Rural Cemetery in Cortland County, New York.<br />
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Edward may have been his brother.<br />
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I find a Florence Vedder in the 1870 Census living in Oppenheim, New York. She was two years old then, so perhaps she handed this card out in the mid to late 1880s.<br />
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The 1880 Census shows Dewitt B. Yonker (born in 1859) also living in Oppenheim, New York.<br />
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The same Census shows Daniel D. Donker living in Cortlandville, New York.<br />
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The card below has June 5th, 1885 written on the back. It may have belonged to Charles Truesdail, born in 1859 in Tioga, New York according to the 1870 Census.<br />
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The designs on some of the cards bearing male names seem very feminine, like this one for Lonzo E. Clark. This may be the Lonzo E. Clark (born 1833) who was recorded living in Canandaigua, New York during the 1850 Census.<br />
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I'm not sure who H.A. Brownell was, but I like the card.<br />
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I like Asa Foster's too. The 1910 Census shows an Asa D. Foster (born in 1869) living in Smyrna, New York.<br />
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Here are some more cards with ornate script. I would imagine that it was somewhat of a status symbol (like having hundreds of friends on FaceBook) to have a tray stacked high with calling cards in your front room.<br />
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<br />Christine H.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09786732494496282743noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3323012003780250968.post-50442772891304743562012-10-19T06:00:00.000-07:002012-10-19T06:00:01.456-07:00Civil War Revenue StampsCartes de Visite were small portraits on card stock, generally measuring 2.5 by 4 inches, that were especially popular in the 1860s. If there is a revenue stamp on the back of the photograph, you can narrow the date down to the two years during which a tax was applied to photographs. The newly-created Internal Revenue Service was looking for ways to finance the Union's Civil War costs. While the Confederate States printed money and suffered from outrageous inflation, the North imposed taxes on every imaginable product and service.<br />
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All kinds of things were taxed, including playing cards, bank checks, and matches. Photographs were added relatively late (1864-1866), so they didn't have their own tax stamp. That's why you will often see a Carte de Visite with a playing-card revenue tax stamp or a more generic proprietary tax stamp on the back. A 2-cent tax stamp indicates that the photograph cost up to 25 cents. More expensive photographs might have a 3-cent stamp.<br />
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Photographer: R.R. Rundell, Owego, New York.<br />
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Photographer: F. Smith Hooker, Havana, New York.<br />
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Photographer: D.W. Grout, Pulaski, New York.<br />
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Photographer W.C. Crum, Penn Yan, New York<br />
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<br />Christine H.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09786732494496282743noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3323012003780250968.post-24667891056098877162012-10-18T06:00:00.000-07:002012-10-26T18:06:57.863-07:00Beacon Rock, WashingtonI'm putting up my feet today and relaxing, because I have a guest post today by the architect who steals my covers (also known as Archie Techt.) Here's what he wrote:<br />
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This scene of Castle Rock in the beautiful Columbia River
Gorge, which forms the border between Oregon and Washington states, made me
want to go for a visit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It would
have been a search in vain though, since Castle Rock no longer exists.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Well, the basalt monolith still exists,
but it is now called Beacon Rock.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Originally named Beaten Rock by Lewis and Clark in 1805 as they headed
down the Columbia on their expedition west to the Pacific, the name was later changed
to Beacon Rock, then Castle Rock, then back to Beacon Rock in 1916. </div>
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Henry Biddle purchased the 848’ tall rock column in 1915 for
$1, then spent the next three years building an approximately mile long series
of switch-backed trail and bridges up the near vertical south face to the
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the way and from the top are spectacular, if a bit vertigo inducing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A volcanic plug, Beacon Rock is the
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>In the early 1930s, the Army Corps of Engineers looked at
all of that rock--essentially a vertical quarry--at the river’s edge, and
decided they should blow it up to supply material for a jetty at the mouth of
the Columbia River.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They got as far as
digging three caves at the base for explosives, before the Biddle family gave
the property to Washington to be used as a state park (Washington originally
refused the gift, so the Biddles offered it to Oregon instead, at which point
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In more recent history, <i>Daily Postcard </i>author Christine was in a Portland book club with Helene Biddle Dick, granddaughter of
Henry.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And when my father passed
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The double-entendre of the second card made more sense when
I read the back and saw it was intended for WWII soldiers.</div>
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Christine on her way up the switchback trail--hang onto your
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The view of the Columbia River Gorge from the Beacon Rock
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With few exceptions, the old photographs I have are from upstate New York and neighboring areas of Pennsylvania. And although we don't know where this child's photo was taken, there is a notation on the back that says: PTM age 6 after Typhoid<br />
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These other photos are nameless, but lovely in a mysterious way.<br />
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Here's a photo taken by W.M. Hillard of Scranton, Pennsylvania, but we don't know who the man is. Most of the other tintypes were probably also presented in paper folders like this one or in cardboard frames. They likely disintegrated over time or became soiled and were discarded.<br />
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<br />Christine H.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09786732494496282743noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3323012003780250968.post-64782540901261686462012-10-16T10:34:00.003-07:002012-10-16T10:34:10.428-07:00Tram Tuesday - Heidelberg, GermanyElectric trams had been around for about five years when Dr. Bine sent this card to his sister Marie. Decades later, I would board a streetcar here every day on my way home from school. There are still streetcars in Heidelberg, along with an S-Bahn and a funicular that goes up to the castle.<br />
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The message on the card (written on August 2, 1907) is a continuation from another card that I don't have. I's still interesting though:<br />
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<span style="color: #ffe599;"><i>_____ from his mother just now. She was writing from the Adler Sanitarium where Schmoll (?) placed her for 2 weeks - he treating her with Moffitt consulting. It is thus much more satisfactory to know her there as we start out on the trip to-morrow Saturday and a weight off our minds as her Los Angeles doctors were by no means as reassuring. She says Moffitt is to write to us as soon as he gets time + Schmoll is to write to Liss about her in a day or so. Heard from Sadie yesterday. She says Marcelle got Jeanne ___, a David Salomom- are desirous of knowing whether fish for an Isaac henry ___ Sadie says I'll take her present home later. Also says her dad sent us money. How much?
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #ffe599;"><i>Many a time I ____ I turn up the Bunsenstr. which leads up the RohrbachStr. to the GaisburgStr. Where you see the word "Hotel" stands the Hotel pension "Alt Heidelberg", a more or less modern Pension. That is the Rohrbacj Str. + up that last block to the end + then a block to the right + we are home. You can thus begin to get an idea of where we have been living.
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Christine H.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09786732494496282743noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3323012003780250968.post-73400554819794253092012-10-15T10:26:00.000-07:002012-10-15T10:26:46.871-07:00More Bees in EdinburghI haven't posted anything on the Bee family of Edinburgh for quite awhile, because there was nothing additional to post. In May we visited Edinburgh and looked at the interesting building where they lived. Then, as I was going through another box of old photographs from my father-in-law, I spied some more Bee family cards and photos.<br />
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Until then I had only seen postcards; now there are photos to go with them. Unfortunately, there's no way to know for certain who is who. If you have read the <a href="http://postcardparadise.blogspot.com/search/label/Bee%20Family">previous Bee posts</a>, you'll know that there were at least three sisters, Chrissie, Nettie and Edith, almost always referred to as <i>wee Edith</i>. They lived with their mother. There may have been other siblings or a father, but they aren't mentioned. This appears to be a family photo. I would guess that the smallest one is wee Edith and the woman on the right was the mother. But are these all her daughters or have they included a couple of friends or cousins in the photograph?<br />
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The bigger question is how these photos came to be grouped with the many hundreds of cards and photos that are almost exclusively from upstate New York. I can only think that one of these Bee girls moved to the United States at some point after World War I. The date on the back of this photo card is 17/2/19.<br />
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This photo may be of one of the sisters. It is stamped by the Thomson Brothers of West Maitland Street in Edinburgh. The writing on the back says: <i>To Nettie 30 August 1920.</i><br />
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This card is from the same studio, with handwriting on the back that says, <i>With my Best love Mary 22/10/20.</i><br />
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And then there's the postcard photograph of the young man in military attire. The photograph was taken by Drummond Shiels of Lauriston Place in Edinburgh, with writing on the back that appears to say:<br />
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Here we have these two gentlemen wearing Masonic aprons and sashes.<br />
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Both cards are from photographer J. Spence of Musslburgh, and both have the same date 17/5/20.<br />
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This young man, who bears a family resemblance to the previous two, wears a Mason's tie pin and was photographed in August 1920.<br />
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<br />Christine H.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09786732494496282743noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3323012003780250968.post-79282588540619296732012-10-12T11:36:00.002-07:002012-10-12T13:47:29.683-07:00The Wicker ChairWell, it's not one wicker chair, it's a number of different wicker chairs used as photo props for cabinet cards. Wicker like this was very popular from the 1860s until the turn of the century. By then, tastes had changed, and wicker like this was considered too ornate.<br />
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The first one was photographed by Engelbrecht in Towanda, Pennsylvania. <br />
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The second one by Cobb in Binghamton, New York. with a nearly identical chair. Although the chair is interesting, it has a very dominant presence.<br />
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This woman's hair appears to have curled to match the wicker chair,which is of the same design as the chairs in the first two photos. The lady was photographed at Colburn's Gallery on 367 Broad Street in Waverly, New York.<br />
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This young fellow with the big bow was photographed by Stephens in Ithaca, New York.<br />
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These two children were also photographed with a settee, but with a very different design than the one in the previous photo. Their portrait was taken by A.J. Fisher of Towanda, Pennsylvania.<br />
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Here's a smiling child photographed by Van Buren in Ithaca, New York.<br />
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This baby may not have much hair, but the wicker curls make up for it. Photograph by G.R. Wheeler of Greene, New York.<br />
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You can hardly see the wicker chair in this last photo from Crocker in Corning, New York, but the lady sitting in it is lovely.<br />
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<br />Christine H.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09786732494496282743noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3323012003780250968.post-20852699457746244332012-10-11T06:00:00.000-07:002012-10-28T21:26:26.389-07:00Automobiles and AirplanesThese are from a folder of negatives that belonged to Grace Shapley. Writing on the outside of the folder says: Negatives of Airplane trip, Aunt Bess and myself at 51 Lathrop Apt. and 13 John Street, Oquaga Lake, N.Y. , college negatives, etc. The folder also included some labelled photographs, taken in Syracuse and Binghamton, New York, as well as in Scranton, Pennsylvania. I have been able to identify some of the people in the photos, but not all of them.<br />
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Christine H.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09786732494496282743noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3323012003780250968.post-5256186335837901972012-10-10T06:00:00.000-07:002012-10-12T13:45:27.916-07:00The Faces of Susquehanna -Part TwoMore portraits from Susquehanna, Pennsylvania. These are from the J.B. Kirby studio and its successor, the Frank Kirby studio. The portraits all measure about 2.5 inches by 4 inches. The father and daughter in the second photo must have had very light blue eyes; they look a little eery in black and white.<br />
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The photo above with the three ladies is the only one with any names written on the back: Mother Elizabeth and Henryette.<br />
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The photo of the boy above is also interesting, because another photographer's name and a different location (Scranton?) were printed on the back before they were crossed out and replaced with Kirby and Susquehanna. Kirby must have bought another photographer's card stock.<br />
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<br />Christine H.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09786732494496282743noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3323012003780250968.post-32374027409693394962012-10-09T06:00:00.000-07:002012-10-09T06:00:14.034-07:00Mt. Lowe Railway, California<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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You may remember Mt. Lowe from a <a href="http://postcardparadise.blogspot.com/2010/12/streetcar-sunday-to-echo-mountain-via.html">previous post</a> on Echo Mountain that showed a horse-drawn tram on a rather steep incline. You can read all about the Mt. Lowe Railway <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Lowe_Railway">here</a>. This card shows the upper part of the railway, above the Mt. Lowe Incline on the way to the Alpine Tavern. <br />
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The railway was plagued with problems, and there's little trace of it anymore, but it must have been a fun trip for people who lived close enough to Pasadena to take the ride. Here's a card showing the Great Incline and the funicular that transported passengers up Echo Mountain.<br />
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Here are the backs of the cards in the same order. The first one was written on September 1, 1930 and mentions crossing 18 bridges besides this circular bridge.<br />
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<br />Christine H.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09786732494496282743noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3323012003780250968.post-77250936788084511982012-10-08T06:00:00.000-07:002012-10-08T21:23:21.312-07:00Watertown, New YorkHere are some more scans from glass negatives. These are different from the previous ones though. They're a smaller format 4.25" by 5.25", and they were stored in paper sleeves with the subject and the photographer's name neatly typed on them. Very convenient for me.<br />
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The photographer was Horace E. Wait. There were a number of people by the name of Horace Wait, so I can't tell you for certain who he was, but he captured some very nice views of Watertown. The city of Watertown is located in upstate New York, just 30 miles from the Ontario, Canada border. It currently has a population of about 27,000.<br />
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The first negative shows a view of Mill Street looking south toward the Public Square from near Main Street; this is all typed on the sleeve! The street is unpaved with wooden sidewalks and there's a big barrel of apples on display at the shop on the left. The primary form of transportation seems to be the bicycle.<br />
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The second negative shows Mr. Silas. L. Brothers in his tobacco store at 117 Arsenal Street in Watertown. He must be the guy in the front? Note the gas lamps, the wallpaper with American flags, and especially the spittoon on the floor!<br />
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Silas was born in 1856 and had the tobacco shop from the 1890s until 1923, according to the notation on the sleeve. The 1892 State Census shows him as a traveling salesman, and the 1920 Census says he was Secretary of the Automobile Club. He married Jennie Powers, and they had a daughter named Marie. When Silas retired, they moved to Syracuse.<br />
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This is supposed to be a postcard blog, isn't it? So, here are some postcards of Watertown, New York. The first one was sent to Dr. Raymond C. Turner, a dentist born in 1877, who lived and practiced in Oswego, New York. Alas, no message, but it shows the Public Square mentioned previously.<br />
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Here's the back of the first card.<br />
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<br />Christine H.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09786732494496282743noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3323012003780250968.post-71113832780792389172012-10-05T06:00:00.000-07:002012-10-12T13:47:07.443-07:00Tin Types #2 - Men's FashionThe little tin types tells us a lot about what men were wearing circa 1860-1890. However you won't see many of these fashions, including the hats, in sources that document the fashion of the time. One of the reasons is that many of these men lived in small towns and rural areas, where their immigrant culture and traditions may have played a larger role in their clothing choice than the prevailing fashion. Although I don't know where all of these photos were taken, the few that are labeled are from upstate New York and Pennsylvania. It's likely that most of these are also from that area.<br />
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I am not an expert on men's hats, so if any of you have ideas about these please let me know. The one on the right in the back row looks Tirolean to me. How about the one on the very left? Eastern European? In any case, it's a great variety of hat styles. These guys were probably at a county fair and had their picture taken by a traveling photographer with a very plain background and grass underfoot. <br />
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The clothing in the next three photos looks Bavarian or Swiss to me, especially the cut of the jackets.<br />
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While these guys look very western, I'm guessing they were actually Pennsylvania farmers.<br />
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Here are a few more fellows for our fashion line up.<br />
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<br />Christine H.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09786732494496282743noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3323012003780250968.post-64952292089629773772012-10-04T06:00:00.000-07:002012-10-04T06:00:09.326-07:00A Happy Birthday to YouIf it's your birthday today, may it be a glorious one.<br />
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Here are the backs of the cards. The first one was sent or given to Paula Petersen. Can you read the message?<br />
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The second card card was sent to Mrs. Louise (?) Rockwell of Rockwell's Mills, New York. You can read more about the mill and see some great <a href="http://www.oldmill-mtupton.com/History.htm">pictures here</a>.<br />
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