Thursday, December 31, 2015

Photo Number 2113

I looked for some party type photos and didn’t have any luck.  So these are some after the party photos.  These are snapshots from a Flea Market near Grand Rapids Minnesota.
Car and Building Grand R Flea Market
December 1955
Car and Building two Grand R Flea Market
These photos were taken sixty years ago.  I wonder what the story was?
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Wednesday, December 30, 2015

Photo Number 2112

This is a snapshot from the antique shop in Moorhead Minnesota.

Winter Ironwood MHD ant
A snowy day.  The sign says “No Parking”
Winter Ironwood MHD ant back

Ironwood – The Principal with the funny cap on – and another teacher.
I wonder if Ironwood is in Michigan or Maine?  Or perhaps some other State?

The sign on the left up and down says Ironwood, the cars appear to be from the 1930’s I think.
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Update from Iggy: 
Ironwood Michigan in January of 1938 had a blizzard with record snow.

Tuesday, December 29, 2015

Photo Number 2111

This is a small photo from Craig’s Collection.
Albert Leiff Craigs
The photographer is Gene Frank in Akron Iowa.
Albert Leiff Craigs back
Albert Leiff
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Update from Iggy:
Albert Leiff (Mar. 7, 1879 - May, 1978), spouse Minnie Peterson Leiff (1879 - 1934)  He was a Farmer and he and Minnie had no children, Minnie died of cancer.

Monday, December 28, 2015

Photo Number 2110

This is a  CdV from Craig’s Collection.
Name hard to read Craigs
Name hard to read Craigs
This photo was most likely taken in the 1870’s sometime.
I will just have to guess at his name.  Rothnest GsendRe. Ernest 6 send ??? Please leave your best guess.
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Sunday, December 27, 2015

Photo Number 2109

This is a Cabinet Card from Craig’s Collection.
Cousin hard to read Craigs
Cousin hard to read Craigs back
Cousin Mary Leim Keim Stauffer
The photographer was Flickinger 50 South Main St. Bethlehem, PA
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Update from Iggy:
Mary High Keim born December 4 1842 Died 1891  Daughter of John High Keim and Martha Elizabeth Randolph Keim.  She was married twice.  First to William Wert Mills with whom she had a child named William Wert Mills  born 1867.  Her husband died.  She then married A.K.Stauffer and they had four children.  John Keim Stauffer born 1874, Anna Keim born 1877, Mary Virginia born 1878  and Frederick Randolph Stauffer born 1881. 

Saturday, December 26, 2015

Photo Number 2108

This is a photo from Craig’s Collection.
Gertrude Craigs
Thomas was the photographer in Racine, Wis.
Gertrude Craigs back
Gertrude Craigs back
With much love from your friend Gertrude Merrick
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Update from Iggy:
She never married, was born Feb 4 1862 in Boston, taught music in Racine 1894-1901,and later lived in Illinois.
Her parents were William Marshall Merrick and Sarah Kettelle Merrick,

Gertrude had a brother, Arthur Tyler Merrick (15 Nov 1863 in Wilbraham, Hampden, Massachusetts) who had two sons, Eyles Cadvan Merrick and Lester Cydafael Merrick and a daughter Marjorie Evelyn Merrick all of which lived in the NYC suburbs.


Update from Jim:

Friday, December 25, 2015

Photo Number 2107

This is a Real Photo Postcard from the antique shop in Crookston Minnesota.
Christmas Tree and girls Crookston ant
Even though I purchased this photo in a different antique shop.  I think these girls are Lillian and Ella Halverson. Photos Number 2047But I have know way of knowing for sure.  I think those packages are something called Old Toot or Old Pull Toy??  One of the decorations on the tree is a bag with Lh on it.
 Christmas Tree and girls Crookston ant
Christmas Tree and girls Crookston ant back
This is an AZO postcard used from 1904 to 1918.  Mrs. R. Duncan Hatton N. Dak. was most likely the recipient of this card.
Thanks for stopping by and Merry Christmas!

Thursday, December 24, 2015

Photo Number 2106

This is a snapshot from the antique shop in  Wahpeton.
Horse and dog Wahpeton Ant
A team pulling a box sled and a dog and possibly another dog in the background.
Christmas photos were few and far between this year.  I have one for tomorrow.
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Wednesday, December 23, 2015

Photo Number 2105

This is a Cabinet Card from Craig’s Collection.
Oliver woman Craigs
The photographer is Marceau who uses an Enamel Finish at 825 Market Street San Francisco Cal.
Oliver woman Craigs back
-essier Oliver   Geo. Olivers sister  No relation to us (in pencil)
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Tuesday, December 22, 2015

Photo Number 2104

This is a Cabinet Card from Craig’s Collection.
Agnes Nichols Craigs
A.C. Baum was the photographer in Little Falls, NY
A beautiful young lady about 20 years old with a photo taken about 1895 or so give or take a few years.
Agnes Nichols Craigs back
Miss Agnes Nichols  Fairfield NY
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Update from Iggy:
Agnes A Nichols (c. 1877) was the daughter of Charles William Nichols and Elizabeth E. She never married and worked as a nurse (her father being a Doctor).

The family moved from Fairfield, Herkimer County to Whitesboro, Oneida County sometime between 1880 and 1910, and then onto Utica.


 Children of Charles William and Elizabeth are:

Aurora Agnes born 1877
Charles Arthur born 1878
Frederich William born 1881
Horace E. born 1883

Monday, December 21, 2015

Photo Number 2103

Thius is a Cabinet Card from Craig’s Collection.
Luck Freeman Craigs
Luck Freeman Craigs back (2)
J.A. Stevens was the photographer in Spring Valley, Minn
He was in Spring Valley in 1882 and 1883.
Luck Freeman Craigs back (2)
Luck or Luik Freeman might be Issac Freeman
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Update  This is a possibility:
Issac Freeman born Sept 12 1832 in Vermont-died August 1904 Spring Valley Minnesota. Married to Olive Scovel Freeman 1838-1918. They had a daughter Katie Agnes Freeman Mueller 1878-1910.

Sunday, December 20, 2015

Photo Number 2102

This is a CdV from Craig’s Collection.
E.D. Johnson Craigs
Lancaster was the photographer in Mazo Manie Wis.  The town is now called Mazomanie named after a Minnesota Indian Chief.
The photo might be E.D. Johnson
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Saturday, December 19, 2015

Photo Number 2101

This is a CdV from Craig’s Collection.
Pearl Craigs
Pearl Craig back
Eddie Pearl
M.W. Mealey was the photographer at 295 Essex Street Lawrence, Mass
This photo was most likely taken about 1880 and the boy is about 18 plus or minus a few years.
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Friday, December 18, 2015

Photo Number 2100

This is a CdV from Craig’s Collection.
Wicklund Craigs
A young man.  Possibly about 14 years old and taken sometime about 1885.
Wicklund Craigs back
L. Wiklund  Stillwater was the  Photographer
There is a Stillwater Minnesota but also Oklahoma, New York and Pennsylvania.
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Update from Iggy:
 This will remain an unknown.  L. Wiklund was a photographer in Stillwater Minnesota with a studio above the Post Office.

Thursday, December 17, 2015

Photo Number 2099

This is a photo from Craig’s Collection.
Barbara F Craigs
Barbara F Craigs back
Taken while I was attending Brown’s Business College Danville, Ill  1907  Barbara (Henmin) Hermina Fritsche.
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Wednesday, December 16, 2015

Photo Number 2098

This is a photo from Craig's Collection.


Stafford was the photographer in Minneapolis, Minnesota, he was there from 1893 to 1899. 
The photo is marked with a name on the back in pencil.  Minnie Peterson. 

In Minnesota Peterson is a very common name.
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Tuesday, December 15, 2015

Photo Number 2097

This is a photo from Craig's Collection.

"1919"  Ethel R. Hendrickson  Salt Lake City, Utah
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Update from Iggy:
Ethel Rosetta Smith (later Thompson) nee' Hendrickson (07/08 Jan 1897 in Eureka, Utah - 23 Nov 1994 in Sacramento, California) married Howard Mason Smith on 19 Jun 1919 in Salt Lake City, UT.

She appears in the 1920 US Census with Howard Smith, but not after that.

Her parents were Ernest R. Hendrickson  and Amelia Rollins.

Monday, December 14, 2015

Photo Number 2096

This is a photo from Craig's Collection.

Wright was the photographer at Nashua IA


Frank Pahnisch's Uncle Theodore Rubenhagen

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Update from Iggy:
Frank Emilherman Pahnisch
Birth Date: 27 Jan 1887
Birth Place: Nashua, Iowa, USA
Residence: Solon Springs, Wisconsin, USA

Frank's mother Minnie/Minna was Theodore's sister.


Theodore and his wife Emma are both buried at Oak Hills Cemetery, Nashua, Chickasaw County Iowa. 

Theodore C. Rubenhagen born April 2 1870 - died March 17, 1941.   He married Emma 1883 - July 11 1934.  They had a son named Harold who was a Laborer in a Butter Tub Factory according to the census in 1930, they lived on School House Street .   Just down the Street a Panisch family can be found Anton, Emma and Ester (a nurse).

Sunday, December 13, 2015

Photo Number 2095

This is a photograph from Craig's Collection.

Nellie Sloan
The photographer was A.W. Judd in Chattanooga Tenn.

This photo should date to about 1900, and I think she is about 15 years old plus or minus a few years. 
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Saturday, December 12, 2015

Photo Number 2094

This is a photo from a garage sale near Nevis Minnesota.



Wood was the photographer in Lake City.  I found a John William Wood who was a photographer there in 1884 –1894.  I suspect he was there other years too, this photo looks like it was taken about 1900.
This gal looks like she is totally bored, her hair is a bit messy and she wears a large bow in her hair and wears spectacles.

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Friday, December 11, 2015

Photo Number 2093

This is a CdV from the 3rd antique shop in Dorset Minnesota.

CdV Lady with Braid Dorset 3

Another gal with a very ornate collar, this one wears a braid.

Cdv Lady with braid Dorset3 back

John Phillips Photo Artist Lake City, Minn.

The last few days were all photos by the same photographer, but they all had different designs on the back.

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Thursday, December 10, 2015

Photo Number 2092

This is a CdV from the 3rd antique shop in Dorset Minnesota.

CDV Lady with bangs and big bow Dorset 3

John Phillips was the photographer at Lake City Minn.  He was in Lake City from 1878 – 1879 and was also in town in 1882 for the “great fire.”

This gal might be related to the gal I featured yesterday.  This gal wears a beautiful lace collar and bow.  Her gown has dropped shoulders…perhaps she liked the style and borrowed this dress from someone…dropped shoulders were usually seen in the 1860’s.

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CdV Lady with bangs and big bow back

Wednesday, December 9, 2015

Photo Number 2091

This is a CdV from the 3rd antique shop in Dorset Minnesota.

Lady with hair accesory Dorset 3

A beautiful gal with a  scarf at her high ruffled polka dot neckline. She also wears a  celluloid hair clip/comb often called a peineta.

Lady with Hair accesory Dorset 3 back

John Phillips was the photographer in Lake City Minnesota.  According to the Minnesota Historical Society he was a photographer in Lake City from 1878 to 1879.

Lake City is right on the mighty Mississippi, it is a beautiful little town.

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Tuesday, December 8, 2015

Full Circle 136

This Full Circle began with a comment and email address left on the blog.

This is Halvor Bjugson, my grandfather Ben's cousin. I have seen Halvor's picture several times in old photos my grandmother and mother had Halvor was killed in Europe after WWI and is buried in Trail MN. My uncle Halvor Bjugson was named after him. We would like the postcard if at all possible,

Mike

I removed the comment that contained  Mike’s email address.

Ben DL  ant Number 2060 

Photo Number 2060  Halvor Bjugson

I got a very nice thank you card from Mike so the photo has found it’s way home.

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Monday, December 7, 2015

Photo Number 2090

This is a snapshot from the antique shop in Pequot Lakes Minnesota. Butchering Pequot Lakes ant

Three men with knives butchering.  The carcass has been hung to cool, it has been gutted and skinned. It is ready to quarter up.

I grew up on a farm, in the fall a butchering would take place so you had meat for the winter.  I remember the day I came home from school and saw two favorite black angus steers hanging…Billie and Willie…a person should never name food.

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Sunday, December 6, 2015

Photo Number 2089

This is a photo from the antique shop in Moorhead Minnesota.

Stevie Normark Moorhead ant

Stevie Normark

No idea where it was taken but when?  not sure maybe the 1950’s just from the rug that he is sitting on and the Saddle Shoes.

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I apologize for the mix up with the other photo early this morning, it was indeed a repeat so I deleted it.  Thanks for understanding!

Saturday, December 5, 2015

Full Circle 135

This Full Circle began when Iggy tracked down a relative by email and I got an email from her.

Hello, Connie.
I cannot thank you enough for contacting me and your generosity in sending me the postcard. My grandmother didn't talk much about her family and I hadn't yet learned the importance of asking questions before she died.
Again, thank you so much!
Heather

She also left a comment on the blog.

Hello. Thank you so much for finding this and tracking me down. Florence Egge was my maternal grandmother's mother so, if my genealogy is correct, I am a distant cousin to Wilma

 

Hilma Christman Crookston antNumber 2079

Photo Number 2079  Wilma Christman

I mailed off the photo.

Hello, Connie,
I just wanted to drop you a note letting you know that I received the photo today. I can't wait to have the time to research her. Soon. Very soon. I will keep you posted!
Thank you, again!
Heather

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Friday, December 4, 2015

Photo Number 2088

This is a snapshot from the antique shop in Moorhead Minnesota.
Women 1934 Moorhead ant
Women 1934 Moorhead antback
April 27, 1934 Breakfast for Mrs. Bender at Capital
Mrs. Gaines
Mrs. Brazeral
Mrs. Bender Possibly Julia Bender 1881-1980 married Karl Bender had six children
Mrs. Welch
Mrs. Shaffer Possibly Emma Kirk Shaffer  born 1874  Wife of Frank Blair
Mrs. Zuger  Possibly Emma Hoiland Zuger 1879-1969  Wife of Alfred Zuger 
Mrs.Fitzsimons
Catherine
Boniface
All proper looking ladies with their hats on for the big breakfast!
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