Sunday, April 30, 2017

Photo Number 2581

This is a Real Photo Postcard from the antique shop in Detroit Lakes Minnesota.

Mabel postcard DL ant

 

Mabel postcard DL ant back

Some of the mutts at home.  The boys are strangers to me.

Will make some blue prints of alf and send when I get time.  

Mable is the name on the address side of the postcard.

This is a NOKO postcard, they were used from 1907 to 1920.  I will guess this photo was taken 1910-1914.

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Mabel postcard DL ant

Saturday, April 29, 2017

Photo Number 2580

This is a photo from Joan’s Antique shop in Dorset Minnesota.
Iola and averil Robbins JG
Iola and averil Robbins JG back
Iola + Averl Robbins edited to Ilo and Averil 
Cousin Isabelle’s Barley two girls
Earlier we had a photo of Ilo Robbins Photo Number 416
That photo was mailed to Donna.  Full Circle 26
When I came across this photo I tried to contact her with no luck, then I tried to contact George with no luck.  Sue finally got in touch with Darrin at Ancestry.  Hopefully he will see this photo and we will hear from him. (Donna was a Granddaughter, George a Grandson and Darrin a cousin.)
This is what we know.
Iola Robbins is the daughter of Isabelle Barley and Judson Robbins. Judson and Isabelle were married Nov 10th, 1897.
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Claude Lester Evans married Ilo Vivian Robbins on 27 Dec 1919 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. Ilo was born on 23 Aug 1899 in Hutchinson, McLeod, Minnesota. She died on 26 Jun 2005. Claude died on 13 Mar 1978. They had four children in Saskatchewan, Canada, all of which are now deceased.
I hope this photo finds a home.  Perhaps Averl Robbins relatives will show up!
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Update from Darrin:
Good afternoon. Thanks to Sue for contacting me! What a great photo!

Averil Ellen Robbins is Ilo's younger sister. She was born in McLeod County, MN on 10 March 1903. She is on the 1916 Canadian census with her family, but I've lost track of her after that. She's not on the 1930 Minnesota census that Judson and Isabell Robbins and two of their children show up on.


Update from Dixie:
I am happy to tell you that they had 8 children--seven girls and a boy. And their oldest daughter who helped them raise the younger one's is my mother Arliene Jeanette (Evans) Stasiuk and she lives with me. She is 94 years old and still going. There are also three others still living. Fay (Evans) Moore is 85 and lives in BC, Canada. Pat (Evans, Shaw) Johnson is 82 and is living in Alberta, Canada. And Valerie(Evans, Gatherers) Fry is 76 and living in Idaho, US. I can send you a picture of my mom if you are interested. 

Also in Ilo's family, Ilo was the oldest, then Averil, then Virgil and lastly Charlotte. All mom remembers about why Judson and Isabel moved to Canada was that they wanted to get a homestead which they did in 1910 in Rose Valley, Saskatchewan, Canada. Judson was a photographer and a carpenter. He built the first school in that community and they called it Robbinsdale School. He also built a hall and it was named Robbinsdale Hall. 

Claude and Ilo moved to Canada at separate times and met and married there. They have a very big posterity. Mom has 21 grandchildren, 60 great-grandchildren and 9 great, great grandchildren. If you want any more information we would be happy to share it. Thanks, Dixie 


Friday, April 28, 2017

Photo Number 2579

This is a Cabinet Card from the antique shop in Brainerd Minnesota.
Unknown small boy Brainerd ant
C H Collins was the photographer at 420 Wabasha St Paul he was in business at that address from 1901 to 1908.
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Thursday, April 27, 2017

Photo Number 2578

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

Mayer Family Floodwood ant

I know you cannot see it but it says Mayer Family…it is written in pencil on the front border of the photo.

Mayer Family Floodwood ant

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Wednesday, April 26, 2017

Photo Number 2577

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

Wm Parnell Floodwood ant

The photographer is Wolf in Minneapolis. The Address was Cor.Wash & 20th Aves N

He was at 230 Twentieth Ave N from 1903 –1910 and then at 614 Twentieth Ave N in 1914.

Wm Parnell is the name on the front of the photo.

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Tuesday, April 25, 2017

Photo Number 2576

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

Aunt Mary Floodwood ant

The photographer is Golling-Hesse in Mpls which is short for Minneapolis.  They were in business there from 1906 to 1932. 

The pigeon breasted look to her blouse and the hair suggest a photo taken 1906-1910.

This is marked Aunt May or if you look at it long enough it morphs into Aunt Mary.

She also sports a pair of Pince-nez rimless glasses.

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Monday, April 24, 2017

Photo Number 2575

This is a photo from the antique shop in Detroit Lakes Minnesota.

Gal with fur and hat DL ant

Olson was the photographer in Frazee Minnesota. 

HM Olson was a photographer in Frazee in 1902, perhaps he was there into the 1920’s and 1930’s as that is when I think this photo was taken.

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My maternal grandparents were from the Frazee area, this may well be someone they knew.

Sunday, April 23, 2017

Photo Number 2574

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

Three women Crosby ant

Three women obviously related but unknown.

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Saturday, April 22, 2017

Photo Number 2573

This is a photo from the antique shop in Detroit Lakes Minnesota.

Child in chair DL ant

A really cute unknown child in a chair, all  dressed to go outside!

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Friday, April 21, 2017

Photo Number 2572

This is a snapshot from the antique shop in Royalton Minnesota.
Grantland people Royalton ant
Grantland people Royalton ant back
Buck
True       Grantland
Bobby
Anth Dell
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Update from LarsI:
Maudie Truedell Martin Grantland Born Jan 13, 1914 Arkansas died Nov 20 1966 in Texas. 
Claud "Buck" Grantland Born 1907 in Texas, Died 1971 in Texas. 
They are both buried in Rose Lawn Gardens Brownsville TX

Thursday, April 20, 2017

Photo Number 2571

This is a photo from the antique shop in Royalton, Minnesota.Kitty Stearns Royalton ant
Kamrath was the photographer in Wells, Minn  According to the Minnesota Historical Societie’s Photographer Directory he was in Wells from 1898-1899.
Kitty Stearns Royalton ant back
Kitty Stearns 15 yrs
Grandpa Pennys sister  cousin   Died Young
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Update from Iggy:
Kathryn Stearns was born on month day 1881, to Joseph S. Stearns and Kathryn J. Stearns (born Penny).
Joseph was born on July 30 1845, in Amsterdam, Montgomery Co, NY.
Kathryn was born circa 1845, in NY.
Kathryn had 8 siblings: Joseph Stearns, Frank Stearns and 6 other siblings.
Kathryn passed away on month day 1902, at age 21 at death place, Minnesota.

Wednesday, April 19, 2017

Photo Number 2570

This is a snapshot from The Tin Ceiling in Park Rapids Minnesota.

Jim O donnel Tin Ceiling 

Jim O donnel Tin Ceilingn back

My big man.  Jim ODonnell

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Tuesday, April 18, 2017

Full Circle 155

This Full Circle began when Iggy left me a link to Find a Grave, I left a message at an email address there. Photos there had been added by a family member, in this case a cousin but he sent me an email address of another cousin who was a Grandson.

I wrote:

Hi  I have a blog that features a old photo every day. 
Your cousin thought you might be interested in  a photo of Katie Kiplinger?  Or K Hazel? 
Here is the link.  I am happy to mail you the photo if you would appreciate it.  Connie at Forgotten Old Photos

Hello Connie,
 What a grand project you have undertaken!

  I appreciate the effort.

  I would be glad to have the photo. I’m not sure that it is my grandmother, but it must be. My grandfather grew up in Waterloo, IN, which is the next town from Auburn. They lived in Denver. I’ve never heard of her being called Katie, but it fits. I have a distant cousin that moved to MN. Maybe that’s how it got there.

What do you want for the photo? If not for you, I can make a donation from PayPal.  
   Thanks indeed!
     Ken
   Katie Kiplinger Auntie Flo ant Number 2558
Photo Number 2558  Katie Kiplinger
Hi Ken, So happy to hear you want the photo!  I will get it in the mail on Friday.   I looked for a long time at the two photos at Find A Grave.  They were taken at such different ages.  She was so tall!!
I usually send  one photo to family with no charge, it is a kindness to pass on someday to someone else.   I do appreciate reimbursement for postage, but it is not necessary.   Donate something to someone someday!

I hope you will let me know when you get the photo.  I usually write a Full Circle Post after the photo has gone “home”  so anything you would like to share about her would be great... I enjoyed reading her obituary she lived a good long time .

Connie at Forgotten Old Photos

I sent the photo off in the mail.

HI Connie,
Thanks so much for the photo! 
My grandmother was an amazing woman in her time. She was a school teacher before she got married. 
She was incredibly active in the Colorado State Grange. I believe that she was the first woman president of that organization. A little research could probably prove that. 
She WAS tall for a woman of that time, but I think only 5’7” at her peak. My grandfather was only 5’2”, so she looks much taller in the photo of the two of them. 
She was in a weekly bowling league into her 80’s. 
She was very active in community drives during WWII, as she had 2 sons involved in the war, as a bomber navigator and also a medic. 
She was very active in the local Methodist church. 
She was a prolific canner. Having survived Then Great Depression, she let nothing go to waste. I have never had pickled crabapples anywhere else. They were amazing! When she moved to a nursing home for her final years, we cleaned out the cellar, and there were food items from 20 years previous in there. I even ate some.
My grandparents ran a subsistence farm until the 60’s, when they started selling off their land in the Denver suburb of Wheat Ridge. My father used to say that during the depression and WWII, they would sell butter to buy margarine. 
I hope this gives a little insight… 
Thanks again!
  Ken

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Monday, April 17, 2017

Photo Number 2569

These are some more photos from the Tin Ceiling in Park Rapids Minnesota.

Mike 7 12 months Tin Ceiling

Mike 7 12 months Tin Ceiling back

Michael and Girlfriend 1954 Tin Ceiling

Michael and Girlfriend 1954 Tin Ceiling back

Yesterday we had the little boy on Easter Sunday, I think these are all the same child.

Easter Sunday age 2 12 Tin Ceiling

Easter Sunday age 2 12 Tin Ceilingback

 

Too bad we don’t know what Michael’s last name is.  He would be about 65 years old.  In the first photo he is sitting in a thing called a Baby Tenda… I have many photos of me sitting in one.  It was square with a seat in the center and a child could sit in it and play with toys or eat.  It was perfect for keeping small children off of drafy floors.

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Sunday, April 16, 2017

Photo Number 2568

This is a snapshot from the Tin Ceiling a little shop in Park Rapids Minnesota.Easter Sunday age 2 12 Tin Ceiling

A little boy with a big smile.

Easter Sunday age 2 12 Tin Ceilingback

Easter Sunday  Age 2 1/2  1954

I believe this little boy’s name is Michael, there will be more photos of him tomorrow.

I hope you all have a Happy Easter!

Saturday, April 15, 2017

Photo Number 2567

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

Hausch boys Floodwood ant

Two boys holding white gloves, one holding a book with a cross and the other a candle.

The photographer was Wauwatosa Studio in Wauwatosa Wisc.

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Friday, April 14, 2017

Photo Number 2566

This is a Real Photo Postcard from the antique shop in Detroit lakes Minnesota.

Postcard AZo U and Down DL ant

A gal  holding a book and a certificate.  She has flowers on the shoulder of her ruffly dress.

This is an AZO postcard that was used from 1918 to 1930.

She and the gal featured yesterday may be related.

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Thursday, April 13, 2017

Photo Number 2565

This is a Real Photo Postcard from the antique shop in Detroit Lakes Minnesota.

Postacrd DL ant AZO U and D

A young gal with ringlets holding a book with a Cross on it and a rolled up certificate.

This is a Azo Postcard that was used from 1918 to 1930.

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Wednesday, April 12, 2017

Photo Number 2564

This is a snapshot from the antique shop in Detroit Lakes Minnesota.

May 25 1923 First Communion

May 25 1923 First Communion back DL ant

First Holy Communion picture taken May 251933

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Tuesday, April 11, 2017

Photo Number 2563

We will look at some First Communion and Confirmation photos this week before Easter.

This is a snapshot from the antique shop in Detroit Lakes Minnesota.

Unknown First Communion DL ant

A young girl possibly on the day of her First Communion.

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Monday, April 10, 2017

Photo Number 2562

This is a photo from the antique shop in Crosby Minnesota.
Audrey How Crosby ant
Audrey How Crosby ant
What a photographers signature.  I think it says Worstat  Dworshak 1930
Audrey How Crosby ant back
Audrey How
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Update on the photographer from Jacqi:
I know this is a stretch, but could the photographer actually be Louis F. Dworshak of Duluth, MN? The insignia looks like it says "Dvorshak," and this is the closest I can find.

Sunday, April 9, 2017

Full Circle 154

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

I really would like a copy of this. She was my great, great, grandmother. How do I do this?

(My email is in my profile and anyone can contact me!  If someone leaves an email address in a comment I usually delete it so it does not appear.  I need an snail mail address to mail the photograph to. )

Hello,  I don't know much about her personally.  She was my great great grandmother.  I knew my great grandmother very well and I have been told she was much like her mother.  I would like that picture.  I don't have many of my ancestors pictures.
 Kenneth

Anna Akin CRaigs Number 1864 (2)
Anna Akin  Photo Number 1864
Previously research had been done by Sue and Susanna Rosalie, they had the right person, just no answer from the person at Ancestry with Anna in their family tree.  I presented this photo back in March of 2015.   It took two years before a home was found.

I mailed the photo and a few days later got a response! 

Hello,  I received the photo today, Thank you so much!   
She had 12 children with her husband James Benjamin Martin Akin.  Her parents were Epriam and Catherine (Crause) Stone.  Her father was a First cousin of a signer of the Declaration of Independence.  They moved to Texas where her husband died in 1893.  Have not been able to find his resting place.  Anna was buried in Colorado.

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Saturday, April 8, 2017

Photo Number 2561

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

May 1923 Crosby ant

May 1923 Crosby ant back

May 1923

Not sure if it is a date or a name and a year.

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Friday, April 7, 2017

Photo Number 2560

This is a photo from the antique shop in Crosby Minnesota.
Mary Howe Crosby ant
Mary Howe Crosby ant back
Mary D Howe 1814 Marshall Ave St Paul Minn
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Update from Jacqi:
Mary D. Howe showed up at that same address in the 1930 census. She was a teacher, age 30 at the time, single and living with her parents, Joseph J. and Elizabeth E. Howe.

Thursday, April 6, 2017

Photo Number 2559

This is a photo from Auntie Flo’s Antiques near Dorset Minnesota.  I will guess it was taken between 1900 and 1910.

Victor Johnson Family Auntie Flo ant

A family photo; Mom, Dad, two boys and two girls.

Victor Johnson Family Auntie Flo ant back

 

Victor Johnsons 2nd cousin of Alfred Johnson

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Wednesday, April 5, 2017

Photo Number 2558

This is a photo from Auntie Flo’s antique shop near Dorset Minnesota.
Katie Kiplinger Auntie Flo ant
The photographer might be Lekermerhdns in Auburn IND
Katie Kiplinger Auntie Flo ant
Katie Kiplinger Auntie Flo ant back
Katie Kiplinger and then faintly above it Denver Colo
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Update from Iggy:
Katherine Hazel Diehl Kiplinger Born Sept 3 1894 in Nebraska, Died Nov 6, 1994 in Colorado She and her husband Benjamin Aretus Kiplinger or "Rete" as he was known had together six children.

This photo went Full Circle 155 on April 18,2017

Tuesday, April 4, 2017

Photo Number 2557

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

G E peck Crosby ant

I almost didn’t buy it because it is so damaged, but it had a name on the back.

G E peck Crosby ant back

G E Peck

4 on horse

Brown on each

North of L ofra ?

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G E peck Crosby ant

I am wondering if this wasn’t a Stage Coach Stop, it looks like there are bags and a chair setting outside.  It is an awfully large building to be just a settlers cabin.