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This photo went Full Circle 131 on November 12 2015
Today is a special day! Today marks the Two Year Anniversary of this blog. I had hoped to have 36 Full Circles by now..instead I will be happy with the 33 that have been accomplished.
I still search out and collect old black and white photographs…especially ones with names on the back. I frequent local Antique Shops where they all know me by name.
This is a tea party photo that I purchased at Buggy Wheel Antiques near Lake Park Minnesota. It most likely from the 1940’s or the early 1950’s.
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This is a Real Photo Postcard from the Antique Shop in Solway Minnesota.
This is an Azo postcard from 1904 to 1918. A group of friends.
Women’s hats were at their largest in 1910, they had some very long hatpins that accompanied those hats!
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This was a photo that was in the original box of photos that I bought almost 2 years ago from the Antique Shop in Park Rapids Minnesota.
A gentleman with a striped hat that looks like a beanie. He looks a bit old to be in any kind of College initiation..or freshman week.
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An update on Photo Number 659
Wm Strehlows family has all the photos of him that they wish to have.
This is a photo from The Antique Shop with Ice Cream in Motley Minnesota.
It is a gentleman with one of those 8 panel hats that were usually tweed or wool. They were often called Newsboy caps or Driving caps.
The Photographer is JL Clark Central Hall ??? Blyth which may be in Nottinghamshire England.
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This is a photo from the antique shop in Detroit Lakes Minnesota.
A fine looking group of young men with Fedoras..and look at those scarfs..they must have driven into town for their photos. Somewhere I have a vision stored in my brain..of men in fedoras with scarves covering their mouths driving cars..perhaps it was in a movie.
A fedora was a felt hat that was part of a middle class men’s wardrobe in the 1920’s. The fedora was typically creased lengthwise down the crown, it may have had custom indents pinched at both sides of the crown.
The photographers were Carter and Birdsall of Hampton Iowa. I located them..but found no reference to the years they were in business.
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This week we will look at a few men with hats.
This is a photo from the Antique Shop in Park Rapids. The photo was taken by C. Raven at nearby Wadena Minnesota. He was there from 1912 to 1914 and again in 1918 and in 1922.
The Derby was very popular from the 1850’s to the 1920’s. This photo has no name. However any man that wears a tie with polka dots must have a sense of humor. He is also wearing one of those detachable stiff white collars that are held in place by a collar stud.
The white collars, were boiled and starched and when almost dry they were ironed..I have heard rumors of a special ironing board and iron..but I have not seen them. This was one ladies answer to “ring around the collar” in 1827 her name was Hannah Montague, she cut a collar off of one shirt and sewed it on another.
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This is a photo from the Antique Shop in Detroit Lakes Minnesota.
Relaxing on a Sunday afternoon. I had fun looking at everything in this old photo. This gentleman seems to have everything he needs in his corner, a wicker rocking chair, a lamp, reading material stacked on the small table, more books under the radio and an ash tray.
I also found it interesting that there appears to be a live plant..looks like a philodendron to me..growing out of the lamp base that is on the side table.
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This is a photo from the Antique Shop in Detroit Lakes Minnesota. She looks familiar and could be the same gal that we had in Photo Number 678 (The photo booth gal). They both have the same hair style.
This time she is wearing a 1940’s skirt complete with a kick pleat, and a fitted jacket.
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Meet Mabel Jones.
This is the back of the CdV .
A gentleman by the name of Ken left me a comment:
her name is mabel jones ,daughter of the photographer.That is the work of my great grandfather.john lewis jones who later in life moved to montreal quebec and joined with the noted photographer william notman.
I also got an email from Ken:
The photo by l jones quebec canada..thats my grandfathers sister in the photo...mabel jones..she died young from scarlet fever.Mr jones was john lewis jones ,the first english professional photographer in the city of quebec.His niche was the carrige trade .Many many notables of his time had their pictures taken by him..He later moved to the city of montreal and worked with a very notable photographer by the name of william notman. Mr notman was famous for taking his camera outdoors and taking pics of the newly emerging industrial world..He's easily found on google.I grew up with tons of those photo"s and now am always so surprised when I spot one on the internet.Thank you very much for posting it..If you'de like some more info just email me..thanks again..oh and as a sidenote ,he was a southern sympathizer during the civil war and it was always mentioned in our house that he"de met jefferson davis ..as a result there is always someone from each generation with the middle name of lee..thats me.and to really go back his wifes people go all the way back to the mayflower.
I asked him for more info and if he knew when this photo was taken?
I believe it was 1912 or thereabouts..It was always a family moment of pride that my grandfather"s father was the first english photographer in the city of quebec..Now through the net I see his work from time to time..Now as to the year it was taken I would have to say around 1881 through to 1900..the back of the photo"s changes..most of the family photo"s were about 1888..I have many of my grandfather as a young boy..Long hair and beautiful baby clothes..there was a family history of john lewis jones studing at mattew brady"s studio..Now I don"t know which location..that was probably just before the civil war..he would have been about 16..his father dabled in early photography and hand painted early pieces.Imagine my surprise when I walked into a little private museum on the west coast of canada and saw some of his work being displayed..
They were not an early working class family by any means..My great grand father took shots of visiting dignataries and local heads of government..I have only one pic of mabel and always heard from my grandmother what a beauty she was..She was one of five children..only two made it to adulthood..there supposedly was a huge epidemic of scarlet fever during world war one..followed by an influenza epidemic in 1918..this country had a small population at that time and I guess no town was spared its share of grief.
I am amazed to see this ..thanks so much for posting this..You don"t know how I jumped when I saw it..
I google his name from time to time and more and more things turn up..there is a poor canadian early photographer site..they never respond..I've tried a few times to have john lewis jones put up there.I was a little kid and we had boxes and boxes of his work.It all got destroyed except for family photo"s..history just wasn’t respected..Same with family history..If you told my grandmother that being descended from Mayflower people was special ,well she would have said so what..anytime anything by john lewis jones turns up I am very very interested
It took 17 days for the photo to reach him. When I mailed it I wrote: The photo is in the mail, sometimes it seems like a Pony Express route between the US and Canada..so be patient!
hello connie, thank you for the photo, She is now beside many of her brother and one of her as a young child of about eight..this photo was probably done on older stock..most of the ones from fabrique street have the name at bottom front.all the way from quebec to the usa .I have only two of mabel and some of her sister ,Some very much older in draq..some on copper..probably of the oldest women in the family ,they 80 ? or so..the pics taken in about 1865 or so..thank you very much for the addition.today is canadian thanks giving. So happy thanks giving.....snail mail indeed..sept22 to oct 8 ..could have used the pony express
I was very happy to have this photo go Full Circle. I enjoyed reading about Ken’s family..I found his comments very interesting. Awesome. Mabel is back home in Canada!
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This is another photo from the Antique Shop in Detroit Lakes Minnesota.
This one is stamped on the back. Peterson Photo Studio Denver Colorado. It looks like a high school graduation photo to me from sometime in the 1940’s. This photo is 2 1/2 inches by 3 3/4 inches. The photo has a wonderful sepia tone and it has tiny scallops all around the edge of the photo.
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This is an old photo booth photo. Most likely from the 1940’s.
These photos were small, they came out of the booth in strips and you had to cut them apart. This photo measures 1 and almost 1/2 inch by 1 3/4 inch. The photos were taken in quick succession..most likely she didn’t like the deer stuck in the headlights look of this photo. The scenery is stunning..mountains and drapes. It looks like she has something hanging from the buttonhole of her heavy coat.
I purchased this photo at the Antique Shop in Detroit Lakes Minnesota.
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This is a Cabinet Card from the Antique Shop in Solway.
The photographer was Charles G. Henderson, he is listed in a 1890 Business Directory for Howard County Nebraska. He was born in 1860 in Illinois. Nebraska became a State March 01, 1867.
This is a young lad..maybe 15 years old. The top button of his coat is buttoned. That was the style from the late 1870’s to early 1880’s. However in this situation I think it is just his personal style.
I cannot place the photographer in Howard County in 1880..only 1890 and I found him in nearby York County in the 1900 census.
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This is a photo from Linda’s Antique Shop in Park Rapids.
I thought this might be a brother and sister ..and it might be or it may be an engagement photo..we will never know as it is unmarked.
This photo is most likely from around 1935…I say that because of the double breasted suit and the bowtie.
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This is a photo from Linda’s Antique Shop in Park Rapids.
Someone's Grandmother on a Sunday after church. She most likely cooked a wonderful meal for her family and walked them to their car after dinner when they took her photo next to the biggest tree in the yard.
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This is another photo from the Antique Shop in Park Rapids Minnesota.
Julius Tessman of Wadena Minnesota took this photo. He was a photographer in Wadena during 1914.
I thought that the striped blouse was rather striking. This could be a graduation photo, this gal looks young and very beautiful.
You can see the telltale beginnings of mold on this photo, someone stored it in a damp place at one time. I store all my old photos in Rubbermaid containers. They are protected from excess heat, light and dampness.
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This is a photo from the Antique Shop in Park Rapids that is owned by my friend Linda. She had her shop for sale, she had a huge sale, and closed for a couple of months. The shop did not sell so she is still in business. The place has more shelves now and the entire place has been cleaned and the floors have been redone. She saves old photos for me to look at. It is one of my favorite places to visit.
This is Dickie at Shelter Bay.
Shelter Bay is more than likely the name of a resort in Wisconsin or Michigan..or the name of a town in Washington. Wherever Shelter Bay was the grass was very tall. Poor little Dickie looks lost in the grass.
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This is a CdV that I purchased at the Royalton Minnesota Antique Shop.
The photographer was Curtis & Ross, Lewiston…unknown state.
I think this looks like a little boy, because of the striped stockings.
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I am done going into work at the Historical Museum for the winter, the building is not heated. I will work part time a few hours a month from home.
I have finally had some extra time to go through some of my photo files again. I found that I had overlooked a name. So Photo Number 665 has a name! So far it is the only error I have found. I hate to use a photo twice because Iggy will notice. I usually move the photo into a used file folder..but sometimes I get interrupted or in a hurry..so doubling up is a possibility..as well as an omissions..I am not perfect! :)
This is a photo from the Antique Shop in Park Rapids. We have seen this little gal before..she was also in Photo Number 461.
The little girl is perched on the edge of a very beautiful rocking chair.
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