Photo Number 1444

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

I hope your streets have less snow than this for safe travel if you are going out this New Years Eve.

I am staying home and will toast the New Year with some hot chocolate!

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Full Circle 79

Sometimes it pays off to Google your relatives names.  Erin did a search for her Grandfathers name Max Hird and ended up at Forgotten Old Photos.  The photos were previously declined by a family member.  Now they are happily in Erin’s hands.

Photo Number 1386

And this photo was also returned to Erin.

Photo Number 1385

Belle Hird was Max Hird’s Aunt.

Hi Connie!

I got the pictures in the mail today.  Thank you so much for sending them to me.

As I said in my comment, Max Hird was my grandfather. He spent the majority of his life on the same farm outside of Edgeley, first being raised by his aunt and uncle (Lester and Mary Treganza) and then taking it over and farming it himself. His favorite hobbies included photography and genealogy; He would have loved your blog! He was struck with scarlet fever as a child, which left him partially deaf. He overcame this unfortunate disability by learning to read lips and eventually getting hearing aids. I can remember watching him discreetly turning them down if Grandma was babbling about something he wasn't interested in or if she was interrupting the news. In 2004 he passed away after a 22 year battle with leukemia. That isn't a typo. :)  He was a strong man and I think about him every day.  You don't know how much it means to me to have these pictures.

Thank you again,

Erin

Erin and her husband also offered to find homes for the other Edgeley photos that I purchased at the antique shop in Moorhead Minnesota.  I am getting them ready to mail, I hope they will all become Full Circles someday.

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Photo Number 1443

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

A lady standing next to a snow bank that is taller than she is!

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Photo Number 1442

These are photos from the antique shop in Detroit Lakes Minnesota.

A snowy unidentified group.

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Photo Number 1441

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

Two gals and a dog in front of a window with a red cross.  As far as I know Red Cross Classes were taught in public places like schools and medical supplies would have been available there. When cars became more popular and accidents happened there was need of First Aid Stations.  If anyone else knows different information I hope you will share.
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From Iggy:
I think the Red Cross signs were used during WWI as a "support our troops" fund-drive.

"For homes, stores, factories and offices 'there is a Red Cross service flag to be displayed in windows.'"

Photo Number 1440

Well I hope you all had a Merry Christmas!

As you can imagine it is still snowy up here in Minnesnowda…so we will continue with a few snowy photos.

A gal in a cute hat with a feather carrying what I imagine to be a camera.

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

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Photo Number 1439

I found this old photo at the antique shop in Park Rapids Minnesota.

Perhaps someone can translate?

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Perhaps it is a Christmas message.
I certainly would like to look inside that little church perched on the side of a mountain.
Merry Christmas! 

Update from AvA:

Hallo, this card is from Innsbruck (Tirol, Austria). "Merry Christmas and a happy new year from Pepi (of Pezi) Aigner and Family. Thank you for your ? card." At the front it also means "Merry Christmas".

This card was sent from Innsbruck to Garmisch-Partenkirchen in Germany

Photo Number 1438

This is an old photo from the antique shop in Royalton Minnesota.

On the back it is marked Nancy 6 and Jamie 2.

I used to have the same problem with my wool skirts that had those suspenders..they fell of my shoulders and never covered up my knobby knees.  This photo is probably from the 1950’s.

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Photo Number 1437

This is a photo from the Tin Ceiling in Park Rapids Minnesota.

This must have been taken in 1954 at Christmas time and developed in January of 1955.  I will guess this is a Father and a daughter posing for a photo.  Note that the gentleman has hearing aids…and that is some fancy wallpaper in the background.  I enjoyed seeing a tree covered in tinsel.

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Photo Number 1436

This is a old photo from the antique shop in Royalton Minnesota.

A tiny tree on a baby grand piano and a baby in a chair. Sadly this photo is not marked.

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Photo Number 1435

This is a Christmas card that I purchased at the antique shop in Detroit Lakes Minnesota

Helen Elizabeth Graham at 13 1/2 mo.

Isn’t she cute?  I could not resist this photo.

This Real Photo Postcard was postmarked 1907.
1513 Arlington Ave  Davenport Iowa
Dear Sadie, Here’s our youngest doing a stunt. Wishn you all might see her.  She is beginning to walk and talk.
We are comfortably situated in a house by ourselves. Mr. ? enjoys the fine H.S. Building and his equipment.  We find people cordial + have made several friends whom we value .  How are you? Still in Casselton?  Lovingly, Stella Graham
The postcard was sent to Miss Sarah Best Fargo, N.D.
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Update from Iggy:
Eugene Clayton (23 Mar 1875 in Forest, Rice, Minnesota - Mar. 20, 1936 in Manhattan, Riley, Kansas) and Stella H Graham (15 Dec 1872 in Illinois - 2 Jul 1960 in California, appears in the 1940 US census as widowed, living in Pasadena, Los Angeles, California) had this baby, Helen Elizabeth Graham (30 Aug 1906 - 1 Jul 1989) in Minnesota but then moved to Kansas, Ohio, and then back to Kansas and then Stella and Helen moved to Los Angeles.

Helen married a Mr. Macy.

Update from grandmavickiann:
This could be Sarah Best
She was born in 1881 in Minnesota, the daughter of William and Abbie Best. At the time of the 1910 Census, her father had died, and she was living with her mother and siblings Ina, Imir and Mary, all girls, as well as her maternal grandmother, Sarah Thomas, for whom it appears that she was named. According to the NDSU biography, there was also a brother, Will.

The NDSU Library has several feet of items donated by Sarah Best and Ina Best. They must not have married. Her father was once mayor of Casselton and Chief of Police of Fargo. He died in 1898.

Photo Number 1434

This is a Christmas Card from the antique shop in Moorhead Minnesota.

Someone got married!  Tom Waldie + Jeanette Stemen

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Update from Iggy:
"Tom and Jeanette (Stemen) Waldie, Marion, N.D., will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary with an open house from 3 to 6 p.m. Saturday at First Assembly of God Fellowship Hall, Jamestown, N.D.

They were married Oct. 15, 1960, at the Methodist Church, Dickey, N.D."

Photo Number 1433

This is a Christmas Card from the antique shop in Moorhead Minnesota.

Harry + Alice    David, Ruth + Peggy 

Dec. 12  Christmas once again!  We’ll be alone this year.  Harry’s folks were here 17 days in Nov. so they spent Thanksgiving with us.  We were all home last yr for Xmas, but I don’t kno’ of anyone who can make it this year.
What do you think of our family?  David is twelve +makes close to $60 a mo. on his paper route.  I told him I made that much teaching school. Ruth is 8 and Peggy 2.  She chatters a mile a minute + is so thrilled about xmas.
Is there a program at the church this year?  I had to make an angel costume for Ruthie.  David is Joseph.
I just wish I had time to write letters instead of notes.  Seems I never start soon enough. but I’ll write u more after Xmas.
Best Wishes for good health + a happy holiday season.  Greetings to Max and Barbara.  Alice
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This photo went Full Circle 142 on March 31 2016

Photo Number 1432

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

Inez, Clarence and Ronald Jensen

Someone wrote the year 1955 in pen.

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Update from Iggy:

"Inez R.M. Jensen, age 93, formerly of Edgeley, ND, passed away Wednesday, November 21, 2012, in Auburn, AL, where she resided the past three years.

Inez Ruth Marie Fevold was born on December 3, 1918, on a farm outside Edgeley in LaMoure County, ND, the second child and only daughter of Martin and Bertha (Olson) Fevold. She was raised on the family farm outside Edgeley, residing on the same site her entire life until moving to Auburn in 2009."

"Clarence Harley Jensen was born on March 17, 1923 on a farm outside of Berlin in LaMoure County, ND, the third child and oldest son of Hans and Clara (Oleson) Jensen. He was raised on the family farm outside Berlin and attended Wano Township #1 School.

Clarence married Inez Ruth Marie Fevold, daughter of Martin and Bertha (Olson) Fevold, on June 3, 1951. June 3, 2011, marked their 60th anniversary."

Photo Number 1431

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

A young couple with most likely their first Christmas tree and their first child.

Glenn, Joyce, Gary Bartle/Bortle?

I will guess that this photo was taken in the late 1940’s or early 1950’s because the gentleman is wearing a double breasted suit coat.

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Update from Iggy:

Glen(n) H and Joyce O Bartle appear in the city directory for Fargo, ND in 1945 and again in 1948. They were both teachers. They later moved to Golden Hills, in Mesa, Arizona.

Joyce was born March 6th, 1920. April 30th, 1999 Joyce Bartle passed away in Mesa, Arizona at the age of 79.

Photo Number 1430

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

Joan, Jimmie +

“The Murphy’s”   Christmas 1936

I will guess that these are children of Joan and Jimmie Murphy, (edited Children of Jerome and Mary) the oldest one born in 1929 maybe..I will guess the kids ages at 7, 5 and 3..just a guess.  What do you think? two boys and a girl or two girls and a boy?

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Update from grandmavickieann:

1940 Census - Jerome and Mary Murphy living in Mandan, ND. Three children: Mary Joan, 11, James, 9, Margaret, 7. 

Photo Number 1429

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

Kenny,  Kathy   Brian + Colleen

Cute kids!  There is a sign in the background on the left but I cannot read it.

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Photo Number 1428

This is an old Christmas Card from the antique shop in Moorhead Minnesota.

Leland, Jo, Mary 1954

I bet Mary’s dress was red.

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Photo Number 1427

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

A couple of cute kids enjoying a record on the Snow White  Record Player.  The Christmas tree was one of those on the table top and for some reason someone cut a small square out of the photo.  The record player was mainly yellow with red bands along the top and the bottom.  Perhaps a reader will recognize that doll the little girl is holding.

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