Photo Number 1297

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

A group posing near the gardens in a yard.  It must have been a beautiful spot to visit.  That wicker chair is lovely.

Ella Flaherty, Mother Fortune, Mary Bridget Flaherty, Peggy Scott  Sept 20 1936

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Update from Iggy:
Ella Flaherty nee' Fortune (1881-1957) shows her gravestone located in St. Mary Cemetery, Bismarck, North Dakota .
She is buried with husband Timothy E., her mother Bridget Fortune (1853-1945), and father Thomas.

Mary Bridget was the daughter of Ella Flaherty's son Francis E. Flaherty, MD (1908-1994) and his wife Helen (1906-1999). They lived in Seattle, Washington.

Photo Number 1296

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

Friends from the 1940’s? High heels with anklets!

The photographers switched places. I wonder what possessed them to take this photo?  Just having fun I guess..it made me smile I hope it makes you smile too.

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Photo Number 1295

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

Carl F. Schneider 4 months old when taken.

The postcard is an Azo from 1904-1918

That is one beautiful wicker chair.  The baby in a hat and booties is awfully cute too.

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Photo Number 1294

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

This one is marked.

Grandmas Birthday Cake 1917

This is the gal from yesterday.  Could this be the same gal in 1908?  I think so. They have the same kind of glue on the back of the photos and they were in the same scrapbook and the hand writing is similar.

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Photo Number 1293

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

This photo was marked 1908.  Can you imagine those dark heavy socks in the summertime?  Note the parasol in the background.   What a nice porch to sit on.  Take a close look at this gal..I may have another photo of her tomorrow.

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Photo Number 1292

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

A little boy in an wooden and metal pram. He wears a beautiful white gown that has an eyelet type edge.

Mr. Clayton Sylvester Rost/Rust??

Give this to Lula when you see her. It is addressed to Miss Lula Crowder

This is an Azo Postcard with diamonds in the corners where the stamp goes, typical of  1907 to 1909.
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Update from Iggy: 
A possibility
Clayton Sylvester Rost (30 Oct 1910 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada) His mother was Annie Marguerite Anderson.

This photo went Full Circle 86 on May 13, 2014

Photo Number 1291

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

A lady with what looks like aviator goggles over a hat with ties holding a cigarette. She wears a sundress, with some sort of patterned fabric, the dress is trimmed with a large pocket and a solid color binding for trim.

When I saw this photo I remembered that my Mother had a dress like this in the 1950’s.  Perhaps it was a dress that she made from one of those Butterick patterns..or Simplicity.

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Photo Number 1290

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

Almida Amalia Hagen  Age 13 months

Cute little thing with a wonderful smile!  She wears a long white dress trimmed in lace and button up shoes.

Artura postcards were used from 1910 to 1924.

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Update from Iggy:

According to the 1940 US census, Almida Amelia Hagen was born abt 1923, attended college.  Her parents were C. Edward and Tillie Olivia Hagen. She had four-five brothers and appears to have been the only girl.

She lived in Scambler, Otter Tail, Minnesota which is very near Pelican Rapids. Her brothers were Carl (died in 1998), Wilbur (died in 2007), Jay, Earl and Kermit.

Almeda/Almida married a Charles Woodward and moved to Alameda, California (c. 1998).

Photo Number 1289

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

At M.S.T.C.  July 1931

Note the finger waved hair styles and the dress length just below the knee.

The initials could stand for Moorhead State Teachers College.  The College was known by that name from 1921 to 1957.  Before that time it was Moorhead Normal School and after 1957 Moorhead State College then Moorhead State University in 1975 and now since the year 2000 Minnesota State University Moorhead.  ( I attended that college in 1970 and 1971 when it was known as Moorhead State College…my major at that time was Pre Veterinary Medicine and Health)

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Photo Number 1288

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

The photo was developed in December of 1960. My best guess is that Martha and Rose are visiting because they have their purses on their arms, and that Ray/Roy is their brother and he is married to Edna. ( They were brother and sister and lived together.)

At Oertli’s  Edna Oertli,  Martha K.Nack,  Ray/Roy Oertli and  Rose Oertli

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Update from Iggy:

Roy Oliver Young Oertli (b. 30 Jul 1894 - d. 13 Dec 1958), son of Arnold and Christina Oertli, lived in Aberdeen and later in Ordway, Brown, South Dakota with his sister Edna (b. Sep 1886 d. ?) Roy and Edna appear to have never married. Rose nee' Krueger was married to Walter Oertli, and appears to have been a cousin-in-law (but I didn't find the exact linkage between Walter and Roy). Rose was Martha's sister.

In the 1920 US Census, Martha Margaret Krueger Nack (Mar. 30, 1883 - Jun. 11, 1971) is listed as a nextdoor neighbor to Rose and Walter Oertli, living in Eldred, Cass, North Dakota.

This photo went Full Circle 130 on October 13, 2015

Photo Number 1287

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

Oh yes!  I went to church this day.

Looks like two boys are rolling a tire in the background.  I will guess that this photo was taken in the late 1920’s or early 1930’s.

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Photo Number 1286

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

Meet cute little Charles Hall.  It looks like he is standing on a piece work quilt in front of a piano.  He wears a long sleeve top with a scarf like tie and knickers, with long black socks and button up shoes.  He is holding something in his hand..perhaps a card.

Master Charles R. Hall age 4 years  and the postcard is addressed to Mrs. Mett Hall  Harrold  S. Dak.
It is a Kruxo card, probably from 1907 to 1920.  I will guess that this Real Photo Postcard is from 1918.  I say that because I have photographs of my Father In Law with the same haircut and dressed in a very similar fashion in 1918.
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Photo Number 1285

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

Gertrude is fishing.

But the fish weren’t biting!!!

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Photo Number 1284

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

May 27 1943  Estelle and Breen Kennelly

Brother and sister?  Maybe.  The names are reversed so they are both Kennelly’s.
I bought this snapshot because of the names of course and because I was quite taken with the Ric Rac trim on her dress.
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Update from Iggy:
According to the 1940 Census, Breen Kennelly born 12 May 1928 in North Dakota and lived at 825 Fourth Street, Bismarck, Burleigh, North Dakota with his parents Roy and Helen nee Breen, and his sister Estelle, who was two years younger. He had one older sister, Royanne, and one other younger sister Helene.

Douglas Breen Kennelly  passed away on 16 Mar 2001, he is buried in Union Cemetery in Mandan ND.    Estelle M. Kennelly was a dietician at the St. Alexius Hospital.

An obituary of an Aunt shows Estelle married to a Mr. Shirley.

This photo went Full Circle 133 on November 14, 2015

Full Circle 73

I will declare these photos Full Circle. 

Melvin Florence and Adele Strunk.

I am writing to you as I saw your posting of old photos. I am the granddaughter of Florence Strunk in the photo you posted!
Adele Strunk Or my " auntie dala" as I called her growing up is also pictured as well as my great uncle Mel. All are deceased at this time, and of all days for me to find your site, I am tonight going to see psychic medium John Edwards in Chicago where I live, in the hopes of hearing from my grandma Florence, and my aunt dala. I would love to acquire the photos for my mother for Christmas this year if possible! Please let me know what if anything I can do to try to make it a merry Christmas for my mom, as she misses her mother Florence every day still. I am sure I have heard the names of the others pictured in the second photo also, but I don't want to ruin the surprise by asking my mother about them. Thank you so much for taking the time and effort to post the photos. It made me cry when I saw my grandma aunt and uncle as young adults in the photo. I hope to hear from you very soon! Teresa

Foster and Helene and her Mother Mrs. Ellen Strunk  April 1948

Photos Number 882

I mailed the photos on December 10, 2012.

Hi Connie,

I received the photos today and I am amazed at how well preserved they are! Thank you so much for sending them on ad I will email after xmas when I give them to my mother. I am planning o have it enlarged and framed for her. Thank you for taking such care with an invaluable memory for our family! Talk to you soon, and have a wonderful holiday season.!

I have waited for her mothers reaction.  Nothing has been forth coming so I will declare these Full Circle.

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**Please note that yesterdays photo of Larry Joe is part of this family..his parents Foster and Helene are pictured in the bottom photo.

Photo Number 1283

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

I featured a photo of Larry Joe before.  His wife left a comment but never contacted me for the photos. Photo Number 872  from the information that was left the last time we know this is Larry Jo Janich born on 12/31/1946 to Foster William Janich and Helene Loraine Strunk.

The comment that was left said “ Thank you yes that is my husband Larry and his mother at Lotus Lake( Excelsior, Minnesota). That was the same year Larry was adopted. They lived on Carver Beach Road. Yes, it would be interesting to see more pictures of the Strunks. I thought I had seen all of them, but this picture I have never seen!”

Sometimes these antique shops have layer after layer to them, this particular gentleman has a storage unit full of stuff and he brings things out bit by bit.

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Photo Number 1282

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

Mr. and Mrs. Engebretson  too bad the Mr. did not have a first name.  I will guess that this postcard is from about 1910.

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Photo Number 1281

This is a series of unmarked snapshots from the antique shop in Detroit Lakes Minnesota.

Looks like they had quite a picnic.

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Photo Number 1280

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

I wonder what the occasion was?

July 1945 Busty Taylor

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This photo went Full Circle 119 on July 1 2015

Photo Number 1279

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

Looks like someone made a homemade teeter totter out of a saw horse.

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Photo Number 1278

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


Delores Vernet Melby Born Jan 2 1916  She is a cute little girl
The postcard was addressed to Miss Alma Melby Bismarck North Dak
It looks like little Delores is just learning to sit up by herself for this photo taken in the summer of 1916.
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Update from Iggy:
John Edward Melby (b. Dec. 21, 1888 d. Oct. 27, 1958 in Alexandria, Douglas County, Minnesota) married Hannah Mathilde Berg in 1915. They had one daughter, Delores Vernette. John was a painter/decorator and is buried in Brandon Cemetery, Brandon, Douglas County, Minnesota. 

Hannah (b. Jul. 4, 1892 d. Feb. 23, 1920) passed away at a very young age, leaving John a widow with a young daughter.

Alma (23 May 1895 - November 1985 in Cass, ND) was one of John's younger sisters.

Doloris'  married Ward Owen Linder on September 4th, 1949.

Photo Number 1277

This is a Real Photo Postcard from the Flea Market in Detroit Lakes Minnesota.

This is Dad Wilson…perhaps the father of Earl Wilson from yesterdays photo, or perhaps this is Earl himself. 

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Photo Number 1276

This is a Real Photo Postcard from the Flea Market in Detroit Lakes Minnesota.

This Real Photo Postcard is an Kruxo which was used from  1907 to 1920. I will guess that this is nearer to 1907 because the dress the lady is wearing is pigeon breasted.

Earl Wilson  is the name on the back of the photo.

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Photo Number 1275

These are two snapshots from the antique shop in Detroit Lakes.

This one is marked August 11, 1911

All is well that ends well.

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Photo Number 1274

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

Mr. George Dow on an old fashioned wood swing.  We used to have one of these, I loved swinging on it in the warm summer evenings.

This photo is impossible to date…older men dressed this way for years.

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Photo Number 1273

This is a photograph that reminds me of Blogger being asleep.  This blog was totally lost for 24 hours.  I have no idea where or why it went away. Perhaps it was nap time.

A couple sharing an Indian Blanket for an afternoon nap.  I purchased this snapshot in Detroit Lakes Minnesota.

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