Photo Number 3167

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

Merry Christmas From Lorraine, Marvin and Lowell

Thi is an AZo postcard with squares in the corners where the stamp goes it was used from 1926 –1940.

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Photo Number 2457

This is a postcard from the antique shop in Pequot Lakes Minnesota.

Aloha and Merry Christmas from Monte, Marvin, Ann and Veryl

Dear Agnes, Did you know that I was way over here? It is really an interesting and beautiful place to spend two years, better come see us?  Have been wanting to write a long letter al about it- but the semi –tropical atmosphere does the damage to one’s spirits that household duties seem about all I can manage.  Dad has an operation for appendicitis + gall bladder removed but reports are he is getting along fine.  Hope you are all well and very happy.  Lovingly Ann

The date at the very top of the card is 12 -6-30.

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Photo Number 2453

This is a Christmas card from the antique shop in Pequot Lakes Minnesota.

Two piano players and a boy with a clarinet.  Merry Christmas

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Photo Number 2451

Thi is a Christmas Greeting purchased from the antique shop in Detroit Lakes Minnesota.

A Boston Terrier and Season’s Greetings

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Photo Number 2434

This is a Photo from Craig’s Collection.

  X Mas Greetings J Oliver Armstrong

Here we have our first Christmas Greeting and a clue that the photo was taken in Kansas City, Mo

It is a very thin paper photo attached to the majestic folder at a price of $3.75 per 100.

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Merry Christmas!

Thanks for coming by on Christmas Day.  Today I have a postcard greeting.

Wishing you three girls a Merry Xmas and a Happy New Year and how are you girl I spose so big by now that I wouldent even know you if I met you still going to school I spose  tell Mother I will ans her letter night Xmas  love to all Lizzie

Photo Number 1778

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

A Merry Christmas from Rev. + Mrs. Masted ~ Yvonne + Carol

I found several Reverends…Fred, Lars and Harold…

The dress that the Mrs is wearing is possibly from the 1940’s?? 

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Update from Iggy:

Agnes Margrete "Aggie" Lien Masted (b. Sep. 28, 1913 d. Jan. 18, 2008 :  Was the wife of Rev. Walter Masted and mother of Yvonne, Carol, and Wanda.

The Rev. Masted died in 1945 - within a few years after this Christmas Card was sent out. Your photo-dating (the dress) is spot on.  He died following a surgery.

In 1937 Walter and Agnes were married in Duluth.   He served Lutheran congregations in Duluth, and the Detroit Lakes communities of Richwood and Bakke, he was serving in Greenbush when he died. 

This photo went Full Circle 113 on April 13, 2015.

Photo Number 1777

This is a photo from a little shop in East Grand Forks Minnesota.

Best Wishes for a Merry Christmas

Jimmie, Mildred and Jamie

We have a bonus with this one.

Franklin Herefords  Slater MO

That must be little Jamie in the truck!  I bet his last name is Franklin. 

That looks to me like a 1947 Two Ton Truck…but I am no expert on vehicles.  It looks like a well used truck so this photo was most likely taken in the 1950’s sometime.  He has been hunting.

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Update from Iggy:

James L(eroy?) Franklin (February 23, 1920 - September 27, 2001) and Mildred A. Franklin (September 3, 1914 - June 26, 2008) owned the Franklin Polled Hereford Farm outside of Slater, Missourri.

Their son, also "Jim," apparently still lives there.

The truck is indeed a a 1947-1955 era Chevrolet "Grain Truck". The back actually hinged like a dump truck.

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 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 1426

This is a Christmas Greeting from Katherine’s California Collection.

Fishing You a Merry Christmas   Carl and Oriska

This must be a one of a kind card..no doubt they loved to fish!

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Update from Iggy:

I think this is Carl Odie Bender (Mar. 12, 1901 in West Virginia, USA - Sep. 17, 1991 in San Bernardino County, California, USA) husband to Oriska (Harlan) Gwynn Bender (1900-1990).

Photo Number 1423

This is a Photo Christmas Card that I purchased at the antique shop in Royalton Minnesota.

Owen Evelyn and Ann Heath

Wish you would drop by once more before you leave.  This is Ann at 3 1/2 months.  She is 5 months now and quite an armful.  She smiles a lot and is a very happy baby.  Drop out if you can.  Lovingly, Evelyn
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Update from Iggy:
I think this is Ann Louise Heath (17 Jul 1949 in Hennepin, Minnesota) to Owen Merrill Heath (May 29, 1907-January 25, 1988) and Evelyn Joan Tingdale.

This photo went Full Circle 81 on March 3, 2014

Photo Number 1092

This is a photo greeting card I purchased at an antique shop in Detroit Lakes Minnesota.

Taken June 2, 1973.  The Wallaces

Apparently the Groom was not quite part of the family yet.

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Photo Number 1091

A newer greeting purchased at the antique shop in Detroit Lakes Minnesota.

Robert and Kay Weston  edited to Western ( Skareangle??)

This wedding photo was most likely taken in the 1960’s.

Greetings to your daughter-
We’ve had a busy fall getting settled in our home in Stanley.
We’re enjoying your lovely wedding gift.
A blessed Christmas!
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Update from grandmavickiann:
They still live in Stanley North Dakota.

Photo Number 1090

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

Lois and Ken Kranth edited to Krauth

I love everything about this old greeting, the car, the dress, the hat and his white sport coat.

The car is a 1959 Ford Galaxie.

There is a new blog started by a young lady named Emily called Find Your Family..stop by and leave her a comment!  She is a self proclaimed “History Nerd”..since most of us can really identify with that lets give her a rousing welcome!

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Update: From Iggy

This couple may live in California

Photo Number 1089

This is a photo greeting from the Antique Shop in Detroit Lakes.

Merry Christmas! Lois and Arlie

I smiled at this photo.  The reception must have been held in the basement of a church.   Those windows and curtains were very typical of a church basement.   The groom is wearing a double breasted suit which was typical for the late 1940’s and early 1950’s.  The bride carried flowers on top of her Bible or Prayer Book.

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