Photo Number 729

This is a great old photo. Most likely taken in Minnesota in the 1930’s.
My Dad said that these cars are both early 1930’s cars.  The license plate says B 33-116 Minn

Further research finds dark plates with white numbers in the years 1931, 1934, 1936 and 1938.

They certainly are a dressed up bunch, everyone has a hat!  It must have been a Sunday afternoon!

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Update from Futura:
I would, without question, date this image to 1931...the car in the foreground is a 1927 Chevrolet National series, and the womens clothing and hats are perfect examples of what was being shown in catalogs and pattern books for the winter 1930-31 season

Photo Number 728

Lets look at some cars!  Any and all input is appreciated.  My Dad is pretty good at identifying old cars for me.

He thinks that this one is 1937 or 1938 Ford.  They made a model called The Sixty Ford.
This photo is marked on the back, Arrow Photo Service Minneapolis, Minn.  A house and a car..the American dream!

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Update from Futura:
It is a '38 ford....from 1937 thru 1940 Ford marketed a car called the "Thrifty Sixty" because it featured a smaller, 60 horsepower version of its famed V8....the car was terribly underpowered yet delivered excellent fuel economy...The majority of Ford customers however opted to pay a few dollars more for the DeLuxe model that came equipped with a lively 85 horsepower engine.

Photo Number 727

This is a CdV from the antique shop in Dorset Minnesota.

I thought at first glace that this was a foreign photo.  I was wrong.  This CdV has a pink backing.  Samuel Van Grieken was the photographer in Keokuk Iowa.

Samuel Van Grieken was born in Holland in 1840 and came to America with his Grandparents in 1845.  He was an orphan.  While in New York City his Grandfather died.  When he was 13 years old he and his Grandmother moved to Keokuk Iowa..and he remained there throughout his life. He died in 1893.

We do not know the name of the gentleman in the photo. I would guess that those were not his pants from the look of the thick hem. The vest is often called a waistcoat..I guess because it covers you to the waist.  In this case it appears to be a double breasted waistcoat or vest. 

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Photo Number 726

This is a Cabinet Card.  This is the last photo from Tulla.  We have not made any connections with family yet..maybe someday.

The photographer is Ely from Oshkosh.  The children are adorable.


J D Nave?? Ham or Hamm
Mapleton Minn
Pastel, Full figures of both
Hazel three years      Harold 19 months

Cook Ely was in Oshkosh Wisconsin from 1879 to 1895.  He mentored Beatrice Tonnesen.   Beatrice was hearing impaired, her Mother paid Cook $100 to teach Beatrice about photography. At that time not many women were photographers.  She became a well known photographer in Chicago catering to the wealthy.
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Update from Abra:
I believe this is Hazel and Harold Ham(m), children of Joseph Hamm and Julia Rasey. Hazel Vivian Hamm was born Nov 8, 1888 in OshKosh. It is hard to tell where things go after that, as most of the 1890 censuses are lost. I find Harold and Hazel and with two older siblings and one younger sibling in the 1900 census in Mapleton MN. However, they are listed as stepchildren of Martin Pratt (mother's name is Julia). 

My thought is their father probably passed after the youngest child was born and mom remarried to a man 27 years her senior. 

I find Hazel V Grover in the 1920 census in Mankato & 1930 census in Ohio, with her mother living with them. In 1930 she has a 6 year old daughter Janice.

In searching family trees, I found a couple. One lists Harold as having had a number of children and some may be living. I will go ahead and message the owner of the HAMM family tree and send them a link to your site to see what comes of it. Fingers crossed! ~Abra


Update:
This photo went Full Circle 53 on April 16 2012.

Photo Number 725

This is a Real Photo Postcard from Tulla, she bought it at an antique shop.

Stalley of Jamestown ND took this photo between 1904 and 1918. It is an Azo Postcard with arrows pointing up.

A Mother with three children..her dress looks to be a skirt with a long jacket..and her shoes are very worn. Her watch chain is a bit tangled up..no doubt from struggling with children.  You can see the child on the right was not sitting still!

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Photo Number 724

This is another photo from Tulla.

This young lady must have graduated from high school, she has some sort of certificate in her hand.

Her gown seems to have very large sleeves.  It is adorned with ribbons and bows and has some smocking on the front.  She has a small brooch on her gown and a large bow in her hair.

The photographer is Hostetler of Davenport Iowa.  The Davenport Public Library houses a collection of all of the negatives and many of the photos he took between 1895 and 1920.  If we knew her name we could search..her name may be on the back..but it is too difficult to read.

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Photo Number 723

This is another of Tulla’s photos from an antique shop.


Return to Mrs. W. H. Noyes  Winter, Wis.

I did find a Susan A Noyes who was the wife of William H Noyes who were both 60 years old in the 1910 Census in Sawyer County Wisconsin in the Village of Winter.  William H was a Newspaper Editor.   They had two children Edna “Irene” and Thomas.  This could be one or the other of them with their spouse and children. I am curious if one of them had two sons?  ( She had five grandchildren.)  If Susan wanted the photo returned to her apparently it was important to her, however it could have been a next door neighbor..who knows?  Susan died in 1934.

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Update from Iggy:
According to the 1930 US census, Thomas E Noyes (b. 1892) was married to Lucille R Noyes (b. 
07-Oct-1897 d. May-1969 at the age of 71 in Milwaukee, WI) and had a daughter, Hildagarde C Noyes (b. 1923) lving with them.


Irene Edna Noyes (b. 15-Jun-1887 Prineghar, Iowa d. 7-Jan-1942 in Monterey, California) married George Adelbert Walter on 27-Jun-1906 in Birchwood, Washburn, Wisconsin)

They had seven children - some showing as still living.