Photo Number 1844

This is a  snapshot from the antique shop in Detroit Lakes Minnesota.  This snapshot is 2 3/4 X 4 inches.

A couple of girls standing next to a log building someplace.  Perhaps a ski lodge.

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Photo Number 1843

Snow removal seems to be a huge topic of discussion in the recent weeks…especially for people who hardly ever get snow.

 

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

The tractor looks to be one from the 1940’s.  Possibly a Case…I only say that because we have one very similar to this.  It could very well be some other make of tractor.

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Photo Number 1842

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

Two gals sitting next to a snowbank someplace.

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Photo Number 1841

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

The photos are marked on the back Feb 1937.

My Dad says the automobile is a Model A but he couldn’t tell the make or year.

Years ago many country roads were only plowed once a year in the spring before the spring thaw.   My Dad remembers those days.  His brothers often accompanied the breaking snow plow and would help shovel when the snow was too deep or too hard for the snowplow to break the drifts.

Photo Number 1840

Here are two snapshots that may go together. They are from the antique shop in Detroit Lakes Minnesota.

A barn and another building and hayracks in the snow.

I think we often forget how hard it must have been to struggle with snow in the farmyard…the animals still had to be fed.

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Photo Number 1839

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

It was postmarked Feb 5 1909 at Moorhead Minnesota

It is addressed to Miss Lena Dokken Kindred N.D.   R.3

Hello Lena: Thanks for your letter. Will ans. when I get time.  These “guys” are Minnie Olsen, Inger K. and I.  We all room together at 605 6th S.  Moorhead M.  So you can address our mail over there.  Greet Inga
Lovingly Inger P.
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Update from Iggy:
There is a Minnie Olsen listed as a resident in Fargo, North Dakota in 1910 - working as a bookkeeper.
The recipient of the postcard is Anna Olena Dokken Oestreich 1895 -1956 

Photo Number 1838

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

1020 someplace…possibly Willmar Minnesota

S.L.Benton remains a mystery.  Cyko Real Photo Postcards were used from 1904 to the 1920’s.
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Update from Iggy:
I think this might be the Solon L Benton family showing Hattie C, his wife, three daughters, oldest one Beulah, and youngest being son Donald per 1920 US census they lived on Campbell Avenue. Solon was a Land Office manager.
1020 Campbell Avenue, Willmar, shows a house that matches the one in the photo above. Going by the children's ages, The photo dates to about 1917, Beulah was born c. 1909, Blanche 1911, Bernice ?, and Donald c. 1915.
Beulah Benton Married Chauncy R. Tatum they had no children.
Blanche Benton married Edward Long Wilsin and they had two sons.
In Beulahs obituary there is no mention of Bernice or Donald. Only Blanche and three nephews.