This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------E58BB9E7DF2D074BF38CB069 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit --------------E58BB9E7DF2D074BF38CB069 Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <[email protected]> Received: from mtiwmhc22.worldnet.att.net (mtiwmhc22.worldnet.att.net [204.127.131.47]) by mail2.pe.net (8.11.3/8.11.3) with ESMTP id f37HxNY04683 for <[email protected]>; Sat, 7 Apr 2001 10:59:24 -0700 (PDT) Received: from jlongbrake ([12.87.136.113]) by mtiwmhc22.worldnet.att.net (InterMail vM.4.01.03.16 201-229-121-116-20010115) with SMTP id <[email protected]> for <[email protected]>; Sat, 7 Apr 2001 17:58:22 +0000 Message-ID: <[email protected]> From: "Joan Longbrake" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> References: <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [MO] Turn of the Century Photographs Date: Sat, 7 Apr 2001 13:53:46 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-Mimeole: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 X-Mozilla-Status2: 00000000 It is my understanding in those times it was often the case that something associated with the person ie occupation, lifestyle etc. Thus I would assume your relative was associated with something related to a hammer. Probably a builder. Joan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lorraine Kline" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, April 07, 2001 11:59 AM Subject: [MO] Turn of the Century Photographs > Dear List: > > Does any one know of the significance of 1900's portrait photographers posing > their subjects with various objects and the significance of these objects? > > The reason I ask is that I have a portrait photograph of my father (about age > 3), all dressed up in fancy clothes and hat, holding a hammer! I believe the > family was living in northeast Georgia (White County) at the time. > > I have a oil painting of another ancestor as a child, painted about 1860, > showing him holding what appears to be a spinning top. I assumed the child was > given something to hold to keep him still during the sitting. > > Any ideas? > -- > Lorraine Kline > > Searching: CALDWELL - NJ>IN>OH>IL > ELDER - OH>IN>IL>CA > KINNEY - PA>MO > LANGAN -IRELAND>Philadelphia, PA/New Orleans, LA>MO/ > LAPRADE - GA>AZ>CA > MANUEL - PA>IL>CA > TOOLEN/TOOLAN/TOOLIN/TOULON/TOULAN - Co. Sligo,IRELAND>IL>MO>CA > > Proud to be a Rootsweb Donor > > > ==== Missouri Mailing List ==== > No Roll Calls on the list: please subscribe to and use > MO-ROLLCALL-L instead. > > ============================== > Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp > --------------E58BB9E7DF2D074BF38CB069--