Jean, I hadn't thought of that! That would have been great marketing strategy. At 07:18 PM 03/23/2000 -0700, you wrote: >Jo, Just a thought, but could the book be a photo album? Perhaps a >traveling salesman when he sold the album also took a picture of the people >who bought one. Advertising or promotional gimmick. ???? >Jean WATKINS SHERWOOD in AZ., USA. > >-----Original Message----- >From: Peter and Josephine Dunne <jopet@swbell.net> >To: MOSTONE-L@rootsweb.com <MOSTONE-L@rootsweb.com> >Date: Thursday, March 23, 2000 6:10 PM >Subject: [MOSTONE-L] NEW PHOTO > > >>There is a new photo in the Stone County Album of James Albert Byrd and >>Nancy Jane Stansberry. Our thanks to James Furry who sent it to us, and to >>Janice Johnson Craig who is the owner of the photo. >> >>If you look at the photo you will notice that Nancy Jane is holding what >>looks like a large book. I have seen many old photos in which the lady is >>sometimes holding a big book. Matter of fact that one of my own old photos >>shows gg-grandma holding a big book. In her case I was told it was the >>family Bible. Does anyone out there know why sometimes the ladies thought >>it important to be holding the Bible in photographs? Or if it isn't a >>Bible they are holding - what is that big book? >> >>Jo >> >>OUR HOMEPAGE! >>http://members.xoom.com/jopet/homepg/welcome.htm >> >>CHRISTIAN COUNTY ANCESTORS! >>http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jopet/ancestor.htm >> >>STONE COUNTY MO! >>http://www.rootsweb.com/~mostone/stone.htm >> >> > > OUR HOMEPAGE! http://members.xoom.com/jopet/homepg/welcome.htm CHRISTIAN COUNTY ANCESTORS! http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jopet/ancestor.htm STONE COUNTY MO! http://www.rootsweb.com/~mostone/stone.htm