> > Subject: [Fwd: 10 photos need homes; please forward] > Date: Tue, 06 Jan 1998 16:14:25 -0800 > From: 1maura@epix.net > To: PENNA-DUTCH-L@rootsweb.com > > Subject: 10 photos need homes; please forward > Resent-Date: Tue, 6 Jan 1998 10:53:39 -0800 (PST) > Resent-From: PHILLY-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com > Date: Tue, 06 Jan 1998 13:57:54 -0500 > From: "Pamela J.Bennett" <pjben@ix.netcom.com> > To: PHILLY-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com > > >Return-Path: <GEN-NYS-L-request@rootsweb.com> > >Resent-Date: Tue, 6 Jan 1998 08:56:58 -0800 (PST) > >Date: Tue, 6 Jan 1998 12:10:56 -0500 (EST) > >To: ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com, GEN-NYS-L@rootsweb.com, > > NewYork-ROOTS-L@listserv.indiana.edu, > > OHIO-ROOTS-L@listserv.indiana.edu, INROOTS-L@listserv.indiana.edu > >From: ccushman@wcoil.com (Carla K. Cushman) > >Subject: 10 photos need homes; please forward > >Resent-Message-ID: <"l0ojyD.A.aiC.YJms0"@fp-1.rootsweb.com> > >Resent-From: GEN-NYS-L@rootsweb.com > >X-Mailing-List: <GEN-NYS-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/10307 > >X-Loop: GEN-NYS-L@rootsweb.com > >Resent-Sender: GEN-NYS-L-request@rootsweb.com > >X-GEN-NYS-L-Web-Page: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nozell/GEN-NYS-L/ > > > >Dear Family Historians, > > > >Last Sunday my daughter and I were enjoying our unseasonably warm and > >non-snowy weather by attending a paper show in Columbus OH, and of course > >we had to stop at nearly every antique outlet on our 90-mile trip back > >home. That gave me an opportunity to check out lots of old photos, and I > >found 10 that were identified, so I bought them for the express purpose of > >getting them back into the families to which they belong. > > > >If you think one or more of these belong in your family album, I'm asking > >for just what I paid for them, plus postage. > > > >They are identified as follows: > > > >MARGUERITA EICHHOKAR (I'm not sure of the surname): This is the smallest of > >the photos (a 2x3 image in a 3x4 cardboard frame). Marguerita is a > >beautiful dark-eyed child of about 9 or 10. Her hair is parted in the > >middle, and beneath a bow on each side there's a cascade of long sausage > >curls. Her dark-colored dress is accented by a plaid yoke and high neck. No > >identification on front; handwritten on back: "Marguerita Eichhokar [or > >Elichkokar?] 1890 Owatonna, Minn." $1.50 plus postage > > > >LIBBE HARBOUR: A 4 x 6 cabinet card. Libbe looks to be in her 60s. Her gray > >hair is worn pulled back, but not severely. She has a sweet, grandmotherly > >face, but she's not smiling. She wears a dark-colored taffeta dress with a > >high neckline fastened by a light colored (possibly cameo) brooch. The > >photographer is identified on the front as Maugans, DeGraff, Ohio. > >Handwritten on back: Aunt Libbe Harbour, Uncle Harry's wife." > >$1 plus postage > > > >GERTIE SHUSSER: Also a 4 x 6 cabinet card from Maugans, DeGraff, Ohio. > >Gertie is a young woman, perhaps in her late teens, who hasn't shed all her > >baby fat yet. Her hair is worn short, with soft curls on her forehead. Her > >eyes are large and her lips are full. Her high-necked dress is fastened by > >a jeweled brooch that, at first glance, appears to be a V, but under a > >magnifying glass looks more like a dragon. Her serious image is framed by a > >design of flowers and scrolls. Handwritten on back: "Gertie Shusser." $1 > >plus postage > > > >DOLLIE BELLE THOMSON LAMB: A 4 x 6 cabinet card from People's Gallery, > >Sidney, Ohio. Dollie is a young woman with a sweet face and short curly > >hair (probably light brown). She wears a dark dress with a shirred yoke and > >ruffles where the sleeves are inset. The collar is rolled down, away from > >her chin. The actual image is only 2-1/2" x 3" and fades into the plain, > >light tan background. Handwritten on back: "Dollie Belle Thomson Lamb." > >$1 plus postage > > > >IDA LANDON: A 5 x 8 photo that looks as if it survived a fire. Ida is a > >sweet-faced young woman with bobbed hair and long bangs covering her > >forehead. She wears what looks like a taffeta skirt topped by a velvet > >jacket with brass(?) buttons. A white lace collar is open at the neck, and > >around her neck she wears a large cross. Handwritten on back: "Ida Landon, > >Coz of Jessie Browne from Pittsburg Pa." $1 plus postage > > > >ZUELA(?) CURL DINEHART: A 4 x 6 cabinet card that looks as if it may also > >have survived a fire. The photographer is Spellman of Bellefontaine, Ohio. > >Zuela(?) is a plump little girl of perhaps 11 or 12. Her bangs are curly; > >her long hair is pulled back and with a few long sausage curls draped > >across one shoulder. Her long-sleeved dress appears too tight for her. She > >is leaning against a low rough-hewn table, and holds a folded newspaper or > >towel across her lap. Handwritten on back: "Zuela Curl Dinehart." $1 > >plus postage > > > >OPHIR HURING (or HARING?): A 3 x 4 photo in a 5.25 x 6.25 cardboard frame. > >Ophir is a sweet-looking, blond-haired boy of about 5 or 6. He wears a dark > >suit; the jacket has a shawl collar and brass buttons. It appears that the > >pants sport brass buttons at the side from about the knee downward. The > >photographer's stamp on back reads: "---rom B. Dangerfield, Photographer, > >Ithaca, Michigan." Handwritten on back: "Ophir Huring." Beneath his name, > >in another, more youthful hand: "by Verne's mamma." $4 + postage. > > > >EVERETT WAGONER WOLF: A 4 x 6 cabinet card with the photographer > >identified on the front as: "Scott, opposite the Court House, La Porte, > >Ind." Little Everett appears to be about a year old. He's sitting up by > >himself on a bed or settee, wearing what may be a christening dress, and > >black boots. Handwritten on back: "Everett Wagoner Wolf, Born March 7, > >1903." $3 + postage > > > >ADELINE and THERESA PHILLIPSEN: A 5 x 7 cabinet card with the photographer > >identified on the front as "Riel, 339 W. Madison St., Chicago, Ill." In > >1899 when this photo was taken, long-haired Adeline was 10-1/2 and > >short-haired Theresa was 9. They are dressed in identical costumes of a > >Revolutionary period. Holding open fans, and pointing their > >ballet-slippered toes, they are curtseying--as if taking a bow. Handwritten > >on back: "Compliments of your little cousins, Adeline & Theresa Phillipsen, > >Ages 10-1/2 and 9 yrs., April 29, 1899." $9 plus postage > > > >MARIE LORENZE -or- ELEANOR BERGREN: A 4 x 6 cabinet card with the > >photographer identified on front as "Kern Bros., 344 Second Street, New > >York." The photo is of an unsmiling actress, theatrically posed in an > >ornate, high-backed chair. She wears a light-colored organdy dress with > >long, full sleeves. Her hat is dark feathers, highly plumed. Beneath her > >picture is printed: Compliments of Miss Marie Lorenze with the E. V. PHELAN > >STOCK CO." Handwritten on back: "Miss Eleanor Bergren." Beneath her name, > >in another hand: "64-1/2 Westcott St., Jamestown, N.Y." $10 plus postage > > > >If one of these could be your ancestor, please e-mail me > ><ccushman@wcoil.com>. As I said before, all I'm asking is what I paid plus > >postage. I hope they find their rightful homes. > > > >I sent this to Roots-L and lists that cover Ohio, Indiana and New York. If > >you subscribe to a list that covers Illinois, Pennsylvania, Michigan or > >Minnesota, I'll appreciate it if you forward this message to that list. > > > >Kindest regards, > > > >Carla Cushman > >ccushman@wcoil.com > >