I don't have much prior to 1900 . at that time Robert Freeman and Alice were living in Hopkinsville with their 3 daughters:
Essie (age 17), Bessie (age 14), and Ethel (age 12). Robert was a
"carpenter." The 3 sons (Oscar - age 27, Osman - age 26), and Oliver - age
23) had left home.
In 1904, Robert died (age 54) and was buried in Hopkinsville. Alice lived
on and died in 1925 at age 63. She was also buried in Hopkinsville.
Portrait photographs and paintings of our loved ones and ancestors.
Before photos we had paintings of family members - most usually these were reserved for the well off. The era of modern photography began with the daguerreotype, in 1839. Since the advent of photogr...
The 1930's were a decade of severe stress: the Great Depression, the Dust Bowl, the rise of Nazism. But it was also the end of Prohibition, the beginning of the change of land management (poor farm ...
Discover how fashion has changed over the years with this collection of photos.
Fashion styles & vintage clothing throughout the decades that will inspire, make you wish for those times again, or may make you ask "What were they thinking"?
Clothing styles have obviously changed ...
Spectacles, glasses, eyewear, bifocals - all of these are ways to correct vision. And today, they also make a fashion statement!
If your vision is poor, you know how important glasses are to your life in these modern times. How would you drive a car if you weren't able to correct your vision? How would you be able to watch tv? ...