This is a postcard photo. Back of photo says Uncle Albert Coffey's girls, also says Monie Coffey. Dated June 11, 1918. (I think Monie probably one of the girls)
Albert Coffey born 1872, either Camden county or Miller county Missouri. Son of Allen Coffey and Polly Mary Wiseman. Albert was a Baptist Minister.
Vintage postcards contain more than just scenic views!
The earliest known postcard was from 1840 in England but the earliest known United States postcard was an 1848 advertising postcard. Postcards can be a fun way to send holiday greetings, advertisement...
The 1800s where the end of the industrial revolution and the birth of scientists.
The Industrial Revolution began around 1760 and ran through the 1840's. Then began the birth of the profession of science. Louis Pasteur, Charles Darwin, Michael Faraday, Thomas Edison, and Nikola Te...
Photos of the 1900's which brought us from the industrial age to the technological age.
From 1900 through 1999 we witnessed the beginning of flight to a man on the moon and a Mars Rover. We went from using phones tethered by cords and computers that filled rooms, to carrying the equivale...
World War 1, the Mexican Revolution, the Russian Revolution, the Easter Rising in Ireland . . . the sinking of the Titanic and the Lusitania. Spanish flu killed well over 20 million people world wide ...
Churches and the people who led and attended them.
My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness. ~ Dalai Lama XIV
Originally a colony of Great Britain and under the rule of King George III, the Founding Fathers of the United Sates were opposed ...