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Anna Byers and her Irish friends.

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Anna Byers and her Irish friends.
Photo of David Rafferty David Rafferty
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05/27/2016
Anna Byers and her Irish friends.
A photo of my maternal Grandmother, Anna Byers McNally. with work place friends. She emigrated with parents and sibs from Germany in 1882 when she was 6. They settled in Penn. and got into the silk mill business. Anna was evidently in charge of a processing room from a picture we have.She met my grandfather, Ernest V McNally,from Conn. who also was in the mills . Married on 07 and moved to Belding, Michigan where the Belding Bros mills were set up. My mother, Helen McNally was born there and her brother, Valentine was born in Penn.After the silk Mills closed in the early 30's the couple managed the Hotel Belding until it closed in early 40's.Don't know the theme of the photo.
Date & Place: at Uknown in Carbondale, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania 18407, United States
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Photo of AncientFaces AncientFaces
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05/27/2016
I love photos like these! I wonder what the theme was? Anna Byers McNally with work place friends taken around 1900 in Carbondale Pennsylvania.
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Photo of Kathy Pinna Kathy Pinna
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05/27/2016
It looks like little dolls in their hands??
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05/27/2016
It looks like they are holding a tiny celluloid doll.
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05/27/2016
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Photo of Melanie Clark Melanie Clark
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05/27/2016
The one the center lady in the chair is holding is larger. I wonder what it could be?
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05/27/2016
Love these picture, they tell us so much of the history.
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05/27/2016
Wonder what their works was? Making little dolls maybe.
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05/27/2016
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The photo of a young man died 3 years later any ideal from what he died? let's like: I love photos like these! I wonder what the theme was? Anna Byers McNally with work place friends taWe highlight photos that you share at ancientfaces
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Elyse Craft
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05/27/2016
Karen Papocchia Margie Rocco look where the pic was taken
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05/27/2016
Pretty
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05/27/2016
Really enjoyed the pictures and the history Makes me want to go shopping!
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05/27/2016
"Irish friends from work" - I wonder if they were manufacturing the original Kewpie dolls?
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Photo of Ree Young Ree Young
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05/27/2016
Kewpie dolls were first manufactured in Germany in 1912 and were made of bisque. it wasn't until WWI, when the war affected Europe manufacturing and trade, that American Kewpies were made. They were made of a composite material.

What the ladies are holding might be dolls, but not Kewpies if this photo was taken before 1912, and certainly not made in the US before about 1916.
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05/27/2016
>pop< went that theory.
Photo of Toni Gonzales Toni Gonzales
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05/27/2016
Great picture love the stories
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05/27/2016
That's my mom's hometown!! Annie Gaughan- recognize any family?
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05/27/2016
Great photo !!!
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05/27/2016
What a great picture!
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05/27/2016
I wonder whats in their hands, Needles.
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Photo of Pauline Anzalone Pauline Anzalone
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05/27/2016
I also love these pictures . I would have liked to know what they were talking about.
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Photo of Teri Haning Teri Haning
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05/27/2016
My father's family is Byers, from Ravenswood WV on the Ohio River, big family ♡
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05/27/2016
Are they "Penny Dolls" found in Tea cups ??
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Photo of Maureen Trant Maureen Trant
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05/27/2016
Looks like an early "Hen Party"🐔🐣🐤🐥🌹~You Go Gals~💞💕💓
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05/27/2016
Very cool picture.
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Photo of Jane Lynch Jane Lynch
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05/27/2016
Love this photo! They may be holding good luck charms like this one.
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Photo of Donna Appleby Donna Appleby
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05/28/2016
Yep...a fumsup!
Photo of Roma Wolak Roma Wolak
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05/27/2016
Nie jestem tak jak Wy w temacie ale widzę w tych młodych dziewczynach tyle siły i radości mają w swoich rękach cały świat
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05/27/2016
Some sort of bobbins? Like lace making ones maybe?
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05/27/2016
Not a clue what they are but they're not lace bobbins 😕
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Photo of Judith Fadeley-Faltisco Judith Fadeley-Faltisco
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05/28/2016
they all look so happy must be breaktime in the plant
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Photo of Jessica Murray Jessica Murray
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05/28/2016
I would think they are holding religious icons (Saint So-And-So). Notice that at least one of the girls are wearing crucifixes.
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05/28/2016
I wonder if it's mother holding the mother doll and each daughter holds a baby doll the others are close friends from work. A cherished picture of family and friends?
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05/28/2016
Are they holding a " fumsup" lucky charm made of wood and silver?
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05/28/2016
beautiful picture
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05/28/2016
There is a convent and nursing school near Carbondale - could be that the ladies were admitted to the Solidarity of Mary
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05/28/2016
Nostalgic
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Photo of Diane Elizabeth Diane Elizabeth
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05/29/2016
Does resemble a kewpie but did they come later ?
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Photo of Diane Elizabeth Diane Elizabeth
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05/29/2016
Thanks for info Ree Young on website.
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05/29/2016
I love pictures like this too.
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Photo of Lori Russell Lori Russell
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02/20/2023
I have a Rebecca McNally in my line. My grandma Ruth Marian Dodson worked in them silk mills in belding.
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She was born in Germany in 1876, family emigrated to Pennsylvania in 1882.She and family worked in the silk Mills., Hawley, Carbondale. Married Earnest Valentine McNally of Connecticut in 1906. They moved to Belding, Mi. in 1907 and worked in the Mills there. Had 2 children, Valentine and Helen. They managed the Hotel Belding from '32='42 after the Mills closed. She came to live with daughter, Helen Rafferty in Lansing, Mi as a widow, in 1945 until her death in 1965.
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