Marion T. & Louisa (Fairchild) Powell: This picture was taken in Houston, Texas at the Foley Brother Studio. Marion Taylor Powell (1869-1953) married Louisa 'Jane' Fairchild (1871-1963) on July 10, 1890. Big Daddy and Maw Maw
Louisa (Fairchild) Powell was born in 1871, and died at age 92 years old in 1963. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Louisa .
Marion Taylor Powell was born in 1869, and died at age 84 years old in 1953. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Marion Taylor Powell .
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 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...
The Eisenhower Years - A Time of Optimism and Growth
After the Great Depression and World War II, everyone was ready to take a breath and have fun. Population boomed, families moved to the suburbs, television (by the end of the decade) would be in most...
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? ...