Carol Lanza

A picture of Santa Claus making toys in 1907. You can see he hasn't gotten fat yet - and don't you love the toys and dolls that he's making? I bet they're worth money now . . .

Photo courtesy of the Library of Congress, Underwood and Underwood

A photo of Carole Lombard on a movie set in high fashion - the 1930's.

A photo of Nakham Goldberg. Nakham was only 5 years when he was sadly murdered in the gas chamber at Treblinka Death Camp in 1942.

Ford Motor Co. Hanlon Lincoln hearse circa 1920. Before this time, horse-drawn carriages had always been used to carry the honored body of a person who has passed away.

President Woodrow Wilson, seated at desk with his wife, Edith Bolling Galt, standing at his side

The previous October, Wilson had suffered a stroke and many believe that Edith became the de facto President of the United States. For the next 1.5 years of his presidency, he was partially paralyzed and blind and also suffered brain damage.

The French ambassador to the US said that "Wilson was a non-factor in governance. The real power rested with “Mme. President.”

A photo of Mrs. Christine Fisher, 103 yrs old. She was born at Connelsville, PA ? May 11, 1796. Oldest living of five generations. Kodak picture taken by Mary D. Sinclair, January 1899. She is anxious to live into 1900 and will have lived during three centuries and during all Presidents' times. She reads her Bible that is on her lap often.

This is a commercially published, mass produced postcard. The verse at the bottom reads:

Le devoir a son temps, l'amour égalemant:
Acceptez ce bouquet d'un parfait combattant.

(Translation by Google)
Duty has its time, love also:
Accept this bouquet of a perfect fighter.

A soldier evidently bought this as a souvenir and mailed it home. Handwritten on the back: "A good picture of a French soldier as they appear while on furlough."

This is a photo in my grandmother's collection. Is he related? Fannie Ethel (Chase) Davis born b 15 Oct 1885 Fulton Co, AR d 13 Nov 1960 Dade Co, FL
m 18 Oct 1903 William Milton Davis b 10 Dec 1880 Denton Co, TX


who is this?

A photo of Laurence Herman (1918 - 1996)

A photo of Katalin Schwarcz in Hungary. Katalin was only 4 when she was sadly murdered at Auschwitz Birkenau in June 1944

A photo of August H Persey my Great Grandfather:)

Lettie Adella (Mead) Teed Evans and
Edward H. "Ted" Evans, my grandmother and grandfather, with work horses and old sled wagon near Lincoln, Montana. Note long fur coat on my grandmother.

My grandmother Lettie (Mead) Teed Evans in 1929 and her 'Little Old Sizzler' the day she traded it in on a new car. Her dog Rex is beside her. Taken in front of the house they rented in Vaughn, Montana.

Hollis F. 'Fred' Kroetch in 1928 Washington state, the son of Hollis "Joe" Kroetsch & Dorothy (Ferguson) Kroetch. Named after his father and his uncle Fred Kroetch; both descendants of Joseph Kroetsch & Angeline Chartrand.

Rosemary Clooney starred alongside Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye and Vera-Ellen in White Christmas in 1954. It was the first film to be shot in Paramount's VistaVision process with color by Technicolor. The film boasted more than 15 songs.

Lucky for Danny Kaye, Donald O'Connor became sick and was unable to shoot the film after Fred Astaire declined the project.

Even though Vera-Ellen's character Ellen played the younger sister to Betty (Rosie Clooney), Rosemary Clooney was 7 years younger.

The film took in $12 million dollars in 1954. Tickets were approximately 25¢ for children under 12 and 50¢ for over 12 & adults.

A photo of Violet Evelyn Revell

A photo of Adele Nitka who was born in Paris, France in 1933, and Paulette who was born also in Paris, France in 1940: two sisters with a teddy bear. Both of them were murdered in Auschwitz in 1942 at age 9 and 2 years.

A photo of Greenwood Hardy found in an antique store. Written on the back is "Greenwood Hardy age 5". This is an unusual name for a girl. I may be misreading it, so I uploaded a separate image of the inscription.

Whoever she is, she's adorable. The photo is a refreshing change from the formal poses I usually see from kids in this era.

UPDATE: thanks to the comments, I was able to identify her and added her family information to her biography page.

Bethge Wallpaper & Paint Fremont, Nebraska: Circa 1885 Main Street Fremont Nebraska. We are not sure if that is a relative of ours or Mr. Paul Henry Bethge in the carriage?