Sherry DeRoche-Beacom-Cooke

A photo of Lowell E Barnes

This is a photo of Hugh Malcolm Downs with Kukla and Ollie added by Kathy Pinna on July 2, 2020.

This is a photo of Carl Reiner early in his career added by Kathy Pinna on June 30, 2020.

Ezra Manning Meeker

Written on the back: Heads up or there is going to be a fearful crash

This is a photo of my Mother, Beatrice Underwood, taken in 1911. She was born August 1894 in Toronto. She married Frederick Cottrell in 1916.
People in photo include: Beatrice Underwood

While the Indianapolis Motor Speedway complex was built in 1909, the first 500-mile race took place here on May 29, 1911. This annual race is traditionally held on the last weekend in May (Memorial Day).

Ray Harroun of Spartansburg, Pennsylvania won the inaugural Indianapolis 500-mile race in 6 hours, 42 minutes and 8 seconds averaging 74.59 MPH. The Indianapolis 500 purse amounted to $27,550, of which Harroun earned $14,000.

A year before the race, he accepted a job in 1910 as an engineer for the Marmon Motor Car company. Though he had been building cars since 1905 at the age of 26.

Harroun designed the six-cylinder Marmon Wasp from stock Marmon engine components. Most cars during this time were only two-cylinder units. It was Mr. Ray Harroun's rear view mirror invention that allowed him to drive without a riding mechanic to watch for cars behind. He also created the Wasp to be streamlined, with only one seat.

The name of the winning car was the Marmon Wasp; Aptly named for its yellow and black exterior.

In 1961, 50 years after the Indy 500 debut, Harroun came out of retirement and drove an anniversary lap in the Wasp. The Wasp remains on display at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Hall of Fame Museum.

He later died on January 19, 1968 in Anderson, Indiana.

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 My Great Great Aunty, Ellen Allard

Taken in the early 1900's by my guess.
(I don't think that's a cigarette in his left hand.)

A photo of Jan Clayton and William Boyd. She did a few movies with Hopalong Cassidy.

A photo of Diego Francesco D'Amico (1873 - 1927)

A photo of Joseph Terenzi (right) and his twin brother Larry.

A postcard of a woman wearing the traditional folk costume of Markgräflerland, Germany. The name "Kehl" is written lightly across the bottom in pencil, but that may only be the name of the postcard dealer.

Judging by the style of this card, it was most likely published in the 1900s or 1910s.

A photo of Harriet Kendall Gove. Harriet was born in Vermont; married Sabin Pond Gove on March 22, 1851 and moved to Aurora, IL in 1855. In 1864 moved to Kellogg, Jasper Co. IA. 4 sons: Albert Kendall, William Sabin, Harry M, and Tracy Lincoln Gove

Wedding photo of Nancy Finazzo Pinna and her bridesmaids, June 1950. From L. to R: Nancy's cousin Marge Taccone; Nancy Finnazzo Pinna; putting penny in Nancy's shoe is Jacquline Cotter; standing on far right is Betty Fritz.

Cora Hulcher

A photo of Irma K. McCammon, taken during WWII with USMC

Richard rocketed to stardom in the mid-1950's, when his black eyeliner, bouffant hairdo, and flamboyant performances were hard to ignore.