Barbara Cretty

A photo of Max Terhune, Harry Van Noy, and Gene Autry, taken in the 1930's.
People in photo include: Max Terhune, Harry Van Noy, and Gene Autry

Michael Landon on a horse in parade. Found with my Great Grandma Romack's things, This photo of Michael Landon. my cousin sent this to me. No date or location known.

Vernon Houston Miller with friends at the Masonic Home of Virginia boys at Buckroe Beach, Virginia.

The Masonic Home of Virginia was established to care for the children of deceased Masons whose mothers were still living. The resident boys and girls were given the opportunity to travel to the beach for day excursions in the summer.

Pictured here in their assorted, probably hand-me-down swimwear, are some of the teen boys in the summer of 1935. From left to right:

Herbert A. "Roughneck" Conner, Vernon Houston "Johnnie" or "Whitey" Miller (my uncle), Winston Foster, Kermit "Roy" Saint Clair, and Clay Culp.

Growing up in the orphanage, it was not uncommon for the boys and girls to have nicknames.
People in photo include: Winston Foster and Clay Culp

Judy Garland & family: This photo was taken about 1936, left to right back row is Judy (who had recently been signed to MGM and lost her father in a matter of months), her father's eldest brother, Bob Gumm, her mother, Ethel Gumm, her oldest sister, Susie Gumm, (front row) middle sister, Jimmie Gumm, Aunt Belle (Bob's wife, born Smith), Susie's husband, Lee Kahn, and Judy's cousin, Richard (son of Bob & Belle). The family was close and often came to visit. When Bob's theater was in trouble, against MGM's rules, Judy went and sang there to bring in business. Photo from Bob Gumm's family archives and included in my book, From Tennessee to Oz, Part 2 - The Amazing Saga of Judy Garland's Family History by Michelle Russell. This was an eight year adventure!
People in photo include: Bob Gumm, Ethel Gumm, Susie Gumm, Jimmie Gumm, Belle (Smith) Gumm, Lee Kahn, and Richard Gumm

An old Ivory Soap advertisement, initially ran in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette newspaper 1937, which reads:

A Wrinkle - I'm Getting Old!
But Lady . . . "dishpan hands" makes you look older than a wrinkle does!!
"Middle-aged hands" often make people add three to five years to your age . . . yet it's easy to guard against those criss-cross wrinkles on your knuckles, that coarsening of the skin . . . Protect your hands in the dishpan. Don't use ordinary wash-day soaps for dishes - they weren't made to protect sensitive skin.

But, IVORY SOAP was. Give your hands a gentle Ivory bath every time you wash dishes - you'll be surprised how nice your hands stay. Another surprise - Ivory Soap actually costs less to use for dishes than washday chips and powders! So make Ivory your dishwashing soap today. Ask for practical "Large Size" Ivory.

Keep your hands young . . . wash dishes with Ivory Soap.


Now, this advertisement is funny, but at least back in the day marketers actually described the benefits of their products versus getting a celebrity to endorse completely un-related products :)

Mary Eleanor Metzger, 1942, West High School, Columbus Ohio, USA.
People in photo include: Mary Eleanor Metzger

Frank Walter Balada at Fort McClellan in 1943

Hand painted vintage Russian Easter postcard taken sometime before 1917.

President Eisenhower brought back the White House's Easter Egg Roll tradition in 1953 following extensive renovations to the White House.

In 1956, 6,000 people attended!

my grandpa, Clarence Albert Davis in the overalls, and my great uncles Cleo, Clinton, Columbus Davis (The Davis brothers) Taken September 2nd 1918
Joplin Missouri

Lois McCarty aka GLADIS HARRIS, Picture after adoption. Taken in Toledo Ohio circa 1958.

A photo of Goldie Peck of Edon, Ohio in 1918.
People in photo include: Goldie Peck

Helen (Gniadek) Bier of Chicago Illinois in 1946.

This picture was taken sometime after 1948 because the badge on his jacket didn't exist before then. man in MATS US Navy jacket

This photo didn't have a description on the back. My grandma said he was her cousin, so his mother or father may have been a Hardin. If so, his grandparents would be Marcus Hardin and Roxie Richerson of Arkansas. Another possibility is that he is the son of my grandma's stepsister Gertie Dowell and her husband Arthur Davis. Does anyone recognize this person?

Alice Evelyn Davis of Newport News Virginia, Farmville Longwood College, Virginia, USA. 1909.
People in photo include: Alice Evelyn Davis

The submitter says that this is a photo of U.S. Navy Seals, taken in 1999 in the U.S. There are no names associated with this photo and the location is unknown.

The Seals are a special operations force of the U.S. Navy and operate on land, in the air, and at sea. During World War Two, in 1942, the Amphibious Scout and Raider School was formed and this became the precursor of the current Seals.

Unknown location.

Salvador Felipe Jacinto Dali I Domenech was born on May 11, 1904 in Figueres, Spain and is best known as a prominent surrealist painter. Salvador Dali attended the San Fernando Academy of Fine Arts in Madrid. At 24 years old, he gained international attention from the Carnegie International Exhibition in Pittsburgh in 1928. The Surrealist painter is best known for his piece, "The Persistence of Memory".

Salvador Dali died on January 23, 1989 from heart failure with respiratory complication.

Ann Maria Reeves Jarvis is the mother of the founder ( Anna Jarvis ) of the United States national holiday Mother's Day.

Ann Jarvis was a social activist and leader who encouraged mothers to collaborate together during the US. Civil War. She led the "Mothers Day Works Clubs" which met at local churches and provided medical care equally to soldiers from both sides.

Ann Maria Reeves Jarvis was born September 30th, 1832 in Culpeper Virginia, and died May 9th, 1905 in Philadelphia Pennsylvania.

Shortly after Ann's death, her daughter, Anna Marie Jarvis began a successful campaign to form a holiday to honor the contributions of all mothers in society. In 1914, President Woodrow Wilson designated the second Sunday in May as the nationally recognized holiday, Mother's Day. Interesting to note, by the 1920's Anna was already upset by the quick commercialization of the holiday!