Peggy Powell

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.

A photo of Leroy Elmer Clark

A photo of Gladys Gertrude (Clark) Burbank

Cecelia Hermes married William Aufderheide (Gr Grandmothers Wedding).
People in photo include: William Aufderheide and Cecelia (Hermes) Aufderheide

A photo of August and Augusta Browatzke.
People in photo include: Augusta Browatzke and August Browatzke

A photo of Gertrude Edith Nerina (Pepper) Fraser

This is my Great Grandmother, Nancy Jane (Wright) Hughes (1849-1915)

Anna Susanna Fajk
Austrian-Hungarian Monarchy

A photo of Phineas Gage in 1850, holding the tamping iron that caused his brain injury. He was a construction foreman (in charge of blasting) on the railroad, age 27, when an accidental early explosion occurred. The explosion drove a tamping iron (large iron rod, 1.25 inches in diameter) into his head. A large part of his left frontal lobe was destroyed.

After the accident, with the bar still in his head, it is reported that he sat up, talked, and walked to a wagon. Sitting in the wagon for the 3/4 mile ride into town, he was seen by a doctor. The doctor said:

"When I drove up he said, "Doctor, here is business enough for you." I first noticed the wound upon the head before I alighted from my carriage, the pulsations of the brain being very distinct. The top of the head appeared somewhat like an inverted funnel, as if some wedge-shaped body had passed from below upward. Mr. Gage, during the time I was examining this wound, was relating the manner in which he was injured to the bystanders. I did not believe Mr. Gage's statement at that time, but thought he was deceived. Mr. Gage persisted in saying that the bar went through his head. Mr. G. got up and vomited; the effort of vomiting pressed out about half a teacupful of the brain [through the exit hole at the top of the skull], which fell upon the floor."

The doctor removed some coagulated blood, some of the protruding brain, and some skull (bone) fragments, then bandaged his head and cheek.

Gage survived but his personality and temperament were changed. Later in his life, some social skills and personal skills returned and he worked as a stagecoach driver in Chile and later as a farmworker in Santa Clara County, California.

He died of an epileptic seizure (which was being treated by bleeding) in San Francisco, CA on May 21, 1860 at age 37.

Probably taken in Kingston, New York. Guessing the date would be sometime in the 1910s? The silver in the emulsion went bad and this is the best I could do to reduce the reflectivity.

A photo of Gladys (Simmons) Van Kleeck and her cat Patsy. I'm amazed that the cat is calmly sitting for the portrait. All the cats I've known would have panicked at the strange setting and found some large piece of furniture to hide under.

Found at a scrap store in Portland, Oregon, March 2019.

A photo of Georgia Farabaugh

A photo of Estelle and Geraldine Vandagriff posing at home

Teodulfo David Dizon is a native of Bical in the San Pedro District of the Philippine Islands. He accompanied his employer, an American officer, to the USA as a fifteen-year-old and was never to return. He married Estella Munoz, and together they raised four sons in San Antonio TX who made an indelible mark on American society and culture. Dolfo grew up to be one of the pioneer researchers in the NASA space program. Manuel went on to become a middleweight boxing title contender. Daniel was a WWII war hero and returned to the Philippines to find the Dizons having perished in a Japanese Death March. Fred pursued a career in the USMC as a drill instructor, training recruits for service in Korea and Vietnam.

His grandson, John Reinhard Dizon, wrote a highly-fictionalized, entertaining account of his life in his novel "Generations II". It is available at: