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A photo of Olga Viva (Fegley) Hileman

A photo of future U.S. President George Herbert Walker Bush, a Navy pilot in World War 2, at age 18. Two years later, in 1944, his plane was hit and he had to parachute out of the flaming vehicle - he was in a small raft for 4 hours until he was rescued.

A photo of Purthena (Crawford) Lampman
She is my 2nd great grandmother (1817-1901). Married to James Lampman. They had six children. Purthena is the daughter of James and Betsy Crawford

A photo of Thomas H. Whaley Jr - son of U.S.Marshal Thos.Henry Whaley,(b.GainesvilleTX) and Nancy Ellen Lucas. Photo taken when family resided in Newburg, Indian Territory (now Atwood OK) Photo taken at Rotzien Studio, Holdenville, Hughes Co., Indian Terr.1900
People in photo include: Thomas H. Whaley Jr

A photo of a General store in Dalton, KS. Claude Miller behind counter. Store was owned by Robert W. Evans and wife Pauline. Claude Miller served as post master at the store.
People in photo include: Claude Miller

A photo of Mary Lewis Donnell, sister of Dr James Lewis. This is a photo of my grandfathers Aunt Mary from the Family Bible. She was born Jan 7, 1809 and married Thomas Donnell in Kentucky in 1828. They had 3 daughters: Cassandra b. 1829, Margaret 1831, and Eliza 1834. They settled in Decatur Co, Indiana. Cassandra married Rev Joseph Walker from Dublin, Ireland. He was the minister of Springhill Church 1857-1867. Mary died May 1, 1898.

President Teddy Roosevelt signing the Thanksgiving Proclamation Act in 1902. President Franklin Roosevelt (Teddy was his cousin and Eleanor's uncle) moved Thanksgiving from the last Thursday of November to the fourth Thursday of November in 1939 to give Americans more time to shop for Christmas!

The text of the Proclamation:

THANKSGIVING DAY – 1902
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA – A PROCLAMATION
According to the yearly custom of our people, it falls upon the President at this season to appoint a day of festival and thanksgiving to God. Over a century and a quarter has passed since this country took its place among the nations of the earth, and during that time we have had, on the whole, more to be thankful for than has fallen to the lot of any other people. Generation after generation has grown to manhood and passed away. Each has had to bear its peculiar burdens, each to face its special crisis, and each has known cares of grim trial, when the country was menaced by malice domestic or foreign levy, when the hand of the Lord was heavy upon it in drought or flood or pestilence, when in bodily distress and in anguish of soul it paid the penalty of folly and a froward heart. Nevertheless, decade by decade we have struggled onward and upward; we now abundantly enjoy material well-being, and under the favor of the Most High we are striving earnestly to achieve moral and spiritual uplifting. The year that has just closed has been one of peace and of overflowing plenty. Rarely has any people enjoyed greater prosperity than we are now enjoying. For this we render heartfelt thanks to the giver of Good; and we will seek to praise Him, not by words only, but by deeds, by the way in which we do our duty to ourselves and to our fellow-men.
Now, wherefore, I, Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States, do hereby designate as a day of general thanksgiving, Thursday, the twenty-seventh of the coming November, and do recommend that throughout the land the people cease from their ordinary occupations, and in their several homes and places of worship render thanks unto Almighty God for the manifold blessings of the past year.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done at the city of Washington, this twenty-ninth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and two, and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and twenty-seventh.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT

This is a picture of Fred Stewart. Son of Mr. and Mrs. James Stewart, brother of Elsie E. Stewart.

A photo of Bertha (Foldhazi) Manos 1916-1986; Sister of my grandfather, Alex Foldhazi; Daughter of Alex & Bertha of Avenel, NJ.

A photo of Ralph Baverstock (grandad) and his pals: 6 men of the 2nd Battalion The Parachute Regiment. Bottom right is my grandfather Ralph Baverstock, bottom left is his friend Harry Marshall. Top right is believed to be Ernie Askew but unsure.After five years of research, the three other chaps are still unknown. Shortly after this photo was taken the 2nd Battalion these 6 men carried out their first jump into battle on the 29th November 1942 at Deppiene in Tunisia. Both my grandfather and Harry went on to fight in Sicily, Italy and Holland but nothing is known of the other and what happen to them, something I would dearly like to find out. The guys are all very the Army Air Corps badge on their berets in this photo as the no familiar winged badge didn't come into use until early 1943
People in photo include: Ralph Baverstock, Harry Marshall, and Ernie Askew

A photo of Stan Lee, the Hulk, and Spiderman. Stan Lee was born Stanley Martin Lieber on December 28, 1922 in New York City to Romanian Jewish parents Celia Solomon Lieber and Jack Lieber. His brother is Larry Lieber and is 9 years his junior. As a child, Lee was influenced by heroic books and movies. He graduated from DeWitt Clinton High School in 1939 at 16 ½ years old. Afterward ,he joined the WPA Federal Theatre Project.

In 1939, he became an assistant in the Timely Comics division of pulp magazine and comic-book publisher Martin Goodman’s company. Timely Comics would later evolve into Marvel comics. He made his comic book debut in 1941 with “Captain America Foils the Traitor’s Revenge” where he used the pseudonym Stan Lee. (Hoping to save his given name for a career as a novelist.)

In 1942, Lee joined the United States Army and served in the Signal Corps where he wrote slogans, manuals and training films; occasionally cartooning. Playwright was his military classification.

He married Joan Clayton Boocock on December 5, 1947. They had two children in the 1950’s: Joan and Jan, though only Joan survived.

By the 1950’s, Martin Goodman’s company was known as Atlas Comics. Here, Lee was in charge of creating a new superhero team apart from the Justice League of America. He introduced complex , somewhat flawed characters (previously,superheroes were "perfect" people). The first superhero character group Lee and Jack Kirby created was the Fantastic Four. The Fantastic Four consists of Mister Fantastic, Invisible Woman, Human Touch and the Thing. Other characters Lee created include the Hulk, Iron Man, Thor, X-Men, Daredevil, Doctor Strange and Spider Man.

Stan Lee would go on to become the figurehead and public face for Marvel Comics - which would eventually lead Stan Lee to "Comic Book Legend" status. In 1981, he left New York and moved to California to develop Marvel’s TV and movie properties. In 1998, Peter Paul and Lee began internet based production and marketing company, Stan Lee Media. In 2001, Stan Lee Media filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. It was dismissed from bankruptcy in 2006.

In the 2000s, Lee began working with DC superheroes Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, the Flash and the Green Lantern. In 2001, Lee and two others (Gill Champion and Arthur Lieberman) formed Purveyors of Wonder Entertainment, known colloquially as POW!, to develop film, tv and video game properties.

Lee was an official guest of the San Diego Comic-Con hosted in 1975, 1986,1995, and 2010. The 1995 Comic Con Chicago (now Wizard World Chicago) featured a Stan Lee roast. In 2007 & 2008, Stan Lee was a Notable guest at the New York Comic Con. In 2007, Marvel Legends introduced a Stan Lee action figure at the Comic-Con International. In 2008, Stan Lee was awarded the inaugural new York Comics Legend Award during the New York Comic Con. He returned again as a guest in NYCC in 2010. Stan Lee’s Comikaze Expo Presented by POW! Entertainment launched in September 2012. Happening two months after the San Diego Comic-Con International, it still sold out 125,000 tickets online in less than 2 hours.

In 2010 he partnered with Guardian Media Entertainment on the Guardian Project to create superhero mascots of the National Hockey League.

He founded a non-profit organization, the Stan Lee Foundation, to focus on literacy, education, and the arts in 2010.

The city of Long Beach and County of Los Angeles declared Stan Lee Day to be October 2, 2009. Stan Lee is the one and only comic book legend.

A photo of the South Wales borderers - front line duty Flanders, France

A photo of a painting of Euphemia Jackson Braden. I wrote to Edward Braden in Watseka in the 40's to trace the family. He owned this painting and Janet Armbrust sent us this photo. He also had the brass candlestick that came from Scotland with the Bradens when they moved to Ireland (ca 1575). William married Euphemia in 1791. Euphemia lived with her daughter Mary from 1832. She died at her son Robert's at the age of 94 in 1868.

A photo of Cathy Harris's legs in the TV Commercial for the Ted Mack Amateur Hour. She was the dancer in the Old Gold Commercial

A photo of Georgia Spitzer and Olga V. Fegley. Georgia is sitting. Olga is standing.

A photo of Sisters: Cora & Clara Sheppard - abt 1912 - 1914. Sisters to Elmer, Myron, Hattie, Roy, Alva, Benjamin, and Esther Sheppard.
People in photo include: Clara Sheppard

A photo of Selma Behne

Wedding photo of Celine Des Rosiers at the time of her marriage to Arthur Francis Jacques

"Our cousin Dale Forsyth from Minnesota...59 pound pumpkin..good old summerime. Property of Mrs. O.L. Wilson." handwritten on back.

I am not related to Dale and have no other info. I just really loved the photo and couldn't let it remain in the antique store!
Photo found in an antique shop in Washington state.
People in photo include: Dale Forsyth