Teresa Gilmore

A photo taken by professional photographer/documentarian Robert Frank in 1955 Tennessee. This photo was
included in his book "The Americans."

Born in Switzerland in 1924, Robert's family (who was Jewish) lived under the threat from Nazi Germany although they were safe in Switzerland. This early stress colored his view of the world and he turned to photography to express himself.

In 1947, he emigrated to New York City and began his career as a fashion photographer. He soon turned to documenting the lives of people around him and traveled extensively, photographing real people and their circumstances. In America, he thought that there was an overemphasis on money and endeavored to show the bleakness and loneliness of the people in his groundbreaking (and controversial) book "The Americans" (Many people thought the photos were too "dark" and diverged too much from the (less gritty) photography of the day.)

Frank went on to become a celebrated photographer and moved on to filmmaking (including a documentary on the Rolling Stones) although he returned to photography in the 1970s.

Married twice, he was predeceased by both his son and daughter. He died in Nova Scotia Canada at the age of 94.

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.

Anna Susanna Fajk
Austrian-Hungarian Monarchy

I found this old photo in my Mother's things after she died, it has no markings on the back so I would guess it had something to do with her family. My Mother was raised in the San Angelo Texas area and her Mom's people were down around Beeville Texas, so this could have been some of them traveling to visit.
People in photo include: Katherine Bunce

John Wilson Moir and Helen Alice Levine Fowler Moir

A photo of Anna Marie (Braunger) Kriege
Honeymoon in California in a Bi-Plane 1920

Back of the photo reads, "Lambert Bishop Pickwick, six years old. Son of Eli Pickwick, Jr, principal of East Side High School where my Dad, Henry F. Pease, taught and Emily graduated." If you are related to him and want the photo, let me know. [contact link]

A photo of my great uncle Henry Hefty with Louise Grimm Hefty, Stillwater, MN. 1915 wedding.

Portrait of the children of George Eastman Wright (1865-1908) and Emma Smythe (1861-1947) of Homer, Licking County, OH. Pictured from left to right are Lora (1891-), Almon R (1903-1991), Herbert Condon (1896-1966), and Mary Buoy (1901-1909).
People in photo include: Herbert Condon Wright, Almon R Wright, Mary Buoy Wright, and Lora Wright

A photo of Alta Dillion's slumber party taken 28 Apr 1898 Prineville,Crook,OR.
back l-r: Hazel Pollard, Nettie Summers, Edra Williamson & Beulah Crooks
middle l-r: Louise Summers, Wilda Soloman, Ione Elliott, Elizabeth Powell, Gertie Hodges & Alta Dillon
front l-r: Verna Cline, Agnes Elliott, Maude Van Gesner & Winnie Lewis

People in photo include: Hazel Pollard, Nettie Summers, Edra Williamson, Beulah Crooks, Louise Summers, Wilda Soloman, Ione Elliott, Elizabeth Powell, Gertie Hodges, Alta Dillon, Verna Cline, Agnes Elliott, Maude Van Gesner, and Winnie Lewis

A photo of Percy Weeks

Titanic survivor Molly Brown - the "unsinkable Molly Brown".

Margaret Tobin Brown was on the Titanic on its maiden voyage when it hit an iceberg. She made the crew of lifeboat 6 return to try to find other survivors, giving rise to the legend of a spunky, vocal woman. But then, she was all of that. Though both her husband and she were born of Irish immigrants, they rose to wealth and never forgot their roots.

Debbie Reynolds played Molly Brown in the movie musical "The Unsinkable Molly Brown".

Photo courtesy of the Library of Congress, Bain News Service

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.

A photo of my second great grandfather, William Benjamin McClellen Poust, following a black bear hunt in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania

A photo of Nat King Cole and daughter Natalie Cole in the mid 1950's.

Natalie sang on her father's Christmas album in 1956 and began performing at age 11. A life-long career in singing and acting followed these early performances.

She died on December 31st, 2015, leaving behind a son who is also a musician - the 3rd generation of musicians.

A photo of Flathead Native Americans (Salish) holding a pre-Christmas family gathering on the west side of Glacier National Park, in the dense forest of evergreen trees that skirt the Rocky Mountains