discovering the story it tells
I couldn't pass up this wonderful 1938 snapshot of the Purdue University Farm Shop students. All are identified by surname on the reverse. It was a fun challenge! Click on the image above to view it much larger and catch all the faces and details! There were only three individuals I wasn't able to identify;... Continue Reading →
This image came to me in a mystery lot of vintage photographs from Spakeasachild on Etsy. Elly Kelly, born Eleanor Hoffman in 1915, was a well-known radio personality in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. She and her husband, Jack, operated a Christian radio station, WRFW, out of their home. After graduating Hokah high school in Hokah, Minnesota,... Continue Reading →
I found this old photo in an antique mall in Auburn, Indiana. My Grandmother was a Mary Louise so this had to come home with me. I suspected it was a vacation photo and didn't have high hopes of identifying the sitter. Fortunately, I was wrong. The first Mary Louise Heller I located on ancestry... Continue Reading →
I have a fondness for photographs of graveside visitors. Why? My mother died in an auto accident when I was seven months old and I was raised by my maternal grandmother. Cemetery visits were a regular event during my childhood, and I sat for many graveside photographs, such as this one. This particular photograph,... Continue Reading →
