Orphan Photo #53

This real photo postcard was originally featured on my other blog, GenBlog.

The following is printed on the back:  W.T. Caldwell Photographer in Milford, Illinois.  There is no identifying information

Orphan Photo #53

Orphan Photos #51 & #52

These two photos were originally featured on my other blog, GenBlog.

The photos were together in a cardboard frame.  There is no identifying information, nor a photographer/studio, time period or location.  My guess is, they are brother and sister.

Orphan Photos #51 & #52

Orphan Photo #50

This photo was originally featured on my other blog, GenBlog.

This photo is presented in a cardboard frame.  The imprint reads: “Davis Studio in Blue Earth, Minnesota.”  There is no identifying information.

Orphan Photo #50

Orphan Photo #49

This real photo postcard was originally featured on my other blog, GenBlog.

The message reads:

Glenella Florence Davison. 

Age 5 months & 3 weeks. 

Nov. 1, 1914

There is no other identifying information, postmark, or location.

Orphan Photo #49

Orphan Photo #48

This real photo postcard was originally featured on my other blog, GenBlog.

Addressee:  Mrs. Homer Moore, Homer, Illinois

Signed:  Mabel

Postmark:  City not show, Washington, 26 January 1912

The message reads:

Dear May: Lula's Terre Haute address used to be 1815 N. 10th St.  I don't know where she is now but wish I did.  She was in school at Granville, Ohio the last I heard from her but that has been several years ago.  Mabel

Lots of interesting info in just this small bit!

Orphan Photo #48

Orphan Photo #47

 

This real photo postcard was originally featured on my other blog, GenBlog.

Addressee:  Miss Gertrude Bontz, Glasford, Illinois

Postmark:  Hanna City, Illinois, 19 September 1910

The message reads:

Thomas Walter Gibbons at the age of 6 months.

There is no other identifying information.

It is quite possible that this is the Thomas W Gibbons found in Logan, Peoria, Illinois in the 1920 census.  If it’s him, I believe I found an SSDI listing for him as well.  Additional research is needed to determine if this it the correct person and if so, if there are any living relatives to pass this photo on to.

Orphan Photo #47

Orphan Photo #46

This real photo postcard was originally featured on my other blog, GenBlog.

Addressee:  Frank Trapp, Taylorville, Illinois

Postmark:  Colorado Springs, Colorado, 27 Jul 1925

Signed:  Vin

Postcard imprint reads: 

Mt. Manitou Scenic Incline

At the Summit of the longest and highest incline on the globe.  You cannot afford to come to Colorado and not take this grand trip.

The message reads:

Sure am seeing the sights.  Look in Pike's Peak Saturday, seeing sunset from top & coming down after dark.  Would like to put in a month out here if I could afford it.  Vin

There is no other identifying information.  Oddly enough, this could be one of my Trapps, but I haven’t found a connection as of yet.

Orphan Photo #46

Orphan Photo #45

This real photo postcard was originally featured on my other blog, GenBlog.

The message reads:

For her Great Grandmother Tower

From Ruth Evelyn Tower

Taken when she was 10 weeks old

Born June 6, 1913 Glendale, Calif.

Lots of interesting info here!

According to the 1910 census, it appears that Ruth Evelyn Tower is the daughter of Aplunso[?] and Pearl Tower.  She’s listed as living in Glendale at the age of 6.  Both parents were born in Indiana.

I find a Ruth Tower Hodgson in the California Death Index (Ancestry) with the same birth date as that listed on the postcard.  I was able to track down her son and have reunited him with this wonderful photo!

Orphan Photo #45

Orphan Photo #44

This real photo postcard was originally featured on my other blog, GenBlog.

Addressee:  Josefa Erjavec, 1011-13 N. Chicago St., Joliet, Illinois

Postmark:  unreadable

The message is written in I'm guessing Slavic, as the stamps appear to be from Slovenia.

 

UPDATE 11/26/12 – This postcard was reunited with the granddaughter of the addressee.

Orphan Photo #44

Orphan Photo #43

 

I originally wrote about the photo on my other blog, GenBlog.

This is a real photo postcard.  The back of the card reads:

Hello Lucy.  How I would love to see you and your baby. I suppose it is a wonder.  I know mine is.  [cannot read signature]

There is no other identifying information, postmark, date, or location.

Orphan Photo #43