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Category: Families

Family On Porch

Old photo, circa 1900 – 1910’s. Price:  $5.00             Size:  4 and 1/2 x 2 and 7/16″ Nice gingerbread detail on this porch – clearly a family is gathered here, though we don’t have any names…Read More…

Clara Louise McDonough and Her Sister, St. Louis, Missouri

Oval photo, circa 1865, St. Louis, Missouri. Photographer unknown. Price including wooden frame (not shown):  $40.00 Size of photo:  About 6 and 3/4 x 4 and 3/4″ Two beautiful young girls, Civil War Era….. This photo was an unusual find…Read More…

A Mom and Two Daughters

Divided Back, Real Photo Postcard, unused. AZO stamp box. Circa 1907 – 1918. Price:  $7.00 No i.d. for this one. Why did I buy it? I like the contrasting fabrics, the plaid and the stripes – all that cotton. Refreshing…Read More…

Julia Ann Johnson Peck – Bindon

Family Photo mounted on cardboard. Circa 1880’s. Price:  $20.00               Size including matting:  About 7 and 7/8 x 5 and 3/4″ Note:  There is some “foxing” (the dark marks most noticeable on the right-hand side…Read More…

Mother and Son

Old photo, white border, circa 1930s. Price:  $2.00         Size:  3 and 3/8 x 5″ Another poor quality shot (but the peering into the past effect is cool) and also, like the prior post, no identifying names. I…Read More…

The Old Houseboat

Real Photo Postcard, unused. Circa 1907 – 1915. Price:  $4.00 What confirms this structure’s status as a boat is the name at the stern – though very faint and indiscernible. And since the postcard’s image is so washed out, here’s…Read More…

Feeding the Pigeons, Atlantic City Boardwalk, 1939

Old photo, white border. Atlantic City, New Jersey, 1939. Price:  $10.00        Size:  2 and 1/2 x 3 and 1/2″ A busy street scene:  An older couple with the grandkids, feeding the pigeons. In the background, according to…Read More…

Pair of Seminole Indian Linen Postcards

Divided Backs, Linens, unused postcards. Circa 1940s. Publisher (top card):  G. W. Romer. A “Colourpicture” Publication, Cambridge, Mass. Series 12176.  Publisher (bottom card):  “Tichnor Quality Views.” Tichnor Bros., Inc., Boston, Mass. Series 69514. Price:  $7.00 for the pair Description (top card):…Read More…

The Falveys Get Back to the Country, 1929

Old photo, white border. Dated July, 1929. Price:  $15.00            Size:  About 6 and 3/4 x 4 and 1/2″ Sláinte!………..Some glasses are raised in salute here – in celebration of something, maybe just in the happiness…Read More…

Ruth Bower and Family, Pontiac, Michigan, Circa 1923

Old photo, white border. 92 Oak Hill St., Pontiac, Michigan. Circa 1923. Price:  $15.00          Size:  3 and 7/16 x 5 and 9/16″ A lovely snap, half-posed, half-candid of family life in Pontiac, Michigan, about 1923…… The…Read More…