I love old classroom photos because so many family trees are connected with that one photo! Look at this one - 27 students and 2 teachers all connected in that moment in time. This large classroom photo came to me in the batch of the Grein-Schneider-Wenzel photos I shared a few blogposts ago. It is … Continue reading Wilhelm Schwarzhaupt, a father, a schoolmaster and a politician
Dr. Michael W. O’Keefe and Persis née Thompson
These 3 identified cabinet cards came to me from the United States and oh my, this "detective" girl did a happy dance! Look at all the information, hand-written on them! Whomever these photos belonged to, who so lovingly recorded so many important genealogical details of the family history, should be awarded a golden star for … Continue reading Dr. Michael W. O’Keefe and Persis née Thompson
Families Grein, Wenzel and Schneider from Frankfurt
Here's another batch of photos that came to me from German ebay, most of them labelled. They seem to belong together and I'm so happy that they have stayed together all these years. When I come across a batch like this, I don't know if to laugh or to cry. I am excited to do … Continue reading Families Grein, Wenzel and Schneider from Frankfurt
“Of Cyclamen and Water Lily”: the Erich and Käte zu Putlitz Story
UPDATED - the booklet is now identified! This little hand-written booklet came to me from German ebay. It is a love story of one Erich and Käte, fully written in verse! It describes their lives before they met and the two years that they had been married by Christmas 1919. I believe this was a … Continue reading “Of Cyclamen and Water Lily”: the Erich and Käte zu Putlitz Story
Friedrich Johannes Seifert and wife Anne Emilie from Hamburg
Anne Emilie née Feddersen and Friedrich Johannes Seifert These two photos came to me from German ebay together with the photo of Amandus Mügge from my previous blogpost. It is always a pleasure to find photos from my own home city of Hamburg in Germany. And eventhough the persons are just named as "mother's mother" … Continue reading Friedrich Johannes Seifert and wife Anne Emilie from Hamburg
Amandus Mügge from Hamburg
Finally I could research someone from my homecity Hamburg! This young man came to me from the German ebay. The name hand-written on this CDV is Amandus Mügge and the year 1885. Young Amandus appears to be not older than 15-18 years old in this photo, so I set out to look for someone with … Continue reading Amandus Mügge from Hamburg
The children of Anna Wank née Schroeder
This lovely photo also came to me from Chase Benjamin Antiques as part of our Christmas gift swap. Look at all the names on the back of the photo! It says that these were the "children's ages at Anna's death". It also says that "Anna died on March 13th, 1909". But did you notice that … Continue reading The children of Anna Wank née Schroeder
Happy Valentine’s Day from Martha Frank to Luie Schumacher!
Happy Valentine's Day from 1899! I received this Valentine's Day note from a fellow photo collector and antique seller Chase Benjamin Antiques from Canada. It says: "From your cousin Martha Frank Fairchild Wis. To her cousin Luie Schumacher. Feb 14, 1899" At first, I was looking for a Martha Frank Fairchild who might be related … Continue reading Happy Valentine’s Day from Martha Frank to Luie Schumacher!
Parker Nichols, a Civil War hero
It is seldom that I find a tintype photo that is identfied with the sitter's name, not to mention his date of birth and death. So when I saw this tintype on sale on Etsy, I had to get it. It came to me from the United States. I was curious to find out about … Continue reading Parker Nichols, a Civil War hero
Elmer E. Brown from Iowa
Elmer Brown, Sheffield, Iowa Little Elmer's photo came to me from the same Etsy seller in the United States who sent me the photos of the Goppinger sisters, Lorena Storck and the Ellis sisters (please see my previous three blogposts). Although I have not been able to reach out to Elmer's direct descendents, I have … Continue reading Elmer E. Brown from Iowa
