1920’s Transportation

What a classic photo! Fern Tackman Wisthoff with her girlfriends standing in front of a train in Oshkosh Wisconsin in the 1920’s. [ Details: Fern Tackman Wisthoff Oshkosh Wisconsin ]

1920 Ford - Center Door Model?

This might be normal to all you car enthusiasts, but a door in the center of the car? Checkout this 1920 Ford. [ Details: Howard Van Buskirk 1920 Ford ]

A New Car in 1908

Meet Howard Van Buskirk showing off his new car to his buddies in 1908. [ Details: Howard Van Buskirk ]

Tintype Photos in 5 Minutes

Checkout this photo taken in the early 1900’s on a beach in New Jersey. The photographer is advertising tintypes in 5 minutes for 10 cents. [ Details: Howard Van Buskirk New Jersey ]

Vince’s Snooker Parlor - Monterey Park CA

Such a cool photo of Vince’s Snooker Parlor (billiards hall) taken around 1940 in Monterey Park, California. Notice the cash register and the pin-ups on the wall? [ Details: Vince’s Snooker Parlor - California ]

Real old fashioned picnic

This is a real old fashioned picnic. Robert Greene with his family on a picnic in Missouri. [ Details: Robert Greene Family ]

A Pet Raccoon?

Now that’s different. Photo of Gerald Austin Haust with his pet raccoon around his neck taken in Seneca Falls New York. What kind of unusual pets did your family have growing up? [ Details: Gerald Austin Haust New York ]

Scratched out face

My first thought was that the woman with a scratched out face was ousted from the family, but no … Meet Charles Fischer courting Minnie Gertrude Cameron who scratched out her own face because she didn’t like her hair! [ Details: Charles Fisher Minnie Cameron ]

An Interesting Story …

Meet Dr. Frank Ellis (born James Greene) who worked for the Bureau of Indian Affairs as a doctor on a number of reservations between 1900 and approximately 1916. Frank changed his name when he was sent to South Africa by his father after he got into some serious trouble in Kentucky. I wonder what kind of trouble he got into … [ Details: Dr. Frank Ellis James Greene ]

Civil War brothers who died during the same battle

So young! This photo is of Daniel & Joseph Budd, brothers from Missouri, who both died in the Civil War during the battle of Vassar Hill on July 18th, 1862. [ Details: Daniel & Joseph Budd Civil War Missouri ]

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