Friday, January 21, 2011

Back Page - One Armed Chairs



Two children
N. A. Watkins - Rising Star, Texas


Those one-armed chairs.

Have you ever actually seen one outside of a photograph?

Were they actually used for anything but studio props?

My friend over at Tattered and Lost suggests that they were designed to accommodate the bustle, a popular garment that women loved to wear during that era.



Child


Baby


Two children


Two children and a rattan chair and a doll


Three girls one boy
This one is a bit different:: It's not WICKER!
Spengler - 106&108 Stephenson St., Freeport Ill.

This also might be a stool with a small back. It is not as high as the back of the chair on the left so let's say it is a chair arm.


Where's Papa?
Do you see something different here?
The one-arm is on the left.


Two children and a one arm chair

Portrait of a boy

Two Women


Man in one arm chair


Family Cabinet Card


Two children in a rattan chair

































The most popular photographs most popular, Family Group,
An album of the
most requested photographs
in the Lost Gallery.

Area 51 and a Half Area 51 and a Half
You are probably not authorized to see these.


Don't take my picture! Oh! You DID didn't you!
completely unaware of the photographer
This is a collection of photographs that disappear on the way home from the photo processing shop.

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All images are the property of Lost Gallery and the author. Permission must be granted for their use. All rights reserved.

THE KIDS Lesson one.
It is always a mystery to us how a photograph of any of these precious children could end up lost or abandoned. Here are a few. You will probably say "Ooh..." at least once.

Dee and the Business School Dee and the Business School
The beautiful Dee. A curious story, What do you see?

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Thursday, January 13, 2011

Why Do I Rescue Old Photographs?




Every once in a while, I need a reminder for why I rescue old photographs. This is a fine example.

Here is a note I got from Don Milner! What a bit of history!

HOW REMARKABLE AND EXCITING- THIS IS A PICTURE OF MY DAD.
DAD, JONAS, AND PEARL ( HAD THOUGHT HER NAME WAS BLUE) COURTED, AND ABOUT 1897 STARTED FROM ALLEN, OK (I.T.) TO ADA, OK TO GET MARRIED. SOME 9-10 MILES OUT OF ALLEN, A BLIZZARD THEY ENCOUNTERED, WAS SO FIERCE THAT CAUSED THEM TO SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY INDIAN VILLAGE. THEY CRAWLED INTO A TEEPEE TO FIND A LONE BUCK THAT JUST GAVE A FEW DISTURBED GRUNTS OF COMMUNICATION. AFTER SOME HOURS, THE SNOW LET UP AND THEY CAUTIOUSLY, BACKED OUT OF THE TEEPEE AND RETURNED BY THEIR BUGGY TO ALLEN AND WERE NEVER MARRIED. MAYBE THE BAD BEGINNING WAS CONSIDERED AN OMEN BY PEARL. IT WAS SAID, THEREAFTER, THAT SEVERAL FRIENDS OF JONAS MILNER, IN HUMOR, REFERRED TO HIM AS "INDIAN jONAS". I WAS ONLY 5 WHEN MY DAD DIED, SO HAVE RELISHED SUCH STORIES IN TRYING TO LEARN MORE OF HIM THROUGH THE YEARS.

Thanks Don. It's always wonderful to learn some history behind these old photographs.

UPDATE: All of the photographs have been returned to the family historian, Don Milner.



Girl friend Pearl original scan
This is the original scan of the photograph, without enhancement.
The enhanced version is below.



Girlfriend Pearl, Jonas Milner




Reverse Reads:
Jonas Milner
&
girl
friend,
Pearl
Hst

Jonas
Pearl Host
his girl
Friend

Update! See these links for the rest of the story!


FAMILY TREEMAKER 01

OKGENEB

FAMILY TREEMAKER 02




Two boys studio portrait




Al & John
Case
Al C. Milner
& John Case

This one was almost too dim to see. I darkened the yellow and bumped the contrast to reveal this fine photograph.




Man woman standing




On Reverse:
John & Bell Case
John & Bell
Case

Maybe should be "Belle".





Dad's girl





"One of Dad's
girls
Popa's girlfriend before
he married Nannie-
waiting for Esther to
grow up. He decided
at when Nannie was 13
that he wanted to
marry her.”

Here is a note from Don Milner, family historian:
AS A MATTER OF FACT, THIS PHOTO ALSO IS RELATED IN THE MILNER FAMILY. THE MALE SUITOR WAS NATHAN NEWTON STAFFORD, WHOM MARRIED ESTHER MILNER, A SISTER OF JONAS MILNER. NATH WAS A PROMINENT MERCHANT IN EARLY ALLEN, OK. THEIR DAUGHTER, DORIS MARRIED AMOS CLARK AND LATER RESIDED IN ARDMORE UNTIL THEIR DEATHS IN THE LAST 4-6 YEARS. I SUSPECT THESE PHOTOS CAME FROM HER GENEALOGY AND FAMILY GLEANINGS.





woman checked skirt




On Reverse:
Berta or Bertie Milner
Married later to
Tipton

This one may be connected to the next group photo which has the name Berta penciled in the upper margin.

From Don Milner:
This is my Aunt; Alberta Bertha Milner 1876 - 1962. She was a sister to Jonas Milner in previous found, posted photo of my dad.
She was born in Arkansas and wed Wm. Andrew Tipton there in 1893. She died 1962 in Allen, Oklahoma. I have also notified a granddaughter of Alberta to share with in the find.





Group outside



Group outside and Berta detail
Note she is wearing the same skirt as in the above portrait.


From Don Milner:
I think the woman in the gingham dress at right is quite possibly alberta bertha milner tipton that is also in this collection; the other photo of bertie alone appears to be 2-3 years later but gingham dress may be the same.





Pearl Tipton with reverse




From Don Milner:
This is a Milner relative that can be passed to a Tipton historian, relative: Ann Wright. This I will be glad to do.





Three guys in hats with reverse




From Don Milner:
Clymer was the family, maiden name of wife of Mr. Clark; father of Amos





Four men in suits with reverse




From Don Milner:
Isaac H. Clark was the father of Amos R. Clark of Ardmore, Okla.





Baby on black mount board with reverse




This is regular cabinet card size

The reverse says, near as I can tell:
Mary Gertrude
Clark &
grandma Clark
born April 8, 1902
age 3 months in
picture



Two couples enhanced




From Don Milner:
Second from left, i think this is cornia milner powell, a sister to jonas milner; she is my aunt that raised me after my dad died.




Man and hat




Edgar
Pegg

Edgar Pegg

The only connection known by me on this one is the handwriting and the fact they were in the same group in the Ardmore Flea Market.




All of the photographs have been returned to the family historian, Don Milner.




The most popular photographs most popular, Family Group,
An album of the
most requested photographs
in the Lost Gallery.

Area 51 and a Half Area 51 and a Half
You are probably not authorized to see these.


Don't take my picture! Oh! You DID didn't you!
completely unaware of the photographer
This is a collection of photographs that disappear on the way home from the photo processing shop.

BACK TO
THE MAIN INDEX PAGE

Or try out the NEW
BACK PAGE INDEX

And don't miss
Cabinet Card Gallery
Penny Tales
Square America
Tattered and Lost
Vernacular Photography
The best
FOUND PHOTOGRAPH
sites on the web.
And for postcards try
THE DAILY POSTCARD.

All images are the property of Lost Gallery and the author. Permission must be granted for their use. All rights reserved.

THE KIDS Lesson one.
It is always a mystery to us how a photograph of any of these precious children could end up lost or abandoned. Here are a few. You will probably say "Ooh..." at least once.

Dee and the Business School Dee and the Business School
The beautiful Dee. A curious story, What do you see?

WHAT'S GOING ON HERE?
Neiffel and Helvetica Typehigh

"What are they doing?"

Saturday, January 1, 2011

New Additions for December 2010




Dottie was ready for the holidays

This one and a couple others
were added to the
Personal Pinups page two.



Man with chair
Here is a new page called
"The Fringed Chair."
It is a collection of studio portraits that have
an odd chair with lots of fringe around the headrest.


Trio in the studio
Here is a new page called
"Back Pages - Three Children."
It's a collection of old studio portraits of three children.
They smile so seldom.

The cub scout salute
Here is a new page about
Those Funny Props and Backdrops

Where do they get these ideas?



Saddle Shoes
There are a couple new additions on the
SADDLE SHOES page



Christmas time

This is a new page started
of just Christmas Time photographs
from the Lost Gallery



Portrait
Here is a collection of
those HUGE BOWS
that were popular at one time.
It was surprising how many were in the collection.

Couple couple
This is a new addition for the
Mistakes in Amateur Photography
Double Exposures
page.

Smile
This smiling cowboy was added to the
Back Pages- The Costumes
page.



Novelty Photo
The Souvenier Novelty Photo
Several new photographs were added this month to this page.


A girl in saddle shoes
This one is on a new page called
Back Pages: Gone to the Chickens
This is a rather special photograph as it also qualifies for the
Saddle Shoes page
and
A Girl and Her Guy in Uniform page.




Laundry day
This nice shot was added to a page called
Washday Blues

A category invented by
"Tattered and Lost"



Hanging from a limb
There are some new additions to
THE TREE THING






The most popular photographs most popular, Family Group,
An album of the
most requested photographs
in the Lost Gallery.

Area 51 and a Half Area 51 and a Half
You are probably not authorized to see these.


Don't take my picture! Oh! You DID didn't you!
completely unaware of the photographer
This is a collection of photographs that disappear on the way home from the photo processing shop.

BACK TO
THE MAIN INDEX PAGE

Or try out the NEW
BACK PAGE INDEX

And don't miss
Cabinet Card Gallery
Penny Tales
Square America
Tattered and Lost
Vernacular Photography
The best
FOUND PHOTOGRAPH
sites on the web.
And for postcards try
THE DAILY POSTCARD.

All images are the property of Lost Gallery and the author. Permission must be granted for their use. All rights reserved.

THE KIDS Lesson one.
It is always a mystery to us how a photograph of any of these precious children could end up lost or abandoned. Here are a few. You will probably say "Ooh..." at least once.

Dee and the Business School Dee and the Business School
The beautiful Dee. A curious story, What do you see?

WHAT'S GOING ON HERE?
Neiffel and Helvetica Typehigh

"What are they doing?"

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