This old-timey store photo is labeled “Herbert Kalt” on the back. Interesting details include a young African American man and an WWI era 1918 Red Cross poster.
All of these details offer compelling evidence that this photo from 1914 is of the A. L. Lockwood Bakery and Ice Cream Parlor at 1225 Park Ave. in Oneida Square, Utica, New York.
Flo Muir and Mary Miller standing behind the oval glass of the door to Miller & Miller - The Woman’s Store in Logan, Kansas around 1914. Here is Flo’s story.
Tanned leather horse collars hung like Christmas lights along the back wall of the store that Lee Price and his wife, Stella, owned and operated around 1915 in Danville, Georgia.
As I write this the world is in the throes of the coronavirus pandemic. Professional photo colorization is literally the last thing anyone needs to be thinking about right now. But, I have some time on my hands. So here we are. Vote for the photo you would like to see colorized next.
Colorized by Okkama Colorizations at The Psychogenealogist (2019). A family caravan, perhaps around 1914 at Jesmond Dene, a public park in north-east England.
A postcard from 1910 shows two young suitors in a tender embrace being chased down by a driver and two passengers in a red car. It was sent to a Mr. Frank Hollingsworth of Kearney, Nebraska. Can you help find the story?
What’s not to love about old-timey sailing men on a ship holding bunnies? These men sailed on the John Ena in May of 1916. Colorized by Okkama Colorizations at The Psychogenealogist (2019).
This delightful 1918 postcard depicts a picturesque Colorado mountain scene behind a forest of pine trees. Written from Hazel, to her Aunt in Illinois. Can you help us tell this story?
This 1915 French postcard came from the same lot as Pic of the Week (#123). It is beautifully colored and has a nice inscription on the back. Can you help me find and tell the story behind it?
A 1915 postcard from California: “We are in San Diego for a few days. We are having a fine time. We are enjoying every minute. Fruits and vegetables in abundance of all kinds.”
This drab industrial looking photograph shows the Hog Island Shipyard in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. I love learning random facts from these found photos! Do you have any Hog Island history in your family tree?