Photo Number 718

This is a CdV from the antique shop in Detroit Lakes Minnesota.

A young boy in knickers.

Joh. Froling?  Fotograf  Brogadon ( edited to Brogaden) 8, Kristiania

and a name Gunnar Aarstad

So this is another CdV from Oslo Norway. Sometime after 1877.

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Update from Iggy:

This may be the Son or Grandson of Berte Karina Aarstad who was featured in Photo 626

Dr Jeff says Brogaden 8 is Bridge Street 8


Update from Anonymous:
Photographer: John Frøling (1865-1932). Born and trained in Sweden, came to Christiania in 1884. Started his company in Brogaden 8 in 1895, used a cheap "rubber stamp" with "Joh. Frøling" the first years. So the photo should be from after 1895, but not much.

Photo Number 673

This is a photo from the Antique Shop in Park Rapids that is owned by my friend Linda.  She had her shop for sale, she had a huge sale, and closed for a couple of months. The shop did not sell so she is still in business. The place has more shelves now and the entire place has been cleaned and the floors have been redone.  She saves old photos for me to look at.  It is one of my favorite places to visit.

This is Dickie at Shelter Bay. 

Shelter Bay is more than likely the name of a resort in Wisconsin or Michigan..or the name of a town in Washington.  Wherever  Shelter Bay was the grass was very tall.  Poor little Dickie looks lost in the grass.

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Photo Number 672

This is a CdV that I purchased at the Royalton Minnesota Antique Shop.

The photographer was Curtis & Ross, Lewiston…unknown state.

I think this looks like a little boy, because of the striped stockings.

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I am done going into work at the Historical Museum for the winter, the building is not heated.  I will work part time a few hours a month from home.

I have finally had some extra time to go through some of my photo files again.   I found that I had overlooked a name.  So Photo Number 665 has a name!  So far it is the only error I have found.  I hate to use a photo twice because Iggy will notice.  I usually move the photo into a used file folder..but sometimes I get interrupted or in a hurry..so doubling up is a possibility..as well as an omissions..I am not perfect! :)

Photo Number 671

This is a photo from the Antique Shop in Park Rapids.  We have seen this little gal before..she was also in Photo Number 461.

The little girl is perched on the edge of a very beautiful rocking chair.

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Photo Number 670

This is a photo from the Antique Shop in Detroit Lakes Minnesota. 

Such a big chair for such a little baby, notice Mom is “at hand”. The gown shows a least two layers.  These christening gowns were often sewn from the Mothers petticoats to welcome her new baby. If you were a woman of means you had fancy petticoats.

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whowerethey added this:
In earlier times the gowns were long (not this long though) because the baby could not crawl anyway, and when baby started to crawl, it hindered their ability to go very far. Weird, but it was a way to keep them out of trouble. Also, the lower class a woman was, the more likely the baby clothes were made from her petticoats. The more wealth, the more likely the child would be dressed in new gowns or hand me downs that had been new when first used. A middle to upper class woman spent her "confinement" making baby clothing. The confinement period began when her pregnancy started to show and ended when the baby was between 2-4 months old.

Photo Number 669

This is a photo from the Antique Shop in Dorset.

The photograph was taken by Fluoretone Portrait Studios in St. Paul and Minneapolis.

 

I believe that this photo was most likely taken in the 1940’s.  The little boy has two tones oxfords on and his little socks have some kind of pattern around the top.  The little girls dress looks to be velvet, her socks are plain but her little shoes appear to have a pattern.  I like the bow in her hair, she looks a little impish! 

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Photo Number 668

This is a real photo postcard from the Antique Shop in Royalton Minnesota.

I am not sure why only a small part of the postcard was used.


Forest Earl Byiam (Bijiam?) ( Brjiam?) at Five Months weighed 17 1/4 Ibs.
H. Housen ( Hansen?) & Family

This is an Azo Real Photo Postcard, with triangles in the corner of the stamp box so it is from 1904 to 1918.

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Update from Iggy:


Forest Earl Byram, the son of James Earl and Lydia R. Byram was born September 24, 1917 and lived in Todd, Hubbard, Minnesota in 1920 and 1930.

He passed away September, 1977 in Homewood, CA (located on the shore of Lake Tahoe).

Photo Number 667

This is a a Cabinet Card. The older children surround their little sister in the chair.

P.H. Tallman was a photographer from Blooming Prairie, Minnesota. He was in that area from 1898 to 1900 and then again in 1906.

On a side note, Blooming Prairie was named by a railroad executives wife after she saw all the wooden shacks that made up the settlement.  Blooming Prairie is located in South Eastern Minnesota.

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Photo Number 666

How about looking at some kids in chairs this week.

These two little ones made me smile, I bet their Grandmother displayed this photo proudly.  It looks like two little girls to me.  This is a photo that I got down at the Royalton Minnesota Antique Shop.

Can you imagine using a button hook to “do up” the shoes on these more than likely squirmy children?  This photo was probably taken right around 1900 to 1910. 

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Photo Number 660

This is another photo from The Antique Shop in Detroit Lakes Minnesota.

Christmas 1928  Phila Emma Bishop.

I have heard this name before..Bishop from North Dakota…they were very successful wealthy farmers.

This childs mother ( Grandmother?) was most likely Emma Strehlow Bishop and her father (Grandfather?) J R Bishop.

The photo yesterday may have been her grandfather. ( Great Grandfather)

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Update from crex:

Phila E. Ferguson, Moorhead
Phila E. Ferguson, 74, Moorhead, MN, died Sunday, August 18, 2002, in the Moorhead Health Care Center.
Phila Emma Bishop was born January 30, 1928, in Fargo, ND, the daughter of Reynolds Strehlow Bishop and Alice Corcoran Bishop. She grew up in Casselton, ND, where she attended schools and graduated from Lincoln High School in 1946. She was a graduate of the University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, and served as president of Alpha Phi sorority. She taught English and theatre in Twin Falls, ID, and later was a professor of English at Concordia College in Moorhead, MN. She married Bill Ferguson in 1966. He preceded her in death. Phila had resided at the Moorhead Healthcare Center since 1997.
She is survived by her cousins and their families, whom she considered to be her immediate family.
Visitation: One hour before the funeral service.
Funeral: Wednesday, August 21, 2002, at 2 in the West Funeral Home Chapel, Casselton, ND.
Burial: Casselton Cemetery.

Photo Number 650

This is a CdV from the antique shop in Detroit Lakes Minnesota.

A young girl in a plaid dress..who may have just graduated from school..perhaps the sixth grade?  She doesn’t look old enough to me to be in the eighth grade.

Adam Heeb was at 651 8th Street in Milwaukee in 1889 and 1890..so this photo was most likely taken before that time.

I say that because it is a CdV and not a Cabinet Card and I bet that this dress has a bustle…

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Photo Number 638

This is a photo that I purchased at the Antique Shop in Detroit Lakes Minnesota.

The photo is by a JW( edited to JA) Tweit (??) of Litchville North Dakota.

Her dress is too large, her sleeves are uneven and those bows are not taming that hair.  She made me smile..I hope you smiled too.

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Update from Iggy on the photographer.
"WANTED NORWEGIAN GIRL for general all round studio work good position for right party For further particulars address J A Tweit Appleton Minn"

Camera craft, Volume 16 - Fayette J. Clute, 1909

John A Tweit was born in Norway around 1863 and immigrated to the USA in 1881. He married Mallen Kvamme on March 19, 1900 in Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota. She was born in Norway around 1871 and immigrated to the USA in 1873. In 1930, they are living in Pontiac, Michigan.

Photo Number 637

This is a photo from the Antique Shop in Detroit Lakes Minnesota.

A little girl with a great big bow in her hair.  She is a real cutie!

This is the back of the photo.  I think it says:
Edwinea Eckfeld Born May 18 1907 Age 6 years ( The photo must have been taken in 1913)
Daughter of Della Lehman, a cousin  Grandmother Strehlow’s sisters daughter.
There is a mark on the front of the photograph, I am unable to read it.

HHW something..I wonder if the photographer signed his photos in pencil.

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On a side note..I featured Photo Number 134 of Eugenia Strehlow Meilicke and her family..do you suppose her Mother was Grandmother Strehlow?  Just a thought, I did get the photos at the same antique shop??

Update from Iggy:
Edwinea Eckfeld was born on May 18 1907 in Columbia Township, Tuscola County, Michigan and died on 28 Feb 1996 in Port Huron, St. Clair County, Michigan. She was married to Floyd Thomas King (28 Jan 1908-16 Jul 1973).

She attended the Central State Teachers College (Class of 1929) and published "A study of the critical ideas of Sir Thomas Elyot" in 1932.

"In the regular 8th grade examination, Edwinea Eckfeld of Unionville received the highest standing of the 481 students who took the examination. Her standing was 96.6 per cent. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Eckfeld and a pupil of Miss Edna Stroud."


More from Iggy:
On Oct. 22, 1903, Edwin W. Eckfield (b. 1881 in Michigan) married Adella Lehman (b. 1880 in Wisconsin). The Bride's Parent's Names wer Henry and Mina Lehman (both b. 1838 in Germany) and they were living in Liberty Grove, Door, Wisconsin.


Here is the connection with Photo 134.


Adela Lehman's mother was "Mina Buchold" on a wedding record and "Minnie A Bucholz" in the census records (b. Sep 1837 in Germany)

Eugenia Stehlow's mother was "Liebegott Maria Buchholz" (b. Sep. 5, 1836 in Germany d. Oct. 3, 1901)

I would assume they were sisters.

Photo Number 636

This is a photo from the Antique Shop in Detroit Lakes Minnesota.

Looks like a whole bunch of girls with ribbons in their hair and one little boy..maybe two..that little one in the center might be a boy. It seems that most of these children have their hair parted down the center..so that is not a clue for the gender of the smallest child.

This photograph looks like it was taken sometime around 1900-1910.

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Photo Number 622

This is another farm photo, this one is one of Johns 25 cent specials from the Antique Shop in Detroit Lakes Minnesota. 

Perhaps a sister and a brother in the 1920’s, maybe this was taken after church or some other important outing.

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Photo Number 621

We continue our look at farming. 

This handsome young lad looks very proud to be photographed with this horse.  I am sure it was a working horse.

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Photo Number 618

This is a photo from the Antique Shop in Dorset.

It is a horse drawn school bus. I think it says ------? Consolidated School Dist. 42   Route No. 2

 

Here I have perked up the print a bit.   Al is a Canadian reader that loves these challenges..perhaps he is still reading..and can figure it out!

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Photo Number 602

This is another photo from the Antique Shop in Park Rapids.

Siblings, perhaps a brother and a sister, one is caged and one is free.  Free to stick her hands into the holes in her knees. 

This looks like a photo from the 1950’s.  My Mother used to hang dresses up in the doorway too after they were ironed.

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Photo Number 601

This is another photo from Park Rapids.

A little boy I think. With personality!

Possibly a trio of photos to delight a Grandmother.

Now we have the little boy and a shadow of the picture taker. Perhaps someone can tell me the year of the car in the background and I will be able to date the photo..I am thinking 1940’s.  What are those kind of car doors called?

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Photo Number 600

This is a cute photo..I called it “Stripes.”  She was in my original box of photos that I purchased in Park Rapids Minnesota..a long time ago.

She is all “matchy, matchy” with a bag and a tam or something similar on her head.  I imagine this to be a red/white stripe.

600 photos..hard to believe..but I still have more!  (This collecting old photos must be a sickness.)

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