Photo Number 417

This is an unknown couple from the shop in Dorset, Minnesota.  They have a “deer stuck in the headlights look” .  This photo is not marked in any way.

It is a cabinet card…probably from around 1890. There seems to be some kind of elaborate velvet piece that adorns the top of this dress.  I am not quite sure what you would call it other than a fancy trim..it is not really a collar. Perhaps someone reading has an idea!

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Photo Number 416

A small child standing in a wicker chair.  The photographer was J C Peterson from Hutchinson, Minn. He was in business there from 1894 to 1895.  This is another photo from the Antique Shop in Dorset, MN.  This small child has her hair parted in the middle..which is usual for little girls from this time period.   The photo is a little blurry..she must have moved while the photo was being taken. 

Iola Robbins  Isabell Robins oldest girl

So is that Robbins or Robins..one b or two?

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Update from Abra!

Iola Robbins is the daughter of Isabelle Barley and Judson Robbins. She is 9 months old in the 1900 census (so apparently JC Peterson was in business longer than 1894-95 or someone was using his folders...I'll assume he was in business). Judson and Isabelle were married Nov 10th, 1897.

The family is living with his parents(William & Elsie) and his siblings, Clark, Myrth, Hattie, & Nettie, as well as a boarder, Henry J. Hutchinson.


Update from Iggy! 
Apparently, this charming little girl's correct name is Ilo Vivian Robbins.

Claude Lester Evans married Ilo Vivian Robbins on 27 Dec 1919 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. Ilo was born on 23 Aug 1899 in Hutchinson, McLeod, Minnesota. She died on 26 Jun 2005. Claude died on 13 Mar 1978. They had four children in Saskatchewan, Canada, all of which are now deceased.


Abra has left a message for a tree holder on Ancestry..we will see what happens:)

Photo Number 415

This is a cabinet card, from the antique shop in Dorset, Minnesota.  The Photographer was Petefish in Scott City, Kans.
I will assume that this is Emma Norell.
                                                           Emma Norell    Mothers sister
I had some time on my hands..so I tried to locate some info on the Photographer without any luck. Then I did a search for Emma Norell.  I found her obituary.

Emma Cecelia NORELL, daughter of Peter and Christina ERIKSON NORELL, was born near Millville, Minn., March 2, 1878. She was baptized in the Lutheran faith in infancy.

She lived with her parents near Millville until 1881 when the family moved to Springfield [Dakota Territory], where they lived four years. In 1885 the family moved to Arapahoe, Nebr., remaining there only two years. In 1887 they moved to Gove County, Kansas. They made their home 17 miles north and one-half mile east of Healy.

Here Miss NORELL spent 56 years of her life. During this time she cared for her mother until she passed away in 1920. After the death of her mother for 22 years she cared for her eldest brother, Erik until he died in 1942.

Miss NORELL left the home place in 1943 and spent three years in Quinter [government used land for World War II aerial target practice range]. In 1946 she decided to come to Scott City. Since that time she made her home at 702 Glenn Street.

About a year ago her health began to decline. On July 12, 1954 she entered Good Shepherd rest home in Scott City, where she remained until the day of her death. She died Wednesday of last week, on her 77th birthday [March 2, 1955].

She leaves to mourn her departure one sister, Mrs. Christine JOHNSON of Gove and several nieces, nephews, and other relatives and friends.

[Note: Emma NORELL was the last person buried in the Swedish Lutheran Cemetery in 1955.]


There was an email address of a relative..I sent a message..I will wait a few days..before I send off a snail mail inquiry.

Usually the quest for information is much harder than this..what are the chances that she remained unmarried..and in Kansas where she lived most of her life.

From the info in her Obituary..I will date her photograph sometime between 1887 and 1907..she would have been 19 to 29 years old.  The formal background is not carried through into the photo with the twig/log bench and the animal fur or grassy mat on the floor.
 
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Update:
Here is an excerpt from Emma's Mothers Obit..it includes all the names of her (Christinas) children.


To this union were born four boys and four girls, the husband and two sons [Olof John and Sven Arnold] having preceded the mother to their resting place. Three daughters - Mrs. P.A. [Christina] JOHNSON, Mrs. P.J. [Magdalena] PETERSON, and Miss Emma NORELL - and one son Eric, besides grandchildren and friends, were present at the funeral services. One daughter, Mrs. [Aaron][Anna] PETERSON, lives at Stockholm, Wisc. One son, Peter, in Barton County, Kan.


So Emma had three sisters..Christina, Magdalena and Anna.


Update : Jan 05, 2011
Iggy located a blog that featured an obituary of a relative..and from that was able to make contact with one of Emmas Great nieces in Kansas..The photo will be on it's way home in the morning to Darlene:) 


This photo went Full Circle 20 on February 03, 2011

Photo Number 414

This is an unknown photo..unmarked. It is from the Dorset Antique Shop.


I think this is just swell of you how many do you want?  I don’t like the one of Vie as well as I do of you + she that she knew just how.  Let me know how many of each you want.
What is she holding..perhaps roses cut with long stems?  I wonder what the occasion was and I wonder what Vie knew just how to do?  This photo might be from around 1915.
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Update:  I think we all agree long stemmed roses.. and Cheryl adds this :
"she thot she knew just how" - my interpretation is that this turned out much better than know it all Vie's photo!
I have to agree Cheryl..Thanks! 

Photo Number 413

This is a cabinet card from N. Hassan at Glencoe, Minn.  The Minnesota Historical Society Photographer Database says that he was in business from 1880 to 1881.  Meet the Josiah S. Reese Family. We can see the bustle and the pleated bottom of the skirt in the older woman..the many buttons down the front and the high white collar.  The littlest girl is a real cutie, and the older girl seems to have gotten tall for her skirt..her ankles are showing…her skirt has just a hint of a bustle, not enough of it is showing to be certain. Her ringlets are beautiful..I wonder if they are hers or if they were pinned into her hair? 

The Ages

Josiah S Reese 41 November 9 1886

Jane Reese 33 November 12, 1886

Clara L Reese 13  January 26 1886

Abba Janett Reese 4 December 3 1886

From all this information..we will assume that Mr. N. Hassan was at his location longer than previously thought.

This is another Cabinet Card that my husband purchased for me at the antique shop in Dorset, Minnesota.

I wonder how this family is related to the Sealia and Lottie Reese from yesterday.  Hutchinson and Glencoe are about thirteen miles apart. 

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Photo Update: A relative Nancy emailed me some photos..thank you!

Josiah (1845 to 1921) and Jane Reese (1853 to 1914)

And this is Josiah’s Father William Henry Reese (1817 to 1906)

Photo Number 412

This is a cabinet card..named as such because they were often displayed in a cabinet in the front parlor, or elsewhere in a home.  They were also put into albums that were specially made for them to be displayed in. This is a card that my husband purchased at an Antique Shop in Dorset, Minnesota. 

This one is by The Peterson Studio in Hutchinson, Minn..he was in business there from 1894 to 1895.

This cabinet card has scalloped edges..which is consistent with the 1890’s.  The ladies ring is prominent..and she has some kind of fru fru on the front of her dress. The sleeves of her dress are quite large..but they are unstuffed so they looks saggy.  She looks fairly young to me ..maybe 18. Could this be a wedding photo?  Perhaps..

The back of the cabinet card..My Cousins Sealia + Lottie Reese written in two different hands.

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Photo Number 411

Happy New Year Everyone!  Lets start the New Year out with a bang..well how about a old photo that includes a gun?

This is a NOKO Real Photo Postcard, they date from 1907 to 1920.  I have a photo of my Father in Law from 1916 where he is wearing similar knickers and coat and even his haircut is the same so that is the year I will pick to date this postcard. Apparently the gun was a studio prop to keep the child occupied, it also looks like this is a photo that was taken outdoors…someplace warm I would guess from the fan palms that are on the right side of the photo. 

This is a photo from the Antique Shop in Dorset, Minnesota.

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