Photo Number 299

This is someones Uncle Ira.  The photo was taken by A. Brandmo.  His Photography Studio was in Montevideo, Minnesota from 1886 to 1896.  This is a young Ira, maybe 13 or 14 years old.

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Photo Number 298

This is obviously an exclusive group of women..  Sorority? ..some type of Club in an all girls school?? 

Here is the list of these names..just incase someone finds it while searching for a relative.
Mary Stewart, Lenore Bell, Mary Helen Cameron, Mona, Jane Olson, Gertie Legard, Maxine Lindstrom, Jane Hanson, Helen Graham, Janet Stearns, Jean Bradley (Treas), Pat Brandoer, Dorothy Bell, Miss Barney, Peg Jenson (Pres), Doris Hoover, Lorraine Krooks, Jean Mc Farlin, Ruth Fowig, Janice Peterson, Katie Wilcuts, Kay Ward, and Phil Marisset.
We don’t know Mona’s last name because this photo was probably hers..Miss Barney must have been an advisor of some sort.
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Update From Iggy:
He found that Miss Grace Barney was a teacher at The University of Wisconsin Superior, she lived within blocks of the school.  He also found out that many of these ladies in this photo were living in Douglas County and born  1917-1920.  Were they all going to be teachers?  Possibly.
I have contacted The U of Wisconsin  Superior..their alumni association to see if they can confirm that it is a group of gals from their school..and if so I will return the photo to them.  We will see what happens :)  


Update from Iggy January 05, 2011 
Located a nephew of Lorraine Krooks..she is in the middle row..third from the right...she is 91 years old and her nephew will share the photo with her.


I hope to get this photo off in the mail to David today or tomorrow:)

This photo is Full Circle 33  on Tuesday October 11, 2011

Photo Number 297

Perhaps this couple had been married fifty years.  This photo was probably taken in the late 1940’s or the early 1950’s. This might be Tom and Helen Ford..they look like a wonderful pair of Grandparents!

The photo was by Austin Jennings in Woodbury, Tenn.
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Update from Iggy! 
Name: Tom Ford 
Spouse: Helen Ford 
Birth: abt 1881 - location 
Residence: 1930 (age 49) - city, Cannon, Tennessee


Update: I was contacted by family members through email..this photo will be in the mail on Monday Jan 10. 2011.

Update: 
February 16, 2011  this photo went Full Circle 23 

Photo Number 296

This is another Lewistown, Montana photo.   This is a Real Photo Postcard. This one is from Coulter Studio, I believe he was in partnership with yesterdays photographer WH Culver in Lewistown.

It is an Azo card, with triangles pointing up, so that means it is from 1904 to 1918.  As far as the Rona, Washington and Meerquette ..I have no idea if it is even connected to this photo.  I suppose Rona could be a last name..Rona or Rono..at any rate it is a beautiful child.  I am thinking that this is a little boy..his hair is parted on the right.

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Photo Number 295

This is a cabinet card that I purchased from an Antique Shop over by Hackensack, Minnesota (Bonnie View Antiques).   The photographer was WH Culver,  he began his career in photography in the Judith Mountains near Maiden, Montana. In 1888 he moved into Lewistown, Montana. 

I bought this photo because I like photo of Mothers and their children and this Mom has leather gloves on..I am not sure why..but she does.  This photo was most likely taken in 1890 to 1900.

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Photo Number 294

Today we have a scenery photo.  This is a statue that I had not seen before but I came home and Googled Smokey the Bear and Statue.  I got this photo in an Antique Shop. 
This is a 26 foot tall statue of Smokey Bear.  It is in International Falls, Minnesota ( way UP North..it is across the border from Canada).  The statue was erected in 1953 as part of the Keep Minnesota Green Project in Koochiching County. 
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Photo Number 293

These are the children from the couple yesterday.  IF the couple yesterday is Edwin and Edna (Woods) Newcomb then these children are Monroe and Norma or Dorothy or Don.  I will assume it is Monroe and Norma, since usually the oldest child is named for someone.  If you recall Monroe was the father of all the Mothers Brothers boys ( Jess, Homer, Frank and Ed) ..so this little boy was named after his Grandfather. 
Monroe was born January 06,1917 and died January 03, 2007.  His wife Gladys died in 2008.
Mrs. Norma Gayle Newcomb Ringer, age 87, of Davidson, died Tuesday April 3, 2007. Born November 27, 1919, in Eagle Grove, Iowa, she was a daughter of the late Edwin Newcomb and Edna Wood Newcomb. She was preceded in death by her brother, Monroe Newcomb.
Among the survivors are her brother, Donald Newcomb and her sister, Dorothy Helgevold.
This photo was probably taken in 1920 or 1921.
I am waiting patiently for my phone call to be returned…The big questions I have about these photos are..Who was the Sister of all these brothers in this series?  How did the photos come to be in Minnesota? There seem to be many relatives still in Iowa.  Iggy found a newspaper article that was written about the  Monroe Newcomb family (The little boy in the photo above) they were all together baking their grandmothers favorite recipes at Christmas time..so I cannot imagine them not wanting these photographs.
Today I am back using Windows Live Writer..Nancy can you “bigify” the photos okay?  It was an easy fix to that dilemma..thanks Iggy..you have been ever so helpful! 
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Update: Friday August 27, 2010 The little boy in this photograph, had a number of children..the photos will be on their way to Carroll, Iowa to Nina very soon...I will write a Full Circle post when she has received them.  Many Thanks to Iggy for the assistance with this search! :)