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 665

This is a Cabinet Card from the Antique Shop in Dorset, the one I call shop number three.

I think this man wore a hat most of the time either that or he had a new barber.  He has a moustache that looks like a handlebar and beard that is in the linear goatee style ( I made the linear part up).

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Update:  Going through my files I discovered that this gentleman has a name!

 

Rudolph Anderson Sulley??

Photo Number 664

This is a photo from the Wadena Flea Market.

Whitcomb The Lightning Photographer, Kellogg Iowa.

First the Cabinet Card, it has notched edges that were popular from 1894 to 1900.

This gentleman certainly has hair..and a very full beard that comes to two points in the front.  I wonder if he was a nervous man and tugged at his beard.

The Photographer: Daniel Whitcomb was known for his fine photographic work in Iowa.  He was in Kellogg during 1886 for sure, it is unknown how long he was in Kellogg..after Kellogg he was in Newton.

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Update From Pamela:

double linear goatee

Update from Becki:

1900 Federal Census of 4 Jan puts Daniel and family in Newton, Iowa. Daniel died after 1920census but before 1930 one. Orlena is a widow in 1930 with son Leon.