Old photo. North Dakota, circa 1909. Price: $12.00 Size: About 4 x 5″ More adorable kids: Siblings, Argalus Walter and Elizabeth Lulu Gray. Their parents are Argalus Wilson Gray and Martha Lulu (Carr) Gray. Argalus…Read More…
Category: Unusual First Names
A Photo of Miss Pansy
Old photo, circa 1900 – 1920s. Price: $6.00 Size: 2 and 3/8 x 3 and 5/16″ Even though there is no last name on the reverse for this young girl, her given name, Pansy, is unusual enough to maybe help…Read More…
Joseph Northrup and Olive Branch Marriage Record
This post is under our “Unusual First Names” category. Olive, of course, is not an unusual given name, but along with her maiden name Branch…..well, one can’t help but do a double-take. We came across this record while researching the…Read More…
Happy New Year To Chillon Carter
Divided back postcard. Postmarked December 31, 1914 from Joplin, Missouri. Publisher unknown. Printed in Germany. Series or number 1154/1. Price: $8.00 Here’s another card, like the previous one we posted, that’s tinted (or colored, if either is the right term)…Read More…
Lizzie And Mizpah
Divided back, unused, Real Photo Postcard. Circa 1902 – 1910. Price: $12.00 “With Love & affection to add to your collection. Mizpah. Lizzie.” Addressed to: “Miss Dora Dixon, 10 Glenfield St. Glasgow.” Which young lady in the postcard photo is…Read More…
The Taylor Family At Home, Endicott WA
Divided Back, Real Photo Postcard. Postmarked July 20, 1908, Endicott, Washington. Photographer: Hutchison, Endicott, Washington. Price: $15.00 “The old Lady is Mrs. Taylor. the Babe belongs to Fannie. I hope you are feeling better. Lovingly, Orpha.” Addressed to: “Mrs. A….Read More…
To Ilma From Edna
Divided back, embossed postcard. Postmarked April 12, 1911, San Francisco, California. Publisher: International Art Publishing Co. Series 1262. Printed in Germany. Price: $7.00 Fond Easter Greetings “Hope and gladness, peace and rest Make your Easter truly blest.” Wow, where did…Read More…
Rany Lammers Calling Card
Calling card, circa late 1880s – early 1890s Price: $10.00 Size: about 3 and 7/16 x 1 and 7/8″ Here’s an old nautical-themed calling card for Rany Lammers, which is probably from the late 1880s to the early 1890s. It’s…Read More…
Ucilious Calvert Sterquell
A male given name we hadn’t encountered yet: Ucilious. From research for the Necks To Nothing post, Ucilious Calvert Sterquell was married to Mary Louise Henley. He was born in Baltimore, Maryland in 1891, was a veteran of WWI and…Read More…
Shenandoah V. Gray
Our “Unusual First Names” category has been a little neglected….so, here’s an entry for a beautiful given name, found on the 1920 Federal Census, Pittsburgh, PA: Shenandoah…. Curiously, no other records were found for Shenandoah V. Gray, who was born…Read More…