I think this is a little boy, standing by the fireplace and does he have a stocking in one hand? The card says Best Wishes for the coming year and is signed “The B2’s” or something like that. The Bz’s?
I think this is a little boy, standing by the fireplace and does he have a stocking in one hand? The card says Best Wishes for the coming year and is signed “The B2’s” or something like that. The Bz’s?
A Christmas card with no last name, from 1957. We have Mike, Sandra, Bob, Jim and Tammy the dog. These old photo Christmas cards were often created from a photo taken ‘sometime’ that year. This particular photo looks like it was from spring or summer – the boys have short sleeved shirts and the girl is wearing bobby sox.
I will be showing photo Christmas cards and Christmas themed images up until the 25th.
I recognize these three boys from the previous photograph of the Colter family shown recently. I believe this to be Bert, Ed and Fred. Note the backdrop, straw mat, and faux tree look like the same ones used in the linked photo, and also the same as in the photo of the McGinnis girls.
We have been blessed with a family member who found these pictures and has commented on several of them. I’m going to have to add a “Rudd” category so they will all be easily found in one location on the site! Once the photos and postcards have been scanned for posting, I will be sending them all home. The wonderful part of the story of course is that the photos will be with family, but the sad part is that for them to have been sold on ebay means that who ever owned them probably passed away and the photos were sold at an estate sale. I can only say that I’m so glad to have been the high bidder, making me able to reunite these family treasures with Rudd, McGinnis and Colter descendants.
I believe this to be a lovely photograph of Rosalia Rudd Colter, who was featured recently with her children. Rose / Rosa / Rosalia was the daughter of William Mann Rudd and Catherine Eliza Rudd. This photo is similar to the previous family portrait in her clothing and hair styling, although her dress and hair are different. Rose looks serene and lovely in this portrait. The framing of the image is also quite lovely and while I have seen similar types of framing I have not seen one quite as nice as this. Unfortunately, the photographer did not add his studio information to his cards. By the clothing this can be dated to the 1890s.
This series of photos was in with the Rudd photos and postcards and at first I didn’t know what I would do with them. I couldn’t quite figure out what was happening in them. With this week’s Sepia Saturday prompt showing an old advertisement for Oshkosh I looked at this series again and realized this is an early documentation of work, perhaps to show a client or save for future reference.
View from the street
Foundation needing repair
Showing where the work is to be done?
Admiring their handiwork
What this looks like is a series showing the house from the street, a shot of the foundation that needs to be repaired, the fellow holding a rather large nail or screwdriver to point out the rotted beam, and finally two men kneeling down by the side of the house with an obviously new beam in place. It is really unfortunate that the photos were damaged, either in the camera or during the developing process. They all have a bit of a white cloud coming from the lower edge.
Also note that even though the foreman (?) is wearing a hat, button down shirt and tie, he is wearing overalls. These are two clothing trends that clashed in the mid 20th century. Overalls as the utility garment meant to keep clothing tidy and the shirt and tie left over from the Victorian and Edwardian ages which indicated a man had good breeding.
For more overalls (or as an Oklahoman acquaintance calls them, overhauls) click over to Sepia Saturday.
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