OldGuy, I cannot give you a URL for the newspaper article, as I found it on a genealogical website to which I subscribe. If you want to confirm...
OldGuy, how did you determine Alma's last name was/is Frappier? It did seem to me there was another letter at the end of her last name, but I...
I have been considering bakersgma's comments about Alma's purported 'wealthy family from upstate New York' and I, too, was unable to find any...
This is most definitely a community effort as everyone chips away a bit until the answer is revealed. I found nearly identical blurbs in a...
I wonder if this 1888 blurb refers to your needlework artist. Could it be machine-done? [ATTACH]
It seems it stands for No-Jury Society of Artists.
I just really wish there was another reference that tied the artist van der Westhuyzen to the accountant, other than that one "Accountant &...
A 1933 passenger list on Ancestry records Johanne(s?) M. van der Westhuyzen, 37 years old and married, sailing from Capetown, South Africa (to...
Re your comment that you have no idea how old it is, I found an 1890 ad from the Colac Herald, courtesy of Trove digitized newspapers, for M....
This will reveal my age, more than anything, but the discussion of this interesting piece reminds me of the (1950's?) "What In The World Is It?"...
I went to Harrods a few years ago when I visited our daughter, who lives in England. I was loudly reprimanded when I tried to take a photo of...
...those people could probably afford someone to eat their food for them. I need a charm to grant me your marvelous sense of humor. Thank you for...
Two small contributions here... The first is this small Christmas pudding card I found at a local estate sale (in NJ). I think I will make the...
Here are a couple of additional bits of information about Vanity, of which Samuel Gersh was the president... [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
THIS 1945 ad for a "Vanity" baby doll mentions "these little darling dolls by Vanity" so that is obviously the name of the dollmaker. I saw ads...
I had not heard of Whiting and his remarkable art, but I found THIS interesting bit of information about him. THIS is a little history...and...
I hesitated, too, but it looks like the serif on the top of the C/G is angled (or vertical), but the serif on the bottom of the C/G seems to be...
It is hard for me to see the stamp clearly, but what I see looks like STEGHAN. I will look for more information, to see if I can find a connection.
Thank you all again for the observations and information about our sword. I will try to pop into the museum on Sunday and measure the length of...
Thank you all for the helpful responses. The assistant editor for our local paper is friends with the owner of the items and is writing a story...
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