Thanks for your reply! I was hoping the date might be earlier, but to have it identified is great. I'd been looking at images online and the...
Good evening everyone! 6.30pm here in the UK ;-) Bakersgma, I haven't uncovered anything new today since I wanted to go through what you'd...
I hope it's ok to cross-post this, but wondered if anyone knew if the flying suit shown here on the ephemera forum is consistent with WWI? I think...
Bakersgma, I can't thank you enough! Thank you! I'd concluded that Jennie Williams wasn't his mother, but you've provided much more detail than I...
I might have something. Your information prompted me to look at the US Federal Census. I found FM Rood, the photographer, in 1900 living in...
Thanks again Bakersgma, I didn't know that about Welsh immigrants and Poultney. Here are the cabinet cards linking the album to that place,...
Thanks Bev :-). Here's a scan of the cabinet card itself... a very cute baby! [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Thank you so much, Bakersgma! Yes, I saw the book by Jane Thomas, pub'd 1860, and saw that her son had died in 1859. Something led me to believe...
I showed this to my husband he immediately interpreted it as 'By Christian Rook of... ', meaning a person's name. So could easily be Boak, as in a...
Another look, and it definitely says 'Christian'... Book? Referring to the Christian book of the Dead, perhaps? I hope this isn't all a red...
I've been playing around with contrast and so on, to try to read the faded 'compliments' writing.. I think it actually says 'Complimentary'. And...
Thanks! I've been through many websites but not that one... looks great, I'll go there now :-)
Hi, This (British) pewter tankard is about 9cm tall and was a charity shop find from a while ago. I've struggled with the marks, since I'm not...
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