Here is a real interesting photo.A group of men playing stringed instruments and drinking what is probably the latest batch of something made out in the woods.One man is pouring a glass while the others play away.The banjo player’s flailing hand is a blur,backing up the two fiddlers.There are plenty of bottles on the table and on the ground.What a day of music and drinking that must have been.
This photo was developed today using the original glass negative.Thanks Cherie!!
Although the second photo is dated in 1898 both photos seem to be taken on or near the same date.Both photos show Lessette showing off two very stylish hats and fashions.
Oh to be young in the San Francisco of the 1890s
A great street scene on a CDV possibly of the village/Town of schoolcraft Michigan.There is such amazing detail in this little image.
Photographed by M.M. Ripperton
School Craft Michigan
I pulled this from the schoolcraft village web page
http://www.villageofschoolcraft.com/php/history_highlights.php
The Village of Schoolcraft was the first settlement established in Kalamazoo County. In fact, the original Village was platted in 1831, six years before Michigan became a state.
Following the War of 1812, President James Madison realized the government would be unable to pay the veterans who had fought in the war. However, there was an abundance of land available for homesteading.
President Madison directed Edwin Tiffin, Surveyor-General, to survey Michigan for homesteading. The expedition was not successful. He found the land in Michigan to be barren, sandy, swampy, and in other words, only capable of producing scrub oak. He further reported the land to be worthless for farming purposes.
Lewis Cass, Governor of the Michigan Territory, was angered by the report. Many pioneers decided not to settle in Michigan because of the report.
As a result, the Governor commissioned his own survey and chose Henry Rower Schoolcraft, renowned for his expertise in Mineralogy, to accompany him and his group.
The survey was a success and the report was published in eastern newspapers. As a result, the survey changed the public’s perception of Michigan. This eventually attracted pioneers to Michigan.
Lucas Lyon, who had settled in the area and who had also been a member of the Cass expedition, as well as a friend of Schoolcraft, decided to name to Village in his honor.
I thought this was just an amazing image when I found it.A large crowd had formed around a vendor at the flea market where I do much of my photo hunting.This vendor had piles of Aviation photography and the crowd was digging in, luckily I was able to reach for this one when I had the chance.I was able to pick up another image of a woman working on an airplane that I will post later.
Don’t know who the photographer was but whoever shot this image knew what they were doing.I am sure he is very well known.
Shot sometime in the early 1940s
This is a fun tintype.A man relaxed and sitting back in a chair with his feet up.This man definitely wanted his tintype to be unique.There is a bit of a glare on this.
One of my favorite Cabinet photos
Photographed in the late 1880s at the studio of George E Charles and Hemming L Hultgren
The bottom of this card reads
Petrified Forrest Santa Rosa California Sonoma County
I found Both CDV photos together and both were photographed by Josiah True Langley
In 1869 Waker Yarnall Wells would marry Amy darlington Jesse’s sister
One of the other photos from this lot had “Estate in So Cal”written on the back.It is possible that these homes are in or near San Bernardino or in Redlands CA were I found these Cabinet cards.The mountains in the back ground sure seem familiar.
But then these might also be in Los Angeles with the San Gabriel mountains beyond.
I wonder if they are still standing?
This one may be a church?
Viewing the Past 