Orphan Photo # 89 Pretty Black Woman Vintage late 1800's Sepia

This vintage photo was found among family photos on my mother's side. I am guessing she was a friend of my great grandmother Katherine or Katherine's sister Mary. No name on the back so do not know who she was. There is light penciling on the back but can not make it out.

She is a pretty black lady from the late 1800's to the early 1900's. She probably lived in the Wisconsin area. She is wearing small little stud earrings. What is on her hat is a mystery to me.

Wish I knew who she was so I can match her to family.

Vintage Thingie Thursday - JELLO On The Menu

For vintage Thingie Thursday I am sharing three vintage JELLO recipe booklets I picked up awhile back.

Booklet on the left is dated 1926

Should we make " Camp Fire Pudding"

1 package of orange jello

1 cup of boiling water

1 cup orange juice and cold water

2 oranges free from membane and cut into pieces

8 marshmellos, quartered.

top right booklet is dated 1931

Lets make "Daffodil Sponge"

1 package Lemon Jello

1/2 cup sugar

1/4 tsp salt

1 pint boiling water

2 eggs

2 Tablespoons sugar

bottom booklet 1926

last we will make " Raspberry Delight "

1 package Raspberry Jell -O

1 cup boiling water

1 cup raspberry juice and water

1 cup canned raspberry drained

Today I found a vintage Tupperware Jello mold at the thrift store. All three pieces and in good condition. Will put them up for sale on eBay this weekend and see what happens.

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Cute Family Photo From Day Side Of Family ? 1930 to 1940

This is a great old photo that came out of a scrap book of my mother's so is from the Day side of the family. The family lived in Minnesota around the Mora area. My mom was born in 1923 and I am thinking she may have taken this picture. That is how I am dating it to the 1930's to 1940's.

Problem is there is no names, not sure if family or friends but I will guess family.

The clothing is intersting especially the second child a young girl with what may be a hat. The older gentleman is wearing a thin tie that is stuck into his shirt.

Any one out there have a better idea to the age of photo?

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Orphan Photo # 88 Turn Off The Camera Guys I'm Naked Cute Baby and Mama

Darling vintage photo of mama and baby. Taken some where in the 1930's I think.

Orphan Photo # 87 CDV Husband & Wife Posing in Sepia

Here is a fantastic vintage CDV photo. I love their clothing.

Her dress is fantastic. Sadly we have no names on the photo .

No idea of who or where they lived. I am guessing this is from

the late 1800's. What do you think?

Orphan Photo # 86 CDV Swedish Sisters

Sweet orphan sisters from Sweden in this vintage CDV photo

Sadly no names but are they not pretty

Photographer Alli Liljenberg Karlskrona

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Orphan Photo # 85 CDV Racine Wisconsin Lady

Hello everyone

Here is another CDV from my collection. This older lady is from Racine Wisconsin. I am guessing this CDV is probably from the early 1900's.

She seems very serious in this photo, but if you look close you can see just the slightest smile. Wonder what she is thinking about as she sits for her photo.

Dressed in her probably her best dress and around her neck she looks to be wearing a long necklace of small beads.

Sadly there is not name so we have no idea who this lady was. Photographer was Thomas on College avenue in Racine.

This was purchased some years ago in Minnesota at an estate sale.

Orphan Photo # 84 Kalmar Sweden Lady in 1900's CDV

Here is another of the vintage CDV 's I picked up in Minnesota some time ago. This is another pretty lady having her picture taken while living in Sweden. I am guessing she immigrated to Minnesota and brought the picture with her or could be she sent to a friend/family member who had already moved here.

Sadly we will never know since there is no name on the back.

This photo was probably taken late 1890's or early 1900's. I love the waves in her hair. She appears so sweet and innocent. There appears to be a small necklace around her neck.

At first I thought she had gloves on but not sure.

Photographer is Anna Winell of Kalmar

Orphan Photo # 83 Swedish Lady in CDV Vintage

Poising in this vintage CDV photo is a young woman from Sweden. She appears to be early 20's and dressed in probably one of her best dresses. She has a scarf wrapped around her neck with a piece of jewelry holding it together. In addition we can see a small corsage.

Photo was found among others in Minnesota.

Photographer F E Dahlberg Upsala.

Sadly we have no name so we do not know who she was.

Orphan Photo # 82 Swedish Lady in CDV Vintage Photo Sweden

Orphan photo is a Vintage CDV is of a middle age woman from Kalmar. Sadly there is no name on this photo so no way to identify her.

Photographer is John Nilsson of Kalmar

I love to look at these old photos and see how women dressed at different time periods.

No flesh showing, buttons up the front and a small collar.

This photo is probably from the early 1900's.

Thanks for stopping by.. hope that you will take a few minutes to view some of my other vintage photos. .. Grace

Orphan Photo # 81 SEPIA SATURDAY 4 LADIES ... 4 Great HATS Vintage Photo

For Sepia Saturday I am sharing a really adorable photo with four beautiful women in hats. I found this at an estate sale and could not pass it by.

All are beautiful and every hat is some what different. Hope that you enjoy viewing this great vintage photo.

I am sharing this posting at Sepia Saturday

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Wishing You A Merry Christmas With A Few Thoughts From Me

Meet my great nephews and neice .. are they not adorable.. Boy do I miss seeing those faces weekly.

As this wonderful Christmas holiday approaches us I want to wish you all a Merry Christmas and pray that we all welcome in a wonderful New Year. I pray that our next year is better and more prosperous than the last for all of us.

As we share the holidays with our family and friends lets please think and pray for those that are less fortunate then us.Pray for the hungry, the homeless and those suffering from addictions , diseases and mental illness. My one thought always is " but for the grace of God there go I ".

Lets take a moment and pray for our service men and service women. And for those that are in harms way in a foreign country give them an extra thought and prayer. Pray for their families that are left here to deal with every day happenings without them. The majority of them do so much for so little.

Lets pray for our government officials that they have the wisdom to do what is best for all of us and the knowledge to do it with out fighting.

If you are still blessed to have your parents, grandparents, uncles and aunts be thankful. Take a moment to hug and kiss them. Take a few minutes and ask them to share their stories with you. Some day sadly they will be gone and you will then wish that you knew more of their history.

I am reminded of a conversation at my hubby's birthday party. I made a comment about getting married the first time and my step son and his family had never heard that story. I have been married to husband #2 for almost 22 years. We celebrate our wedding anniversary on the 30Th of December. They know very little about my history. That is probably my fault and maybe some of theirs.

This is hubby and me 10 years ago at a dinner theater on New Years eve. Guess it is time to get a new nice picture of us. He still has the tie and I probably still have that outfit. Question is can I still get into it.

So much contact today is emails and text messages. I personally detest text messages saying" happy anything " Take a moment and call your family. Here a voice and say I love you to some one. When I get one I just delete it as if it did not happen. Except for one text message from my grand daughter Kirsten. She sent me one and it is of a loud " Kiss " and "I Love You"I play it often. It was not sent for a birthday, Christmas message or any reason other than she thought of me and sent it. Grandpa got one too. Thanks Kirsten I smile when I replay it.

I am busy always searching and writing about my ancestors but I guess it is time to do some sharing of my life in writing. How I wish I had more of my parents, grandparents and past relatives stories. There are so many stories untold. As I share some of my life on my family blog site I have been printing some of them so I can give to family in the future.

Now with all of that I will leave you for now. It is time to make another pot of coffee, put on one of my favorite Christmas movies " Love Actually " with Hugh Grant and make my Watergate Salad for our Christmas eve party tonight.

I appreciate all of you that take a moment to visit my sites and to those of you who leave a message an extra thank you . Merry Christmas to you and your families .. Grace

Family Photos Vintage Cars Need Help Identifying

I am going through family photos and these are two cars my father owned.
My dad loved cars way to much. Every time my mama turned around my dad had traded in his car. Some where there is a list of some of the cars he owned. Wish I could find that piece of paper.

I am showing these photos here and hoping some car person can identify them for me.


First car is when we lived in Texas . Probably was later 1940's . I can not make out the exact year but think I see a 4?. The license plate is Texas for sure and I think it says Kaiser on the front.


What year and is it a Kaiser?



Second car is parked on a street some where. looks like snow on ground so either Michigan or Minnesota.
I love the buildings and signs in the back ground. Conoco, S& H, Grain belt. I am working on trying to figure out the building on the left towards back sign on building may help me identify where taken

Okay on the car what year and make?

I want to look for more photos of my dad's cars to put together in an album as a great tribute to him and his cars.

Thanks for any help you can give me.

Orphan Photo # 80 Sepia Vintage Scandinavian Males In CDV Photos

Here are two handsome gentlemen in Sepia CDV photos. Both are Scandinavian vintage photos that I picked up some years ago here in Minnesota.

First photo photographer looks like Hj Kylander Torsas. He appears to be in his late teens. What a sweet serious pose.




Second photo is of a handsome young man probably very early 20's . Photographer is Joh Thorsen Christiania.


Both of these photos are so sweet but sadly have no names on them.

Orphan Photo # 79 Swedish Vintage CDV Sepia Man With Mustache # 3

Vintage CDV Sepia Photo Man With Mustache # 3 Orphan Photo is Swedish I think.

Handsome young man with small mustach. Probably from the late 1880's. Photographer is Ekstroms Atelier Nybro.

Sadly there is no name on this orphan ophoto. I bought this some years ago here in Minnesota.

Vintage Orphan Photo # 78 CDV Sepia Man With Big Mustache #2

Here is another Vintage Sepia Photo Man With Big Mustache posting #2. This is a CDV or
carte de visite or visiting card picture of another handsome young man with a mustache, but he also has a very neatly trimmed beard. Dressed in probably his best suit he is posing for us. His suit is a 3 piece with wide collar. If you note his tie is different than yesterday's posting. This one is thin and has a piece of jewelry or button in the middle.

The back of the photo shows us that it was printed by U Scott's Photograph Gallery

in G W Miller's New Block Waterloo Iowa P O Box 255

Sadly we have no name so this is another orphan photo that I have bought for my online store to sell. We do no that he probably lived in Iowa at this time, He appears to be early 20's. CDV became popular around the 1860's to 1890's. This tells us he was born some time in the later 1800's. To better date this we would need to be able to date his clothing and I am not an expert on that. My best guess is that this is dated around 1890. What do you think?

For more information on the CDV you can read here

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Vintage Orphan Photo # 77 Sepia Photo Man With Big Mustache

Today I am sharing another wonderful vintage CDV photo from my collection of photos for sale. This is of a handsome young man with a big neatly groomed mustache. His hair is slicked down and probably dressed in his best suit.

Photographer is Perkins & Co of Grand Rapids ( probably Michigan and not Minnesota. No name on photo so another orphan photo. This is probably from the early 1900's and gentleman was in his 20's I would think.

Hope that you have enjoyed another one of my vintage photos. Thanks for stopping by and I hope that you will return soon... Grace

Looking at these old photos is a great way to see what was in fashion at that period.

Hunting For Treasures ... Jewelry Bling

Here is some pretty vintage Jewelry treasures I found recently. Will be re purposing them somehow. I love rhinestones and faux pearls.

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Orphan Photo # 76 Adorable Chubby Twin Babies Vintage Real Postcard 1900's Orphan Photo

Take a peek at this wonderful vintage real postcard that is in my collection for sale. What adorable chubby little babies. They are probably twins but the one on the left seems a bit heavier. Perfectly poised in a Victorian chair. Sadly we have no names or where they came from. They are among my orphan photos.

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Craft Show On My Mind

This is what is on my mind today.

This is on my mind" is a Friday photo feature that anyone with a blog can join. It can open the door to us sharing our lives with these photos. This can give us all a new way to discover each other, and maybe form new friendships. Hosted by Rhonda at the Down to Earth blog.

What is on my mind is getting ready for a craft/art show that is tomorrow (12/11). The Weather people on the TV are telling us that there is a snow storm coming. If it hits heavy tomorrow this probably will hurt us at the show.

This will be my first craft/art show in 15 years and I am /was looking for good results.

Time will tell how it turns out. In the mean time I am still working.

This little Christmas Tree is what I am working to finish today. It is made with vintage 2"by 2" squares hot glued to a Styrofoam Christmas Tree. Very time consuming but so pretty.

What is on your mind? Check the other postings at Down to Earth and join in if you have a blog.

Thanks for stopping by.. you can view my other craft items at other postings. Grace