Our sitter in this 1860s ambrotype photo is Mrs. Jemima P. (Goodfellow) Brittain. When she died in 1905, at the age of 93, she was the oldest woman in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania. Miss Jemima Goodfellow married Alem Brittain, a Methodist Reverend, in 1834. She was the mother of eight children. Thanks to the detail oriented individual … More Vigorous for her Age
You might think you’re looking at a young married couple but these sitters were siblings. A clue to this fact is the length of the young woman’s dress which would have been floor length if she were considered an adult. Adam and Emma Fisher were the youngest of eight children born to John and Mary … More Not a Couple
Many of my posts deal with lives cut short or other tragic circumstances so I’d like to begin by saying that these two young women lived long full lives. Louise “Lou” Harris lived to be 91 and Mildred “Millie” Rahm made it to 92 years old! I picked up these images in an auction lot. … More A Flair for the Dramatic
Elizabeth Lee Bealer Click to view Find a Grave memorial (1862-1953)
I purchased this carte de visite on etsy and as soon as it arrived I was flooded with emotions. I can’t quite explain the feelings I experienced but they led me to contact the seller and ask if they might have acquired any photos along with this one. The answer was yes and I bought … More The Photographer’s Family
I can’t be sure if the small image on this postcard is of the sender, Jane “Jennie” Belle Johnston, or if it’s a stock photo. I bought it because of the humorous message Jennie wrote to her Grandmother, Mary A. Clapper. Of course, the little note is funny now but I’m sure nobody was laughing … More Measles
I suspect that the dolls in this photo were the photographer’s props. If so, I pity the person who had to pry that doll out of the hands of what appears to be an already very grumpy little girl. Featured in this cabinet card image are the children of Benjamin and Eliza (nee Porter) Dunn. … More Children of Corry
the rescued photo 