Inside the Store

The postcard promised a couple of posts back, inside view of a general goods type store.

Tintype and its back

I did it again, ignore the post below, supposed to go on the other blog. I could delete it but too lazy. Brain is not clicking tonight, had to look twice to see what pic I was going to post here becaue I forgot. Anyway this is a tintype and the back with the photographers stamp ( I hope)

The backs are often neat, some fancy and some comical, this one attracting folks that don't want to spend much money. See them more often on cabinets and Cdvs obviously but this had the paper folder still with it.

Overdue maybe but still here

I know it's been too long, made my excuses on the other blog and don't want to ramble on redundantly so if you need to go read that but nothing really worth it. The picture here is a group of teachers from the early 1900's, sorry but location not known. I will try to keep the posts coming and keep them interesting so check back with me.

Vintage Postcard

OK, obviously I lost it with this blog, not posting for quite some time. Not really a loss of interest or anything like that, not sure why but I haven't abandoned the idea. This is a postcard that came with an old photo album I bought recently. Unfortunately no information on or with it about the subjects.

There was another that I will post soon, interior view of this store or another, not sure. In the future I will likely mix things up a bit, photos, ( the original idea of the blog) but also the vintage ads and illustrations from the old magazines I collect here and there. I wont change the name of the blog but the ads are likely to be more numerous as I just have more of them. Hoping that if people look here now and then they will be happy with this, that the whole idea of course, to share with those of similar interests.

More School

I admit to not taking much time picking a picture for today, skimed through my books and took this one, first school picture I found. Looks like one of those where a number of grade levels were lunked in together, There is some writing on the back but is covered with scrapbook so I do not know where this was.

High School 1917

A couple of pics from Springvalle High in 1917. Not sure where Springvalle might be. Doesn't look too serious about that tug of war. What goes through my mind when I look at it is the date. In a year some or all of those young men will be in France facing who knows what. How quickly happy days can pass.

Only Packard can make a Packard

Makes sense, had Ford tried to make a Packard it would have still been a Ford. Just one that looked like a Packard.