Herman and Elinore Paul 1900's, Budapest

"Our cousin and wife
mother's brother son

her nephew Herman Paul

and Elinore Paul."

"Mother's brother children
Our cousin Herman and Elinore Paul and family
in Germany."

This is the Paul family from Germany, which includes Herman, his wife Elinore, and their five children. They are fashionably dressed, which suggests that they may have been well-off. The little girls in the picture appear to be holding crocheted sacks with some sort of balls in them. I wonder if anyone might know what those are?

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A Photo Finds a Home! (#1)

One of my old photographs has finally found a home! While researching this Real Picture postcard of two men and a sod house from Bowman County, North Dakota, I discovered a museum located in Bowman that had many interesting artifacts that told the history of the area. I was even excited to find that a reconstruction of a sod house had been built here and was on display near the museum! I contacted the Pioneer Trails Regional Museum to ask them about the picture and they told me they would love to have it.

I'm just happy I can return this photograph to the town it was sent from over a hundred years ago.

Photo 11 of Unknown Family 1940's-50's Texas

(Don't forget to click to enlarge.) Here is another vacation photo by the river, with Mom, Dad, Brother, and Sister and even their dog, but Grandma and the other two girls still aren't to be found. Maybe they really were just cousins? Either way, it sure looks like fun. Dad and Brother are fishing and there is a picnic waiting in the background.

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Photo 10 of Unknown Family 1940's-50's Texas

The family continues to have some fun on vacation, posing here by some rather large boulders. There is the mother, one of her daughters, her son, and the father, along with their pup. The father seems to have a picnic basket in his hand. I wonder if they're planning on having lunch here?

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Photo 4 of Unknown Family 1940's-50's Texas

(Sorry for the crookedness of this next snapshot!) This looks like the little girl missing in the last photograph, now posing with a young man and a dog. I'm going to take a guess and say the young man is her older brother? You can see they've stopped in the middle of some kind of work- there's a box, a hose, and a shovel propped up against the house.

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Adolf, George, and Johannes Baur 1890's-1900's Moulton, Texas

This is a cabinet card of three handsome brothers. The youngest boy, Adolf, who looks about 18 or 19, is on the left leaning against a painted wooden prop. The eldest brother, George (or Papa Baur) is in the middle sitting on the fake stone wall. To the right is the middle child, Johannes, or John. His hand is resting on an interesting looking table where he has set down his hat.

 Both the photographer and the brother's names sound German, which makes sense, since Moulton, Texas was home to many German and Czech families during the mid-1800's and onward.

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Unknown Family 1920's Train Station

This snapshot was probably taken in the 1920's judging on the fashion: there appear to be cloche hats on a few of the ladies (some with wider brims than others), short hair, and low-waisted dresses. There are no names on the photograph, but this looks like a family to me, particularly the three children in front.

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Pa and Uncle Jason 1860's-70's Emporia, Kansas

This is someone's Pa and his brother, Jason, though no last names are found. This photograph is from about the 1860's or 70's. The older boy (Jason?) is sitting on a chair with long tassels along the bottom and there appears to be a posing stand behind the other boy. The photo was taken by N.F. Ames of 170 Commercial Street, Emporia, Kansas.
                                                                       

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