More Old Family Pictures, and Other Pictures of Interest
No family album is complete, without the family "portrait", so to speak. This one is, as all of them are, fraught with underlying stories!
This is my Grandma's side of the family, (my mother's mother). As you can see, she is the "runt" of the litter!
Right smack dab in the center, are my Grandpa and Grandma Hutch. Charles Early Hutchison, and his wife, Mary Francis Bruce Hutchison. They were obviously the founders of this feast!
Back row, Ludia Bruce Batts, my Great-Grandma's sister and her husband, a good man, John Batts. The little short one is my darling little Grandma, Ida Mae Hutchison Scherer. Then Aunt Lucille, Grandma's sister, Lucille Hutchison ____ (I forgot), Then May, Uncle Combs' wife, (Grandma's brother, and she died of pernicious anemia in 1924 or so), Then Aunt Hallie, Hallie Ann Bruce Oldham, also known as the Dragon Lady, and Aunt Ludia's son and wife, Lois and Eugene.
Bottom row, Cousin Irene, who grew up to be a beautiful red-head, (voted as having the prettiest red hair in Memphis, some time in the 1940s-- she worked for Revlon), Little Eliza Francis, who was my mother's sister, and who died of a brain tumor in 1925, Eugene's son, whose name I don't know, and Mary and Earl, the children of Uncle Combs.
This had to be about 1919. Eliza Francis was 2, you think? Uncle Combs had to have been there, or the family wouldn't have been, and I am guessing that he took the picture. Grandma and Eliza Francis rode up on the train, because, since Grandpa was a telegraph operator, they could ride free. Grandpa had to work. He always had to work. So did Uncle Grover, Aunt Lucille's husband.
Wasn't Grandpa Hutch cute? He was Haintsome, as we say here in KY. He was so Haintsome that Grandma Hutch ran away with him, in 1877, in the buggy, and drove all night to cross the river into Vevay, Indiana to marry him... Hallie played the piano, and everyone sang, really loudly, to drown out the sound of the buggy's wheels...
Next up: A postcard of Notre Dame, France-- one that Uncle Louie brought back from WWI. Is this neat or what? Fairly good condition, as it wasn't mailed.
Nest up:
A railroad man of the 1920s. I have no idea who he is! But his face looks like working America of the era. He looks to be a nice man, doesn't he?
The hill in the background looks familiar to me, so I'm going to say this is on the L&N railroad line, between Lewisport and Hawesville.
This is the line that Uncle Louie and Grandpa took to reach Hawesville from Owensboro, (28 miles), on a rail road hand-car. They had to make sure the line was open, before they sent trains back to Hawesville.
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Next up: A train wreck. I've got about 20 different shots of this train wreck, and only scanned in one of them. I'm going to have to go through the album where I've stashed them and gather them together. I want to say that these were likely taken by Uncle Louie in about 1915... He used his first camera!
A Mac, if these are of interest to you, do with them what you will-- I'll send more, as soon as I can scan in more.
Next: Cologne!
I don't know if someone wore this, or where it came from, but thought it was neat!!!
A huge bottle of cologne for 10 cents!
It must have rose water in it...
Then, last but not least, my Great-Great Grandma Scherer's funeral notice. You were invited to funerals, or not. I guess because there were no such things as funeral homes, they couldn't fit everyone in...
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Aunt Hallie is the spitting image of her father, my Great-great Grandfather, William O. Bruce. The one that no one wanted his picture after he died because he was so mean. Aunt Hallie was, herself, quite the demon... Never mind...
I hope you enjoy these old pictures. I've got more to show!
Fascinating views of the past . Thnx Dowser ...
These are just so interesting Dowser, I love them!!
These old pictures are wonderful!
It's a lot like opening a time capsule! Of all these people, I didn't know most of them... I knew Eugene and Lois, and the children, all but Eliza Francis. I know where they are all buried, of course. I still decorate them.
I'm so glad you do! I am afraid it is going to get old... But, they are cute, in a lot of ways, too!
Thank you, very much! I have 8 more suitcases to go through...
I am in awe at how well these have been preserved!!
Wellllllll.... They have been stuffed into suitcases in the attic, piles and piles of them. Grandma kept them in her secretary, but Mama emptied out the secretary and filled it with free junk from the Animal Welfare Leagues, etc. So, this is a treasure hunt!
All this stuff is mixed up, too...
It may take a while to organize, but it will be well worth it!
I wish I knew those answers... I'm still scanning in from the originals.
Thanks, Mickey, I'm so glad you enjoyed them!
Right now, I'm taking them out and putting them in notebooks between non-acidic sheet protectors. Scanning in those of particular interest!
I've got a really cute one to post later... Several cute ones!
Yes, it will be worth it!
Here is yet another one, for posterity! No idea who they are, or where they are, but this looks fun!