Tintype, Unidentified Man

We have a trunk of old photographs and I found this small tintype at the bottom of the trunk this morning. It's 1.75" h x 1.00" w.  Date and subject unknown.

Original scan (R) and auto-corrected (L) scan:                                                                                

St Louis Sight-Seeing Automobiles

Souvenir ticket from St. Louis. 

 

Parks--Boulevards--Historical Points

"SEEING ST. LOUIS"

from specially designed and equipped

sight-seeing automobiles

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Tickets $1.00 The Round Trip, on sale at all railroad ticket

offices, news stands, hotels, and at our offices, 1805 Market street and

S.E. Cor. Eighth and Olive streets.

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The Autos can be chartered for day or evening rides,

theatre box parties, receptions, conventions, etc.

Phone, Main 5095

Postcard Photographs

Unidentified Man
card embossed "Scherer New York"

These three postcard photographs were in the same box together.  I don't know who they are and I don't know if they were together because they are related to each other or if it's as simple as they are three postcards and they fit neatly together.  

The postcard of the single man is embossed in the upper left corner "Scherer New York".  The photographer or perhaps just the company that printed the card?  

The card with the couple has no identifying marks at all.  

The last card tells the most, "Don't throw this away because it was taken in Colorado."  The Moran's took a  trip out west that included Colorado and some relatives moved to Colorado.  Virginia Moran's cousins Hattie Mai Shumate and Martha Belle Shumate both moved to Denver post 1900.  Another family member connected through the Cowardin branch of the family moved to Denver as well, Carrie Fuller Cowardin and her children Almus Sheffield Cowardin and Robert Purcell Cowardin.

1908 Soda Fountain Postcard from Fred, Fulton MO

We have no idea who Fred was but he took a great picture.  The postcard is dated Aug. 25, 1908 and postmarked Fulton Missouri.  It was sent to Jim Moran of Dresden.

"Am working the Kodak one time.  This is where I dish slop. Fred"

This is a fascinating moment in time and I decided to dissect the picture and post closeups from the Hire's root beer barrel to the bottles flavoring.

Signs for a Frozen Phosphate 10 cents, Pineapple Rum, and a variety of spigots.

Close up of a barstool.

And a neatly stacked group of mugs.

I don't know if they called them "soda jerks" in 1908 but he looks over dressed and that white suit looks like a great target for stains.

Delightful flavorings to suit every taste.

Hard at Work or Hardly Working

At first we thought this was John W. Moran's rolltop desk which was in his bedroom at Moran Place.  However, this desk has a few extra cubby's than the one that we have.  It's possible this could've been a desk at the Dresden Bank since the Moran's owned the bank. But then again, maybe not!  And then of course that brings us to the people.  Who are they?  We know the man is not one of the Moran sons, the woman might possibly be one of the Moran daughters.

There's not much to say about this one except it was found among the Moran photographs in Moran Place.

Happy Thanksgiving 2012

I went through the posters we have from Moran Place looking for a Thanksgiving theme.  It might not be a Thanksgiving cornucopia but it's a cornucopia of fruit and roses and makes a perfect background for a holiday card.

The print is titled "Southern Fruits" and the colors are really that vibrant.  The size is approximately 13 9/16 inches by 17 9/16 inches.  I've seen other versions online that are framed but the colors are so faded as to be a shadow of what it really looks like.  We figure the colors on our print have remained so bright because the poster has been kept rolled up and away from any light sources for the past 75 to a 100 years.  Considering its age the print is in remarkable condition.