Bess, Marion and Hugh

Unlike so many of the pictures we have this one does not have a photographers name stamp or city.  However, on the back side it tells us that we are looking at Bess, Marion, and Hugh.
**Updated 10/22/2011  The children are Bessie Barr, Marion Moran, and Hugh Barr, Jr.
Since Marion is still a baby here that would put this picture being taken about 1886.
For more information about the Barr's see the Oct. 23 blog entry, Barr None.

Images from Times Past

Amongst all of the boxes of paperwork there are so many images of people that we are unable to identify or that have a name but to us, they still are unknown.  These people meant something to the Moran's because they kept the pictures.  And who knows, some of these unknown people may be unidentified relatives. No matter who they are, I intend to memorialize them in this blog. 

This first image is almost lost to us simply due to age and exposure to light.  There's nothing to indicate who he was but the photo was taken by R.C. Council in Wingo, KY.

This tintype was found just as you see it.  No frame or protective covering.   Just two interesting  ladies of the day.  I particularly like the bow at the back of the neck of the girl on the left.  Given their austere looking clothing that bow says "Look at me, I have a playful side!" 

And this little girl is Miss Aggie Doherty.  Doing a search on Ancestry.com didn't reveal any "Aggie" Doherty's but there were several Agnes Doherty's born in the late 1800's in Tennessee.  Could one of them be her?

Charles.H. Moran's Tinbox

Today I came across a tinbox that had belonged to Charles H. Moran, known to most people as Brud.  There are nine items in the box: 

1. Reunion U.C.V Louisville, June, 1905 badge picturing John C. Breckinridge
2. Reunion U.C.V Louisville, May, 1900 badge picturing Robert E. Lee
3. Metal badge edged in filigree, engraved with C.H. Moran
4. One old key
5. A small leather pouch, probably contained item no. 1
6. One cravat (bow tie), that would have gone over a collar
7. 8 "Best French Bone Collar Buttons" made in France (still attached to blue card)
8. Leather cardholder with a lion, possibly embossed or drawn on it
9. Small black holder that says "Compliments of T.A. McElwrath, Dresden, Tenn." on one side and on the other it says "Hamilton, Brown Shoe, Largest Shoe House in the World".  The inside panels say ""Hamilton Brown Shoe Co.'s Security School Shoes, Wear Longest" and "American Lady for women. American Gentleman for men.  In each shoe is reflected the Sterling Quality of Its Namesake".