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"Love many, trust few, learn to paddle your own canoe"

nobody@flickr.com (clotho98) — Sun, 02 Jun 2013 16:22:00 -0700

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Cover of the August 1915 issue of Good Housekeeping magazine, featuring illustrator Coles Phillip's "Fadeaway Girl".

1911 - Can't See Any Leak From Here

nobody@flickr.com (clotho98) — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 09:12:17 -0800

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"I Can't See Any Leak From Here" postcard postmarked May 5, 1911.

Mailed from Chelsea, Oklahoma by S.F., to Mr. Hiley Poole, Grayson County, Independence, Virginia..

"Hello Hiley:-
how are you? drop me a line, Im well & hope you are the same. tell willie lee to send me the Journal. - S.F.

1927 - Almost Caught

nobody@flickr.com (clotho98) — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 22:10:03 -0800

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Inscribed: Newport, Oregon, August 9, 1927. Almost caught. For James Hickman.

1956 - We do, you should too!

nobody@flickr.com (clotho98) — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 18:29:00 -0700

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Just back away slowly, and whatever you do, do not make direct eye contact!

Stepford family clipped from an A&P Jane Parker bread advertisement, published in the July 1956 issue of Woman's Day magazine.

1930 - Shirley You Jest!

nobody@flickr.com (clotho98) — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 11:14:17 -0700

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Yesterday I had the great honor of a visit by the marvelous mrwaterslide and the beautiful bootpainter as they continued their ~~rein of terror and destruction~~ sightseeing tour through Virginia.

I'm still catching my breath after returning home, but I wanted to take a quick moment to thank them both again for taking the time to come and see me, and for such a fun visit! Bootpainter has the most beautiful Scottish brogue! I hope I didn't embarrass her too much by my fascination with it, but I would have been happy just to sit and listen to her speak all day! And however you conceive of mrwaterslide, in real life he ~~is an intelligent and gallant gentleman with excellent taste in antiques~~ instantly attracts goats wherever he goes. ;) Isn't it funny how you can meet someone in person for the first time, but feel like you've known them for ages?

Illustration by H. L. Timmins. Published in the July 1930 issue of The American magazine.

1900s - And They Lived Happily Ever After

nobody@flickr.com (clotho98) — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 16:46:44 -0700

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His expression just cracks me up.

Photo postcard addressed to Walter Doering, Avalon, Wisconson. R.F.D. 9

Circle Mirror Transformation

nobody@flickr.com (clotho98) — Fri, 20 May 2011 22:01:00 -0700

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Last night I went to see a play (thank you RVANews.com !) called "Circle Mirror Transformation" by Annie Baker. The play bills itself as "The comedy of life, reflected", and it's won the OBIE Award for Best New American Play, and the Drama Desk nomination for Best Play.

Circle Mirror Transformation is about a small group of people taking a theater class in Vermont, and the changes the participants go through over the 6 week course of the class. If this play comes to your town, I recommend seeing it if you get the chance. It was fantastic! I was almost in tears by the time it was over, but in a good way. :)

If you're in Richmond, Virginia, you still have a chance to see it at Barksdale through May 22rd.

(I know, I've posted this photo before. But it goes along perfectly with what I wanted to say today, so please just humor me. I'm still working on getting my computer back in some type of order and a new graphics program installed. Once I'm finished with that, I'll be posting lots of new things.)

1860 In Time of War

nobody@flickr.com (clotho98) — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 20:50:00 -0700

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Published in the February 1860 issue of Godey's Lady's Book, 14 months before the Civil War began.

Ruby Citrus Fruit Crate Label

nobody@flickr.com (clotho98) — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 13:28:11 -0700

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♫♪ Oh Ruby, don't take your grapefruit to town... ♪♫

1900s - Maude Hickman

nobody@flickr.com (clotho98) — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 14:01:46 -0700

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Fifteen year-old Maude Hickman. May have been the sister of Paul Hickman.

1939 - The Lindy Before Linda

nobody@flickr.com (clotho98) — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 12:51:37 -0800

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George Henry Davis and Fannie Lee Hickman doing some Lindy Hopping in Brashear Park, Kirksville, Missouri, on October 9. 1939.

This photo was taken the day before the birth of George's daughter, Linda Ruth Davis.

Fannie Lee Hickman was Linda's Aunt, and George's sister-in-law. Linda's mother was Georgia Ruth Hickman, who you may remember from a certain "tacky party" posted just a few days ago.

1912 - Dear Roy:

nobody@flickr.com (clotho98) — Sat, 11 Dec 2010 22:21:00 -0800

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Between 1854 - 1929, 150,000 to 200,000 homeless, neglected poor children from New York City were moved west, by train, to rural towns and farm communities.

As an "orphan train" crossed the country, a few children would be left at each stop, where families took them into their homes. Some were adopted. Others lived as farm hands, apprentices, or live-in laborers. Some found good homes. Others found lives of abuse and exploitation. Two orphan train boys went on to become governors of South Dakota and Alaska. Billy the Kid was also an orphan train child.

Because of its central location and large farming communities, Missouri was the perfect hub for the orphan trains, and it's been estimated that as many as 100,000 of the orphan train children were placed there.

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This photo postcard is hand dated 1912, and is addressed to Roy Ballenger, Wakenda Missouri, c/o Will E. Ballenger. It reads:

1912
Dear Roy:
That you may grow into a good and useful man in the world; live long, and in the end, attain a home in heaven is the wish of,
yours sincerely,
Paul G. Hickman

A Hat, And A Little Curl, Right In The Middle Of Her Forehead

nobody@flickr.com (clotho98) — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 23:57:23 -0700

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When I was little, my parents used to tell me a rhyme that went:

"There was a little girl,
who had a little curl,
right in the middle of her forehead.
And when she was good
she was very, very good.
And when she was bad
she was horrid!"

I just don't think this lady looks like the "horrid" type, though.

The photographer of this photo was Z. Kauffman of York, Pennsylvania. I found it just outside of Richmond, Virginia.

1933 - Lady of the Bronx

nobody@flickr.com (clotho98) — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 06:30:10 -0700

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Hand tinted Lady of the Bronx, circa 1933.

1910 - On The Fountain Of Love

nobody@flickr.com (clotho98) — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 19:51:25 -0800

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Addressed to Mr. H.E. Pool, Independence, Virginia, with the note "From your friend B".

1933 - Young Woman Of The Bronx

nobody@flickr.com (clotho98) — Sun, 20 Mar 2011 18:45:14 -0700

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Hand tinted photo of a young woman standing in a doorway in the Bronx, circa 1933.

Once Upon A Time...

nobody@flickr.com (clotho98) — Sun, 20 Feb 2011 22:00:00 -0800

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Did I ever tell you about the time I ran into the Cowardly Lion in the grocery store? Probably not... :)

It was a few years ago, on New Year's day. My grandmother had just died a few days before, and I was very sad. Plus, I'm single, and had spent New Year's eve alone, and that just made me sadder.

I had to go to the grocery store, and I was standing in the produce aisle (by the bananas - I have no idea why I remember that), and this guy I'd never seen before just sort of appeared behind me. He was maybe about 10 - 15 years older than me, with long hair, and was wearing a Viet Nam era field jacket. With a very cheerful voice and a big smile he said "I'll bet no one has told you HAPPY NEW YEAR yet!!" It sort of caught me off guard for a minute, and then I said "Come to think of it, you're right. No one has." And he said "Well, HAPPY NEW YEAR!!"

It was totally like a WTF moment, and so strange that I started to smile. And then we got into the most bizarre conversation about random things that were even more WTF, and after a few minutes he said: "Do you know who you remind me of? What was that movie? It was a movie with a girl that goes on an adventure with her dog, and meets all these strange characters..." I said, "You mean The Wizard of Oz?" And he said "Yeah! Remember that big lion that she met? Watch this:

And then he stood back, and went "RRRRAAAAAAAAWWWWWWWWWWWRRRRRRRR RAAWR RAAAWWWRRR!" and did the BEST Cowardly Lion impersonation I have EVER heard in my life! And it was just so completely bizarre that I was smiling and laughing and feeling about 150% better than I had been. Then he looked around the corner of the aisle, and there was an older woman walking down it (I don't know if she had anything to do with him or not), and he said real quickly "I think I have to go!" and he quickly ducked around the corner in the other direction.

I've never seen him again since then, and have no idea who he was, but it still makes me smile when I think of it. Oh, and by the way, the part where he said I reminded him of the girl from the Wizard of Oz? My grandmother's name was Dorothy.

1920s - Josephine Narcissus Taylor Hickman

nobody@flickr.com (clotho98) — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 12:09:32 -0800

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Josephine Narcissus (Taylor) Hickman, September 6, 1893 - January 11, 1980.

Josephine was the wife of Paul Hickman, and the mother of Georgia Ruth, Frankie Madeline, and Fannie Lee, all of whom have been pictured here in the past.

Civil War Era Tinted Tintype, Potter's Patent March 7, 1865

nobody@flickr.com (clotho98) — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 10:11:16 -0700

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There is no identification of the woman in this tintype, and no photographer's stamp on the back, but the mat is embossed with Potter's Patent March 7, 1865. I didn't even realize it was tinted, until I got it home and scanned it. I had thought it was just dirty. Found in Mechanicsville, Virginia.

1931 - Cradle Roll Border

nobody@flickr.com (clotho98) — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 22:31:46 -0700

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This border was clipped from my father's Sunday School Cradle Roll certificate, from 1931.