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Author Archives: Louise Smith
Bluff View
My original post was sans color, reason unknown. 1890s Recreation for Summer Guests
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Washington Lake Aerial View
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Washington Lake Post Card
More Envelopes and Stamps
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Envelopes from 1878 and 1879
I continue to organize my Halfway Brook files, when I am not doing new research. This is one of the many images which I scanned in color. I was on such a steep learning curve when I first began compiling … Continue reading
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Henry Austin’s Ledger, 1879
Henry Austin kept a ledger. The page above shows what Henry sold to Abel Sprague Myers in November and December 1879 and mentions of 1880 and 1881. What follows are some earlier entries in Great-Grandfather Henry’s ledger. 1878, A.S. Myers … Continue reading
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1917 Sunny South II
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1917 The Sunny South I
These postcards are from a Souvenir Folder of the Sunny South. They were sent to Aida Austin from Chattanooga, in October 1917. So I assume the folder was from Mortimer McKinley Austin, Aida’s nephew. The images were sent in 1917, … Continue reading
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The Bunk House
The early bunkhouses for lumbermen were small with dirt floors. Their later living quarters were usually in a larger building. The ground floor contained a room for the cook (who could be a woman, as in the case of my … Continue reading
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