1940s: Ma and Pa Briggs at the Bluff
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Others in 1915
Joseph Meyer, a glass cutter, and his wife Florence Van Eastenbridge had a son Raymond. Florence was the daughter of Mary van Eastenbridge Bosch and Mary’s first husband. Alexander and Ida Wait had two children. His mother Mary Wait lived … Continue reading
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Eldred News, February 23, 1915
Mr. and Mrs. J.R. [Jackson] Myers spent Wednesday in Port Jervis. Sunday was A.S. [Abel] Myers’ 80th birthday. He had two pretty birthday cakes and many expressions of good will from his many friends. Many were remembered with cards from … Continue reading
Indian Motorcycle Company
In the summer of 1911, the race team for the Indian Motorcycle Manufacturing Company (originally called the Hendee Manufacturing Company) took the first three places in the Isle of Man Tourist Trophy. Over in Highland Lake, Ed Bosch drove his … Continue reading
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9 Cousins
C. Raymond Austin 1900–1983 William S. Austin 1903–1979 Clara Leavenworth 1907–1967 Clinton Leavenworth 1909–1983 Arthur L. Austin 1913–1991 Anna Leavenworth 1913–1974 Robert C. Austin 1915–2008 James Leavenworth 1922–2003 Charlotte Hirsch Schroedel 1924–November 27, 2012 I was saddened to hear that … Continue reading
Dr. F.I. Smith
On the night my great-grandfather William Henry Austin died in April of 1909, my grandmother Jennie Austin caught a terrible cold going to get help from a neighbor. Grandma developed pneumonia and was cared for by Dr. F.I. Smith. Years … Continue reading
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Blueberries
I really like living in Arizona, but sometimes I miss picking my own fresh fruit: peaches, blackberries, raspberries, strawberries, apples, pears, or as in the case of the photo above—blueberries.
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Young Charlotte Leavenworth
Charlotte Leavenworth, my great aunt, taught several generations of children in Eldred. Charlotte was referred to in a letter from 1908 when she was 19. Charlotte started teaching in 1908 in Fosterdale. She walked 1/4 mile to school and taught … Continue reading
Art and his dog
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1930s “Car Ride”
This is a fun photo in my mom’s collection. I think this was taken at Coney Island in maybe the 1930s. In back row: Bud Smith, Bill Warden at the wheel, Charles Geissler, Ian Warden?, Art Austin; front left: Royden … Continue reading
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