Tag: old
Old Brick Road
A recent visit to Milton Florida and the old brick road constructed in 1921, now a bike and walking trail.
Father Time
Vintage Cabinet Card
OriginaL cabinet card. Colorized Cabinet card.
Bad Hair Day!
My Vintage 1972 Schwinn Bicycle.
Picked this up recently put new tires,tubes and greased everything up and it rides pretty good for a 49 year old bike!
Bradley’s Country Store!
I recently visited Bradley’s Country Store, a 1927 family owned and operated general store, specializes in making the finest Homemade Sausage available using a century old secret family recipe. Grits and Cornmeal are also ground on site in the historic mill house. They are located 12 miles north of Tallahassee, Florida.
Photographer F.W.Guerin
This is one of my cabinet cards that was done by Photographer F. W. Guerin, 12th Street & Washington Avenue, St. Louis, Missouri, circa 1890.Â
Fitz William Guerin was born in Dublin, Ireland, March 17, 1846. His parents were both born in France. The family arrived in the United States in 1849. Guerin is listed as a photographer in St. Louis in both the 1880 and 1900 census. He served in Company A, 1st Missouri Light Artillery, during the Civil War. He married D Ella Bell, July 3, 1879.
He was an accomplished and successful photographer, He won a Medal at World’s Exposition, Paris, 1878; Highest Prize at the Photographic Convention, Cincinnati, 1884; Gold Medal at the World’s Exposition, New Orleans, 1885; Diamond Medal at the Photographic Convention, Chicago, 1887; Medal at the World’s Exposition, Paris, 1889.
A further search of the internet revealed that Fitz W. Guerin was regarded as one of the two best photographers to ever work in St. Louis. Most of his work was society portraiture. Guerin was also a winner of the Congressional Medal Of Honor, for bravery in combat, April 28 & 29, 1863. It was during the Civil War that he became interested in photography, having come in contact with battlefield photographers. He worked for several established photographers, learning the methods of each, prior to opening his own studio in 1876.
One-Eyed Tractor
Edison Standard Cylinder Phonograph.
My 120 year old Edison Standard phonograph and it stills works!