This is a lovely and beautifully-preserved card.

I love the little birds and the gate.  No postmark on this one.

I think this Victorian rose on a white background is lovely.  Feel free to use it.

The wonders of what can be done with old photographs and postcards.

Lynn

What clothes!

There are a couple of old wedding photos in my own family and they are reminiscent of this, so I think this must be an anniversary or wedding photo.  I’m not 100% sure, however.

I love her ornate blouse.  Also, his clothes seem well fitting.  Sometimes in antique photos, the clothes will be fancy, but seem ill-fitting, as if borrowed. 

This picture was taken at Friedman Studio, 242 Cedar Avenue, Minneapolis, MN and has the following on the back:

Hettie
From Glenn and Maggie (in pencil)

1919 (?) (in ink)

This picture was done by F. E. Beach of Lampasa, Texas.  I have searched on line and find no information on the studio.  This appears to be a little boy, finely dressed.

I made a beautiful baby shower card yesterday.  I took a lovely, sturdy, large, rustic-looking Christmas card that I had left over as the base of the card.  I used scrapbook materials as a source for layers and little tags I could glue inside and outside of the card.

I think it turned out very pretty.

I really like this picture:

My husband noted the sloping roof.  I noted the hat that the lady is wearing.  Looks like a ranger hat.  We decided it must be cold territory.

I felt like a true archeologist with this one.  Someone had glued it into a photo book at one time, as evidence by a thick black paper covering part of the back.  There was a bit of writing visible underneath the edges of the paper.  I took a barely damp paper towel and blotted the black paper until it peeled.  I cannot make out all of this, but part of it says:

“this is the little boy who lives in our camp”

I cannot make out the rest.

This is a pretty Birthday postcard.  It must have been hand-delivered by the giver.  There’s no postmark. 

It says:

Dear Sister, May you have many happy returns of the day as the wish of your loving sister. 

It was from Martha to Margaret.

This card was postmarked Oct. 18, 1909.  It says:

That you may live to enjoy many more happy returns of the day is the wish of your friend. 

It is from Linna Oglesbee to Miss Phoebe A. Underwood in Wilmington, Ohio.