Here’s another photo from my Grandpa’s collection. (See A Family Photo Jackpot for the story of my gradually scanning/preserving a large collection of old photos). I’m actually showing two photos—front and back of an old photo postcard, sent from St. Paul, to Bemidji, MN. What’s wonderful about its being a postcard is that the postmark [...]
Posts Tagged ‘St. Paul’
Photo – An Old Photo Postcard
Posted in Photos, tagged Bemidji, Carroll, Hall, Lytle, Mill Park, Minnesota, Photo Postcard, Sepia, Sexton, St. Paul, Vintage Photo Postcard on April 10, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Photo – Mystery Baseball Players, circa 1920s
Posted in Photos, tagged 1920s, Antique Catcher's Gear, Baseball, Photo, St. Paul on March 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Here are two photos from my Grandpa’s collection. Since Grandpa’s photos are almost always of family members, it’s rare to find one with people that I can’t identify. But these two photos are a complete mystery to me. The photos show a bunch of young people, some of them in baseball uniforms, and one of [...]
Photo – St. Paul to Canada Road Rally, 1920s
Posted in Photos, tagged Minnesota history, Minnesota, road rally, Model T, St. Paul, history, University of Minnesota, St. Paul to Canada, Old photo on January 24, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Here’s a wonderful photo of my grandfather that really lends itself to studying it, and thinking about the time and place that it was taken. It’s a photo that was in my grandfather’s collection. My grandfather was Ted (Edward Thomas) Sexton (1902-1980). Ted grew up in Bemidji, MN, one of twelve siblings. As a young [...]
