My House Transformed

 My House Transformed

My house was built in 1902 with a 1915 addition
that, according to the permit was said to be a "store."
So the house had two entrances, one to the main house
and one to the addition.

Of course that was way before my time.

I have photos from the 1940s to present to see
the transformation of the house.

This porch would become part of the house over time.

Wooden frame fencing once stood in front on the house.

The large, long windows at the front were eventually "modernized."

The house was repainted in 2022.
This is a photo of it in January 2024.

Maggie Smith's Autograph Book

 Maggie Smith's Autograph Book

The Friendship Book of Madge Sellers
which I have been posting, has no entry for 7 January 1902.

Since I have numerous autograph books, I decided to share a page from
a different book.
This entry is from an 1884 autograph book that belonged to Minnie Smith.
No date on the page but I love the drawing.
It was a common image in this time period.
Minnie received her book as a gift on 25 December 1884
from Mrs. M. L. Kohner.
The entries are from Baltimore, Maryland.

Friendship Book of Madge Sellers

 Friendship Book of Madge Sellers

This is the entry of Edith Johnson Fussell
for the 5th and 6th of January 1902.

Below see the 1880 census when she, and her husband Linnaeus
and daughter Ellen, were living in her parents household.

Edith lived until 1914 in West Chester, Pennsylvania.
She was 61 years old.

Friendship Book of Madge Sellers

 Friendship Book of Madge Sellers

Friend Mary W. Akinson (Atkinson) added entries for
3 and 4 January 1902.
On the 3rd Akinson posted an image of historic Buckingham Meeting House
in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
It was built in 1768 and the image is from 1900.
I have added an current image below.

Akinson's 4 January entry is an excerpt from Harriet Beecher's Little Foxes.

It was first published in 1866.

By Smallbones - Own work, CC0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=17556516

Margaret Garrett Seller's 1902 Friendship Album

 Margaret Garrett Seller's 1902 Friendship Album

I collect interesting autography books of the past.
Although this book isn't an autograph book as such,
it is a friendship album.

I will share each day of Margaret's 1902 album through the year.
Just a bit of background on her. Her nickname was Madge.
She was the daughter of Edward and Elizabeth Taylor Sellers
was born in in April 1869.
She and her family members and many of her friends were Quaker.
She was living in Delaware County, Pennsylvania when she kept her album.

This is an "introduction" to the album and the first and second of
January 1902 entries.

I'm not sure who the author of the "introduction" is
however Marge wrote the first two of the year,
quoting poet Ella Wheeler Wilcox.

 

Finding a Car

 Finding a Car

I am writing a biography about architect Richard Kletting.
My co-author is historian and architect Allen Roberts.

As I am researching the best photos to include in the book
I took a close look at a Utah State Historical Society view of
the Felt building in Salt Lake City (1910).

Kletting moved his office to this building, that he designed
in 1909. A closeup of the street in front of the building
showed some cars and bicycles parked.

I recognized the car at the right being the same car in

a photo that was shared with me from a family member.

I have included a detail closeup for inspection.

My impression is that Richard Kletting is at work in the building.

More in the "G" Category

 More in the "G" Category

Here are more in our DVD Library that we've watched
(you can see A through the beginning of G on my
September 13 post)