This is a series of snapshots from the antique shop in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota.
On a bridge someplace.
Help! I have fallen and can’t get up.
Joe Breidle (Brisdle??) + Erva New
Only this last photo was marked.
Take a good look at her coat..it looks almost like velvet. It appears to have a dropped waist and some sort of matching belt with buttons.
Thanks for stopping by. Do come again:)
It is my belief these snaps were taken sometime in the early-1920s and, yes, one of the coats does appear to be of velvet or at least something that looks like velvet to the camera. And it is interesting that one of the females on the bridge is holding a box camera. From about 1900 up into the 1960s no outing was truly complete without a box camera!
ReplyDeleteA very unique photo. That velvet coat is something else!
ReplyDeletePeople who write on backs of photos sometimes misspell names. I wonder if the young gent in these snaps is actually a Joe Breidel – possibly the Corp. Joseph Hanley Breidel [6/24/1895 – 9/29/1947] who was an infantry corporal in World War I and is buried in the Fort Snelling National Cemetery in Minneapolis, Minn. Regardless, I am envious of the young gent's cap and watch chain!
ReplyDeleteAnd might Erva have been Erva Neul?
DeleteCould be Erva Neul
DeleteI love looking at old photos. Welcome to Geneabloggers.
ReplyDeleteRegards, Jim
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Thanks Jim! :)
DeleteWait! Did I just see you mentioned today on GeneaBloggers?! You should have been a charter member! So glad to see your blog mentioned there.
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun-loving bunch these young people seem to be. Would not only love to know who these people are, but the back story to this excursion.
I saw your comment over at Emilys and decided I better join up too! Thanks Jacqi! :)
DeleteThat is an r in the name. My aunt wrote her r's that way in cursive where you slide up and make a printed r but while it is on the run you move your pen on to the next letter.She wrote my name Larry that way on all of my cards. I have tried it and I see how it was done back then and it seems to be closer to an r than the flat tops we now write. I have kids in school today when I sub, tell me not to write cursive because they can't read it.
ReplyDeleteYour blog seems very interesting to me, therefore I added you to my reading list. I love the old photos and now you've inspired me to keep an eye out for these old photos when I go to the thrift stores. Nice to meet you. Happy New Year!
ReplyDeleteAll really interesting shots, for more than just the subject matter. I really like the dark and light shapes, the positive and negative in each of them.
ReplyDeleteI did a quick look using some of the "possible" permutations and other than to proffer "Minvera" for Erva, found nothing.
ReplyDeleteErva was a very vivacious and charming looking woman -- I would have asked her to lunch any day!
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