At first glance this photo looks like three lovely ladies posing at the beach during the early 1900s. After a closer look I realized that the "surf" in the background is actually a stage set. This photo was probably taken at Barnard College between 1908 and 1911. Cornelia "Nina" Dakin is sitting on the right … Continue reading Friday’s Faces from the Past: Barnard College co-eds pose by the “sea”
Blog Prompt Series
Series of blog prompts suggested by others, adopted by us.
Mystery Monday – 1898 Brooklyn Murder of Patrick Gilligan
Family legend tells of the story of my great-grandfather, John Mahoney (1860-1916), being connected to a Brooklyn murder mystery. My father and his siblings would talk about their grandfather having to leave Brooklyn when their mother, Mary Mahoney Doran, was three years old, because of this death in which John Mahoney was implicated. Since we … Continue reading Mystery Monday – 1898 Brooklyn Murder of Patrick Gilligan
Friday’s Faces From the Past – 1943 – Jimmy Doran and Friends
This lovely old photograph was taken in 1943 at Camp Gordon, in Augusta, Georgia, now called Fort Gordon. Jimmy Doran, of Harrison, New Jersey, is squatting in front on the right, with a buddy's arm thrown over his shoulder, and his hat askew. He was in Company I of the 12th Infantry Regimen, of the … Continue reading Friday’s Faces From the Past – 1943 – Jimmy Doran and Friends
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