This is a photograph that was saved by my family, but for a long time the pretty woman's identity was a mystery. The man seems to have military bearing and looks very distinguished. One piece of good luck was that there was writing on the back, and my sister and I used that for our … Continue reading Photo of the Week – Mr. and Mrs. Joe Bozicevic of Joffre, PA
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The Robert Taylor house, Hudson City, New York
The inscription on the back of this family snapshot taken in 1988, reads: "5/88. Home of Robert Taylor, 1763-1827, Hudson, Built 1795. gr-gr-grand of Dakins." The Robert Taylor house, located in Hudson, Columbia County, New York, is briefly mentioned in a description of the Hudson Historic District: "A surviving nineteenth-century industrial building (Hudson and Boston … Continue reading The Robert Taylor house, Hudson City, New York
Photo of the Week – Decoration Day, May 1931
This photo taken in May of 1931 on Decoration Day, shows the grave marker of Paris W. Albert (1836-1913) buried at Cassel Cemetery, York Haven, York County, PA. He served in Company B of the 12th Regiment, Pennsylvania Reserve Infantry (also called 41st Volunteers). His wife, Susan Daugherty Albert, is also buried here. This picture … Continue reading Photo of the Week – Decoration Day, May 1931