One of Many Postcards

Here's a Christmas postcard from 1909 from Ms. Chapman to Ms. Dobson of Ontario, Canada! I can't really make out the city, but if any of you can, please let me know! :)

Front of the postcard reads: Wishing you Three hundred and Sixty-Five happy Days, and hoping that the spirit of the Christmas Time may help to make each one happier and More Blessed than the last.
The back reads: Merry Christmas. From Ms. Chapman"


The postage stamp is from the USA and the stamp put on by the post office says "Dec 23, 13PM, 1909, MICH"... So, it was processed on the 23rd of December, 1909, and sent from Michigan. :)

One of Many Postcards

Found a wonderful package of French postcards and this was included in them! The front is gorgeous and the handwriting on the back is kind of difficult to read. Plus, my French isn't exactly the best, but I'll try to post and translate whatever I can below. :)

The front side of the postcard says "Havana 16/3/13" and "Bons Becs." as well as "ML" is written on the woman's foremost arm.

Havana

16/3/13

Chère Cœur,

Comment es-tu très bien je suppose pour moi je suis très bien mais il fait bien chaud j’ai tourjours attender a écrire parce que je pensais de reçevoir une nouvelle de tois ici mais je vois t’écrire sans en avoir je pense a Puerto Mexico eu me fait bien de la peine mais je crois que tu m’oublie tranquillement tout de même je t’achirai  de tout arranger cela quand je serai rendu a Lté H une. D’un ami qui l’aime toujours et ne t’oublie pas.

***

My darling,

How are you? I suppose I am doing well, but it is very hot and everyday I write because I think I may receive a new letter here. I think that Puerto Mexico made you forget me slowly. Still, I write  [unknown translation]... Always your friend who shall never forget you.

Another Picture I Have :)

I don't know her name, but I know that it was taken in Belleville, Ontario by Clark J. Smith. Judging by the dates of other pictures Smith has taken, this picture is probably from the mid-1800s.

More Pictures! :)

Got both of these for $2 at that store in Fenelon Falls! Neither have anything written on the back, but the one of the little boy (holding the cat) looks to be from the 1920s, the one of the baby from 1890s or maybe early 1900s. :)

Am I jealous of whoever buys this!

I guess everyone is pretty interested in where I got so many of these antiques in Fenelon Falls, Ontario, Canada. The place I go to is called Grr8 Finds and you can click here to go to their website. :)

Whoever buys that gorgeous table they have features right now on the top left-hand corner of the page (which is over $3000, if I remember correctly, if not more), I AM EXTREMELY JEALOUS.

Happy shopping!

Awwwwwh, it's a reading baby!!

Look at how cute this baby is! They've got a book! And, like my previous post, I know absolutely nothing else about this except the fact that it's so incredible precious.

Family Portait

I'm not sure who these people are or their relationship to each other, nor do I know who took the photograph; the occasion; the location; or the year it was taken. Judging by the clothing though, I'm assuming it's the very late 1800s (after 1890) or very early 1900s (prior to 1910).

Amazing Christmas Present!!!!

My daddy knows me too well. He bought me this gorgeous picture that's from an 1894 catalogue for Christmas! Let's take a look at why it's the idea gift for me (from "Le Coquet: Journal des Modes" -- I believe there is some information about the magazine/newspaper here, but it's all en français):

1. It's an antique from before 1900
2. It's got not just one pretty dress on it, but multiple pretty dresses on it
3. It's from Paris, France (if you didn't know, I have an obsession with France...79 days until I go to Paris!)
4. It's in mint condition
5. It's from a fashion magazine...I love clothes. :)

To make it even more "exotic" to me, he picked it up from his trip to New Hampshire. This Ontario girl is thrilled. Guess what's going up in my baby blue cherub toile-pattern wallpapered room? You guessed correctly -- THIS IS! :)

Little Joe

Like many of my other acquired photographs, I'm uncertain as to when this was taken as well as who took it and exactly how old the child in the image is. All I know is that his name is Joe. It had his name scrawled on the back of the card the photograph is attached to.

My mom actually picked this one out of a pile of pictures at the antique store the took me too (in Fenelon Falls). She loved it because of the little hair part he has in the middle of this head. Isn't it adorable? His expression is so cute, too! :)

This is what talking to my friends makes me feel like doing -- POSTING. :)

I was discussing my blog with my friends and I felt the urge to post about this. It's a porcelain antique shoe my cousin (who also loves antiques!) bought for my for Christmas. Isn't is pretty? It's my favourite colour, too! She knows me too well. Anyways, it's from England and made in the early 1900s. :)

Unknown, unknown, unknown!

It makes me so sad that I know absolutely nothing about this picture. Oh well, I thought you'd all like to see it regardless, because it's a baby and babies are so cute. Enjoy!

What a find!

I found this pretty picture of a group of ladies, seemingly having a picnic. What was best about this picture is that I know every single on of their names! From left to right they are Annie, Margaret, Allie, Mabel, Louisa, Hazel, and Edwina! According to the writing on the matte, it is "The Day of the Races". I can't make out what is written below that, except for the word "the", which is useless. The year is unknown as well, but I was so excited to see all of their names written down! Amazing, eh?

P.S. A little bit of (potentially) unreliable information regarding "The Day of the Races", AKA Columbus Day, from good ol' Wikipedia!

Now, for another photograph!

Again, I'm not sure when it was taken, though I think it was taken between 1876 - 1912. Her name is Effie Ripley and she's "Uncle Simon's daughter" (as it says on the back of the photo). It was taken at the Beverage Cottage Gallery run by a man named Maurice Beverage, also the photographer. If you have any photographs taken by Beverage, the website I found this information on requests you send any information to his email address (click here).

I'm pretty sure this is the most adorable little girl EVER! :)

I don't know who she is, where she lived, what year this was taken...nothing. I do, however, think she's the most adorable little girl ever! I tried to find the decade it might have been taken in and did so by researching different dolls of the 20th century. From what I found (combined with the style of her outfit and her hair), I think it was taken in the 1940s when dolls looked kind of creepy like this, and this, and all of these. What do you think of this picture?

LOOK WHAT I GOT IN THE MAIL TODAY!

A Tibetan manuscript from the late 1700s that I ordered off of eBay a few days before Christmas! Isn't it lovely? it's double-sided -- here's the pictures of each side:

I haven't got the slightest clue as to what it says, but if you click here, you can find a Tibetan alphabet chart that can maybe help you decipher it. Or maybe you're just interested in seeing what Tibetan writing looks like in modern-day print.