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.