Throwback Thursday: March 27, 1935
I have a good one for this week’s Throwback Thursday. When I found these pictures I got a serious kick out of them. I can remember back when I was in high school and what a big deal it was … Continue...
View ArticleThrowback Thursday: Sammie Brown Jr & Jinks Retzlaff
This is yet another photo from the envelope marked “Sammie’s Friends“. Unfortunately, there is no date or writing on the back of this photo so I don’t know much. I do know who this beautiful woman is...
View ArticleThrowback Thursday: May 4, 1947 “Shirley”
This is another photo from the envelope labeled “Sammie’s Friends”. This photo has “To Sammie, A swell guy, Sincerely, Shirley May 4, 1947” written on the back of it, no last name, no place. This looks...
View ArticleThrowback Thursday: Margie
This photo is going to be a hard one, I’m skeptical if I’ll ever know more about it then I already do. But then, my readers have surprised me again and again with who they know. This photo comes from...
View ArticleThe “Farm Wife”
I used to think I wanted to be a farm wife. I always thought I would follow my Mom’s example. Working unpaid for the ranch. Doing the same work as the men, plus the books, the cooking, cleaning and...
View ArticleThe Saga of Sam Brown’s Wedding Table
When I was a very little girl, I used to ride my horse over to my grandfather’s ranch from our house. At that point our families ranches reached from one end of Indian Valley to the other. It was still...
View ArticleThrowback Thursday: Etta Grant and Sammie Brown
If you’ve been following this blog for a while, you’ll remember I started searching for people in an old family photo album of mine. These photos cover an interesting time span for my family, from the...
View ArticleThrowback Thursday: September 3, 1945
I spent last Thursday driving around North Eastern California with my Dad. This is interesting because this is the first time we’ve done this in my adult life. The Brown side my my family has history...
View ArticleThrowback Thursday: Mrs. Eldred 1924
Slowly, I am making progress through my family photos. There is one album among them that belonged to Ella Byrd Brown as a teen. It has some pretty amazing photos. I think I need to get through it...
View ArticleThrowback Thursday: Miss Schieser 1925
This is a follow up to my last Throwback Thursday post. I’m sincerely hoping someone will recognize some more children in these photos. As someone who loves family history, I get a real kick when I can...
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