Life on the farm

[MoKelly]

These are great! Here is an old pic of my wife’s mother’s family on the farm in Arkansas. It was a Sunday. 1930s.

 

[ultrarunner]

These are great! Here is an old pic of my wife’s mother’s family on the farm in Arkansas. It was a Sunday. 1930s.

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Wow… must have a pro photographer being in color.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

A 1915 postcard to my GG Grandmother, addressed with simply her name. They lived next to Dad's farm. Their farm got sold out of the family in 1952 by my Great Grandmother, but she reserved the oil rights, and today Dad gets some money from it.

A 190? christmas postcard sent to my GG Grandparents, from Braddock PA (Pittsburgh). unfortunately I cut off the sender name when I took the picture.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Civil war era photo in my Great Grandma's album.

 

[Fuddyduddy1952]

These are great! Here is an old pic of my wife’s mother’s family on the farm in Arkansas. It was a Sunday. 1930s.

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That looks more like 1960s...but I certainly could be wrong!

 

[Fuddyduddy1952]

A 1915 postcard to my GG Grandmother, addressed with simply her name. They lived next to Dad's farm. Their farm got sold out of the family in 1952 by my Great Grandmother, but she reserved the oil rights, and today Dad gets some money from it.
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A 190? christmas postcard sent to my GG Grandparents, from Braddock PA (Pittsburgh). unfortunately I cut off the sender name when I took the picture.


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Save that 1c stamp?

 

[buckeyefarmer]

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maybe if not postmarked.

 

[Fuddyduddy1952]

Dang! Check those penny stamps!!!!!

 

[buckeyefarmer]

My GG grandparents family. The boy Archie was born in 1888 and died in 1906, so that puts this picture around 1895. My G Grandmother on the back right. My GGG grandfather moved to the farm in 1852. He was born in 1791 in Portadown Ireland, and came to the US around 1831. My G Grandmother sold the farm after my G Grandfather died, the farm had been in the family 100 yrs. My dad had bought our farm next to it before she sold, and I'm sure he didn't have the money to buy it at the time. I have several pics of my parents when they were dating, or just after they were married, at this farm. The farm house is still there.

A younger pic of my GG grandparents, I estimate around 1875. They were married in oct 1874 and my G grandmother was born in Oct 1875, and I'm thinking my GG grandmother might be pregnant in this picture.

My G grandmother as a girl, born 1875, so probably in 1880s.

 

[Fuddyduddy1952]

My wife's parents taken about 1949, funny because he was 6'6", Mom 5'2"! He was in the Army WWII & I found this life insurance policy he got out then.
My grandfather's radio he built 1919-1920 when they lived near Pittsburgh. Detector was a "cat whisker", a variable inductor and soldering by flame. Framed picture of him about 1900.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Fuddy, nice pics of them. Wow, she was a lot shorter.

 

[Fuddyduddy1952]

Fuddy, nice pics of them. Wow, she was a lot shorter.

He was Cherokee, Mom Dutch (opposites attract?).

 

[ultrarunner]

My wife's parents taken about 1949, funny because he was 6'6", Mom 5'2"! He was in the Army WWII & I found this life insurance policy he got out then.
My grandfather's radio he built 1919-1920 when they lived near Pittsburgh. Detector was a "cat whisker", a variable inductor and soldering by flame. Framed picture of him about 1900.View attachment 855174View attachment 855175View attachment 855176View attachment 855178View attachment 855179View attachment 855180View attachment 855181View attachment 855182

Very cool... especially hoe happy they look... do many old time pictures are serious.

Dad had onr of those 10k policies from WWII...

I remember he was quite pleased when they cashed him out around retirement age and the accrued value was a lot more than 10k....

 

[Fuddyduddy1952]

I called and my wife is the beneficiary. She's looking for his SS#. It was taken out June 1943. Wonder what the interest is?

 

[Fuddyduddy1952]

It may be not good for whatever reason...but what if the $10K was at 4% interest?

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Grandfathers old radio, I have never put a battery in it to try it. Tube radio.

 

[ultrarunner]

I called and my wife is the beneficiary. She's looking for his SS#. It was taken out June 1943. Wonder what the interest is?

I dont think dad had a choice and it seemed to be when he was 70 and I thought it was more than double the face amount???

This was over 25 years ago but I remember he was quite happy about it...

 

[ultrarunner]

Grandfathers old radio, I have never put a battery in it to try it. Tube radio.View attachment 855195

Wow... family history.

I've found the sound surprisingly rich on some of the old large radios...

 

[Fuddyduddy1952]

Grandfathers old radio, I have never put a battery in it to try it. Tube radio.View attachment 855195

That's beautiful & I collect & repair old radios. If it's battery power it probably takes an A-B battery, heater filaments low voltage (1.5,3v,) and B+ (90v)for cathodes.
If I know tube numbers I can tell a lot by that and if battery connector has 2 or 3 wires.

 

[oldrustysteel]

At the middle of the big hill, there used to be an old road from the horse and buggy days. It was a ditch, with locust trees growing up on the banks. When I was around 12, I would get paid $1 a day to cut small locust trees with an axe that grew on the banks. I still have a scar on my thumb from a sharpening accident. In the mid 70's my dad bought a small dozer, John Deere 1010, gas engine. We cut a lot of timber and pulled it out using that dozer. I used that dozer a lot as a teenager. Before the dozer, we cut a lot of timber using our 8N to pull out the logs. The 8N is all we had then, until my grandfather died in the late 80's and we also used his old 9N. This is my oldest brother filling in the old road and taking the edges off the side, so it could be mowed and be part of the field. My dad sold the dozer a few yrs ago, after I got him the L5030. I remember having a swing on the cherry tree in the background. We would braid ropes from old baler twine for the swing ropes. I also remember hanging meat from the tree limb when butchering.


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This is great reading.. Thanks for posting this!!