Jazzy Instruments

These were lent to us for a display a few months ago. Some probably played swing back in the day :-)

1925 trombone

1917 Clarinet

1908 Cornet

1927 Alto Horn

From Sears Robuck Catalog

Merry Christmas!

Christmas card from the circa 1940s

1940s Christmas Card

Christmas card from the 1940s for Evelyn Dill. Love the schnauzer; reminds me up my puppy. :-)

Japs

Post-Pearl Harbor sentiment was not pro-japanese

January 1942 - From Elsie Mae Baine to Evelyn Dill

Victrola

What's on your Christmas list?

Ad in Greenville News - Dec 1914

Heinz Thanksgiving

Because Heinz can make it better than grandma?

Dancing the Night Away

April 1942 - David McNeely to Evelyn Dill about dancing in Charleston

January 1942 - Elsie Mae Baine to Evelyn Dill about learning to dance at Ft. McClellan 

1937 Elsie Mae Baine to Evelyn Dill - Greenville General Hospital nursing school - learning Big Apple in living room

1937 Elsie Mae Baine to Evelyn Dill

16 May 1943 - David McNeely to Evelyn Dill

Idle Gossip Sinks Ships

Reminds me of the song 'Slip of the Lip (Can Sink a Ship)' by Duke Ellington. Walls have ears. Night has eyes. So let's be wise and trick those nasty, nasty spies.

Envelop - April 1944

Censored

I'm not the first person to have read these private love letters.

1943 envelope - read & passed by the Army Examiner

Victory Mail

V-Mail - 13 Aug 1944

If you are unfamiliar with V-Mail here's the Wikipedia definition: "V-mail, short for Victory Mail, is a hybrid mail process used during the Second World War in America as the primary and secure method to correspond with soldiers stationed abroad. To reduce the logistics of transferring an original letter across the military postal system, a V-mail letter would be censored, copied to film, and then printed back to paper upon arrival at its destination."

Julius

How many ways can you spell Julius?

Typed Letter - 1 Aug 1922

New Model

Happy Halloween!

Quills - October 1970

Sole Survivor

Apparently you're lucky to make it out with your life in Lynn's City Council. ;-)

Newspaper Clipping - Aug 1903

Boy Crazy?

Glimpse into the mind of a young woman from the 1940s. Boys and joining the marines

Letter - 1945 March 21

Gorgeous Stationary

Gorgeous stationary from 1914

You won't poke a finger through a Scottie

Best line in the ad: You won't poke a finger through a Scottie when you "blow"

Greenville News - 16 Nov 1949

Dancing the night away

'Tis rare to find evidence of swing dancing in Greenville, but that is quite possibly what they danced to these performers in 1949...

Greenville News - 9 Nov 1949

Vintage Tracts

Just started going through a recent donation and found these tracts from circa 1940s.

Circus Coming to Town

Ad in Greenville News - Sept 1914

Castle Polka

Because 2 pages of pictures and text will have you dancing is no time flat!

Ad in Greenville News - 22 Sept 1914

Meaty Ice Cream

Go ahead and have another bowl of ice cream. It's good for you! ;-)

Parker High School Yearbook - 1946 - Ad

Yearbook Ads

Another clever guy using the yearbook ads for inspiration.

Parker High School Yearbook - 1946

Morbid Humor

Yearbook phrases can be trite, but "Jim" was clever.

Parker High School Yearbook - 1945

Children Never Change

In studying history, you soon realize that humans haven't really changed that much over the centuries. Especially children. Let's take a closer look at these class photos from the late 1800s/early 1900s.

Unidentified School (most likely located in Pelham)

Back row

Unidentified School (most likely located in Pelham)

Middle Row

Egly Name

In attempting to find the location of a photograph by using the census and the names written on the back of the photograph, I found a woman with an unfortunate name. Yes you read that right--Egly. Makes me wonder if that was actually her name (what where her parents thinking?!) or if the informant was cruel or a prankster.

1930 US Census

Background Check

Was working on the metadata for a new digital collection when I came to this photograph. As I was working on the description field I noticed something intriguing in the background. Not sure why he's in that odd position...

Camperdown Baseball Team - circa 1940s

Zoomed in background

1937 Basketball Jerseys

There are some designs that just don't look flattering regardless of time period...

Union Bleachery Basketball Team - 1937

Unicorns

Greenville Mountaineer - 13 Oct 1832

Digging for Gold

Always that special kid in large group photos that doesn't say 'cheese'

Unlabeled - most likely a Sunday school class circa 1950

Four-Leaf Clovers

One of the things I love about my job is finding forgotten treasures. This week I found several century old 4-leaf clovers in John T. Woodside's psalm and hymn book.

Progressive Stove

Because nothing says progressive like a gas range...

Greenville News - 3 May 1908