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100 Years Ago Today

Marian Van Sickle Hendricks

Born Durand Illinois

September 3, 1912

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The one room school house photo with my mother as the teacher (in the back row left) was photographed September 13, 1930.

Written on the back of the photo – Barbara Sweet, Pearl Wallace, Jesse Shultz, Ellis Greene, Truman Sweet.

Front row, l to r, Glenn Greene, Laurence Judd, Edward Bratt, Truman Clark, Phyllis Sweet, Mildred Judd.

In the photos with her are her brothers John Rowley Van Sickle (1910) and Robert Eugene Van Sickle (1914) Her parents Judd Dewitt Van Sickle and Charlotte Rowley Van Sickle were married in 1908.

The doll, Maybelle is in my living room.

She married Roy Joseph Hendricks August 28, 1939.

I am the baby in the photograph with the 1952 Dodge Wayfarer and my sister Mary and brother David.

My mother passed September 7, 2000.

September 3, 2012 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: 100 years ago, birthday, Dodge Wayfarer 1952, Durand IL, family, genealogy, history, mother, one room school, photography, postaday, slideshow, van sickle, vintage 17 Comments

Weekly Photo Challenge: Fleeting Moment

Fleeting- lasting for a very short time.

Laura’s 21st birthday.

August 2004.

We stopped in Klavon’s Ice Cream Parlor , originally a Pharmacy in the 1920’s, in the Strip District -Pittsburgh, on Saturday afternoon. (You might remember Laura as a bride last November and then the recent wedding photos 6 months later.)

The proprietor held a candle for her as she blew it out. Aunt Mary looked on. A fleeting moment.

For past challenges I have listed everyone and then some pingbacks were getting sent to their spam.

I will add the ones I have received so far and hopefully none go to their spam.

Fleeting Moments from a few of the fellow bloggers I follow- Weekly Photo Challenge: Fleeting Moment

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June 30, 2012June 30, 2012 by Ruth Categories: Family, PhotographyTags: 2004, 21st birthday, available light, birthday, daughter, family, food, history, ice cream parlor, Klavon's Ice Cream Parlor, old fashioned ice cream parlor, photography, postaday, retro, vintage, weekly photo challenge: fleeting moment 19 Comments

I Begged My Mother to Buy It When I Was a Kid

My mother was into homemade whole wheat bread with wheat germ added. She’d scald milk, boil water, crumble a cake of yeast. Knead and knead, place it in an oiled bowl, cover with a tea towel, let rise, punch it down, rest – then shape the loaves.

Let them rise again. this time in battered aluminum bread pans covered lightly with waxed paper.

The aroma filled the house and after it was baked we’d eat a slice with butter and honey when it was still warm.

What I would give to have my mother make a couple of loaves again, turn them out of the greased bread pans. Saw off a slice with a serrated edge.

But when I was a kid, I saw a big white truck with red and yellow and bright blue balloons all over it. WONDER BREAD. I wanted my mother to buy WONDER BREAD. I’d eaten it somewhere and was fascinated you could roll it into a ball! Hard to believe but true. I begged my mother to buy WONDER BREAD. Oh how I longed for the colorful balloons on the wrapper.

Embarrassing to admit, but true.

She never did.

I saw this sign by the abandoned Wonder Bread Bakery in Columbus OH. ( click to read about construction of Wonder Bread LOFTS that started four days ago)

June 27, 2012June 26, 2012 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: bakery, butter and honey, city scene, Columbus OH, construction, cooking and eating, history, homemade bread, Lofts, memories, neighborhood, neon sign, photography, postaday, summer, travel, vacation, white bread, Wonder Bread 10 Comments

St. Paul Cathedral at Night- Pittsburgh PA

Oakland section of Pittsburgh. Looked like Europe to me. I was surprised to see it so bright as I guess I haven’t driven this route at night lately.

After the poetry reading at Pitt, I was driving by last Thursday night and noticed the illuminated facade so drove around the block and photographed the cathedral at night.

The building history is available here. The date of the building on their website is 1906.

June 24, 2012June 24, 2012 by Ruth Categories: Night Light in the City, Photography, Pittsburgh PhotosTags: architecture, available light, cathedral, church, city at night, history, night photography, Oakland neighborhood, photography, Pittsburgh PA, St. Paul Cathedral, travel 14 Comments

Buildings Demolished- A Sign Discovered

Converted to black and white to accompany this discovery.

A bit of research on the web and I found the photograph of the Fiore Family in their Larimer Meat Market.

I drove by just before sunset and was surprised to find some buildings missing. The ground covered with hay. And then I spied this wonderful sign. What a gift. Larimer used to be densely populated with Italian immigrants but this area is fairly desolate now. Vacant lots were restaurants and shops used to be. There are still homes in the area but lots of spaces in-between of what used to be there. About a mile from my house.

Only the automobiles in the photo give it a date. TODAY.

I hope some of their descendants find this post and write a comment.

copied and pasted from a Google Search.

May 2, 2012 by Ruth Categories: Pittsburgh Photos, vintageTags: 1930, architecture, brick wall, butcher, cars, city, demolition, Fiore's Meats, history, Italian American, italian immigrants, Larimer Avenue, meat, neighborhood, photography, Pittsburgh, preservation, sidewalk, signage, travel, vacant lot, vintage 9 Comments

General Grant’s 190th Birthday Party

We have interesting friends. Here’s a creative celebration Steve and I went to on Saturday night. What a fun event. Here are a few of the details. Hardtack crackers and dried black-eyed peas. The sheet music for Tenting Tonight on the piano. Photographs and books bearing the General’s likeness. A willingness to celebrate and have fun. A Prantl’s cake with five candles for his rank. I made Rice Pudding after reading that it was a favorite on the Presidents’ Food Timeline. Thanks Tim and Bernadette for being such welcoming hosts. We had a wonderful time!

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April 28, 2012 by Ruth Categories: Night Light in the City, PhotographyTags: 5 star general, American President, available light, birthday cake, Birthday Party, Civil War, eating and drinking, flag, food, front porch, history, photography, Pittsburgh, postaday, rice pudding, Ulysses Grant, vintage, West Point 9 Comments

Novelty Architecture-Bedford PA- The Coffee Pot

I imagine this scene has been captured thousands and thousands of times by passersby like myself.

And if you enjoy looking at the Coffee Pot there are plenty more structures to read about here

April 25, 2012April 24, 2012 by Ruth Categories: Photography, vintageTags: architecture, Bedford PA, Bert Koontz, Fairgrounds, gas station, historic route, history, humor, Lincoln Highway, Lincoln Highway Heritage Corridor, novelty architecture, Pennsylvania, photography, postaday, Route 30, The Coffee Pot, travel, vintage 10 Comments

Bedford, PA- Home of the National Museum of the American Coverlet

Laszlo Zongor explains the system of Jacquard Loom(see below) and the punched holed cards, each card a single line of weaving.

A two hour drive from Pittsburgh. My book club had a fun and memorable getaway weekend trip. We stayed at the Historic Bedford Resort.

Sunday, Joan and I went to see the National Museum of the American Coverlet– housed in a beautiful Historic Common School. A coverlet is a woven bed cover, although there were some floor coverings, too. The coverlets display changes every four months. We learned a lot about the history of the coverlets with our knowledgeable guide explaining the differences. The last photos are of the gift shop where you can purchase reproductions of the antique designs and fabric for quilters.

from the National Museum of the American Coverlet

The Museum and Museum Shop are open daily, year round.
Hours are Monday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday from noon to 4 p.m.
Admission is $6 ($5 for age 60 and over). Kids under 12 are free. Group rates available.

If you have a coverlet, you can bring it to Melinda and Laszlo Zongor and they can help date it and identify the weaving method.

The Jacquard Loom

There are looms and spinning wheels on exhibit.

April 23, 2012 by Ruth Categories: Antiques, People at Work, Photography, vintageTags: American coverlet, antique, art, Arts and Crafts, Bedford PA, collection, cotton, coverlet, design, fiber, Historic Beford, history, Jacquard Loom, museum, preservation, quilting, spinning wheels, The National Museum of the American Coverlet, travel, vacation, weaving, wool, woven 19 Comments

Carrie Furnace Reflection in the Monongahela River

With the sun sinking as I was headed to Swissvale to deliver Girl Scout cookies for Anna, I saw Carrie Furnace and the river in a warm glow. I pulled into the Rivers of Steel parking lot and got out of the car and photographed a few shots of the reflection. And then I saw the full moon in the frame! Good to return to a location shot before and to try to capture a different light and scene. No barge today. A travel channel video on the history and a tour of Carrie Furnace is here. The autumn view is here.

March 9, 2012 by Ruth Categories: Photography, Pittsburgh RiversTags: available light, Carrie Furnace, history, Monongahela River, photography, Pittsburgh PA, postaday, Steel Industry, travel 17 Comments

Tug, Barges and Carrie Furnace on the Monongahela River- Autumn Afternoon

After school I drove down the slopes to the flats and headed to Homestead to buy a special cable for an external hard drive so I could retrieve a summer photo for Erika.

I turned onto Waterfront Road towards Best Buy and saw the late afternoon light reflected and warm the rusting metal across the Mon. Pulled over and stood on top of a guard rail to capture the sinking light on the Carrie Furnace, remnants of Homestead Steel Works and then I heard the tug and saw it pushing the barges up the river. It was a mighty scene on the river and the limitations of photography or my ability to capture it thoroughly, the seeing and feeling it, became clear once again.

The Rivers of Steel Heritage Corporation sponsors tours but the last one was October 15th so will have to wait until 2012.

If you want to get a real feel for the Blast Furnaces and the incredible history, interviews with employees and historical photographs I recommend watching at least video # 1 at this website. I especially liked the man reading the last names of the workers he found in some type of log at the site. He spoke of reading obituaries of workers who gave 30-40 years of hard work for the Homestead Steel Works What a compilation of footage of Carrie Furnace. Closed in 1986.

December 2, 2011December 2, 2011 by Ruth Categories: Photography, Pittsburgh Photos, Pittsburgh RiversTags: barge, Carrie Furnace, history, Homestead PA, Homestead Steel Works, Monongahela River, postaday2011, preservation, Rivers of Steel, tugboat 13 Comments

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