vintage – Page 6 – Ruth E. Hendricks

School Days c. 1917

From my grandmother’s album . Durand Illinois.

November 17, 2021 by Ruth Categories: Photography, Throwback ThursdayTags: 1917, Durand IL, family, grandmother’s album, photography, postaday, school days, Throwback Thursday, vintage 8 Comments

Doorknob Garden

Laura’s neighbor has planted a few in the rock garden. I’ve got glass doorknobs in my doors at home (built 1900)

Turns out although they been invented in 1826, glass doorknobs became really popular when metal was needed for WWI click to read

Here’s an article to determine just how old your vintage glass doorknob is….

And is it doorknob or door knob? here’s what grammarly says

“Is door knob a compound word?

Compound words can be written in three ways: as open compounds (spelled as two words, e.g., ice cream), closed compounds (joined to form a single word, e.g., doorknob), or hyphenated compounds (two words joined by a hyphen, e.g., long-term).”

November 13, 2021November 14, 2021 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: art, Columbus OH, doorknob garden, doorknobs, molten glass, neighborhood, photography, postaday, rock garden, vintage 6 Comments

From my Grandmother’s Album

“The Eternal Indian, sometimes called the Black Hawk Statue (dedicated in 1911), is a 48-foot sculpture by Lorado Taft located in Lowden State Park, near the city of Oregon, Illinois.”

November 3, 2021 by Ruth Categories: Photography, sculptureTags: family, grandmother, photo album, photography, postaday, sculpture, statue, vintage 8 Comments

Says Sweet 16 in the Year 1917

From my Grandmother’s Album.

Not sure about the significance of this photo. No recognizable relatives. Location is Durand , Illinois. At least this one is dated. My mother would have been five years old that year.

October 20, 2021 by Ruth Categories: Photography, Throwback ThursdayTags: 1917, antique, Durand Illinois, grandmother’s album, old photographs, photography, postaday, vintage 8 Comments

Uncle Harold Milks a Cow c.1936

My father’s brother Harold Paul Hendricks was called “Butch” Born in 1928 .
I estimate he is about 8 or 9 years old

In a different part of the old sticky album.
No chance to see if there’s any writing on the back.

October 13, 2021 by Ruth Categories: Photography, Throwback ThursdayTags: ancestors, cow, family, family album, milking, photography, postaday, Throwback Thursday, uncle, vintage 5 Comments

Decorative Doorstoppers

Do you have one in your home? Do you have a door that will swing shut if it isn’t held open with a doorstopper? We used to have a cast iron iron.

I saw a window full of vintage door stoppers, mostly painted cast iron. There are animals, people, flowers. Gnomes. Right now I use a concrete (or is it cement?) owl. I bought the owl in a gallery in Mansfield Ohio.

People collect them. Vintage and Antique Doorstoppers or door porters as they are called are written up in Collectors weekly