Court House, Pontiac, Mich. – 1915

Posted on August 31, 2016 by Pat Shaul

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Court House, Pontiac, Mich.  13080.

Post marked Detroit, Mich. Feb 9, 1915.  Addressed to Mrs. Weaver, 92 Tireman Ave, Detroit, Mich.

“Dear Mrs. Weaver, I should have been up to your place but have been very much under the weather that I have not been out for over a week so if you would please send me down your order I would feel very much oblige.  You can also have four premiums this month if it suits you.  Hoping to see or hear from you.  Sincerely yours, Mary Sorrell”

It seems Great Grandma Weaver was into ‘catalog buying’ back a hundred years ago.  Not sure what Mrs Sorrell was selling, but she was offering four premiums for having not called on Effie.

 

 

 

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Country Club, Detroit, Mich. – 1915

Posted on August 30, 2016 by Pat Shaul

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Aeroplane view of Country Club, Boat Landing and Light House, Detroit, Mich.   “Aeroplane photo courtesy of The Detroit News”   217942.

Post marked Redford, Mich. Feb 13, 1915.  Addressed to Mrs. Effie L[ee] Weaver, 92 Tireman Ave., Detroit, Michigan.

“Dear Aunt,  Received the pkg. O.K. and thank you very much. Have my coat already to stitch. Am afraid our sleighing is going.  Had a great time Tues. eve.  24 in our load.  Don’t know if the bunch are going to the dance or not.  If they do I’ll surely have to go, too.  Hattie [Hattie Josephine Nacher Jenks, wife of Justin Rosenthral Jenks, Effie’s cousin] said that Kittie’s [Kittie Lorain Chapman Jenks, wife of Albert Arlington Jenks, Effie’s cousin and Justin’s ½ brother] is not better, poor girl.  Estelle W[right]”

Estelle packs a lot of information in a post card!  Kittie  did not get any better and died about a year later on 7 March 1916.  Albert Arlington and Justin Rosenthral were the sons of Leman Case Jenks, the brother of Esther Jenks Lee.

 

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Tin Type Studio – 1935

Posted on August 29, 2016 by Pat Shaul

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Tin Type Studio, Dearborn, Mich.  Artcraft Photo Co., Rutherford, N.J. 

Post marked Greenfield, Mich.  Aug 13, 1935.   Addressed to Jmae Weaver, 13975 Steel, Detroit, Mich.

“Dick”

In August, 1935, Dick had just turned 7 years old.  It is obvious the card was addressed by either Uncle Heinie [Henry Allen Koontz] or Aunt Betti [Bettinna J. Henry Koontz], his parents.   All that is written in the message is a 7 year old’s script signature.   Grandma Florence’s brother and family must have been up from Columbus for a visit.  Since yesterday’s blog was a post card from Greenfield Village to Leila, today’s is a post card to her sister, Jmae.

And yes, he was called Heinie — it was a German nickname for Heinrich (Henry) and the Koontz family was very German.   Great Grandma Koontz, Phebie Gardner Koontz’s father was William G. Gardner.    But, in Klein Ingersheim, Württemberg, where he was born in 1833, he was Wilhelm Gotthardt Gaertner.

 

 

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Secretary House,Greenfield Village – 1935

Posted on August 28, 2016 by Pat Shaul

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Secretary House, Greenfield Village, Dearborn, Michigan.  Artcraft Photo Co., Rutherford, N.J.

Post marked Greenfield, Mich.  Aug 13, 1935.  Addressed to Leila Weaver, 13975 Steel, Detroit, Mich.

“Dick [Richard  Darwin Koontz, Leila’s cousin]”

In August, 1935, Dick had just turned 7 years old.  It is obvious the card was addressed by either Uncle Heinie [Henry Allen Koontz] or Aunt Betti [Bettinna J. Henry Koontz], his parents.   All that is written in the message is a 7 year old’s script signature.   Grandma Florence’s brother and family must have been up from Columbus for a visit.

 

 

 

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Albert Lea, Minn. – 1934

Posted on August 27, 2016 by Pat Shaul

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Albert Lea, Minn.  1A3031.  Made by Curt Teich & Co., Chicago, U.S.A.

Post marked Albert Lea, Minn. Jul 27, 1934.   Addressed to Mrs. Phebie Koontz, 1346½ West Broad St., Columbus, Ohio.

“July 27, 1934    Dear Aunt,  Well here I am and found everyone getting along nicely.   Olive [Olive Smith Sweet, Alta’s sister] seems to feel real good, we hope to take a fishing trip up in the northern part of the state next month.  Hope you are all right.  Love.  Alta [Alta Smith, daughter of Harriett Honora (Hattie) Koontz Smith, Phebie’s sister in law].”

I am not sure why this post card was part of Grandpa’s collection since it was addressed to Grandma’s mother, but it has a number of important pieces of information.  First the spelling of Great Grandma Koontz’ first name — there is no o in her spelling of Phebie.  And, the address confirmation of where she was living in 1934.

 

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Watkins Admin Building – 1915

Posted on August 26, 2016 by Pat Shaul

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Watkins Administration Building, Winona, Minnesota.  In which are located the general offices of the company.  The finest private administration building in the world.

Post marked Redford, Mich.  Mar 14, 1915.  Addressed to Mrs. Effie Weaver, 92 Tireman, Detroit, Mich.

“Effie, I am going to have the Gleaners next Wed.  Will you come.  We will meet you and take you back if you will let us know what car.

And, if you are downtown, please get me 3 doz. paper napkins just plain ones if you can’t come send them to me please.  Ettie [Marietta Lee Wright, Effie’s sister]

It appears paper napkins were starting to take the place of linen ones in 1915 – one needed to go downtown to get them, but they must have been preferred by Aunt Ettie to having to launder and iron 3 dozen linen ones.

Watkins made a number of household products, spices, and seasonings.   They were also famous for their cookbooks into the late 1940s.

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Southern Pacific Transfer – 1915

Posted on August 26, 2016 by Pat Shaul

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Southern Pacific Transfer Steamer Solano at Port Costa, Calif.    Published by The Gray News Co., Salt Lake City, Utah.  Made in U.S.A.     A-7900

Post marked San Francisco, Calif. May 23, 1915.  Addressed to Mr. Lee Weaver, 92 Tireman Av., Detroit, Mich.

“San Francisco, Cal 5/22/15  Dear Cousin – Am enjoying the sights at the exposition, had a fine trip out here.  Stopped off in Denver and Salt Lake, also Colorado Springs.  Do you think you will make the trip. You know you spoke about it last Winter.  California is a beautiful place.  I know you would like it.  I have a 90 day ticket and think I will stay the limit.  Your cousin, Chester Weaver [Chester Louis Weaver, the son of Charles Louis Weaver, brother of Lemuel Weaver, Lee’s father].  General Delivery, San Francisco, Cal.”

From wikipedia: “The Panama–Pacific International Exposition (PPIE) was a world’s fair held in San Francisco, in the United States, between February 20 and December 4 in 1915. Its ostensible purpose was to celebrate the completion of the Panama Canal, but it was widely seen in the city as an opportunity to showcase its recovery from the 1906 earthquake. The fair was constructed on a 635 acre (2.6 km2) site in San Francisco, along the northern shore, between the Presidio and Fort Mason, now known as the Marina District.”

Apparently, the use of General Delivery was Chester’s way of telling Grandpa to write back during the intended 90 day stay in California.

 

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Belle Isle Park from Casino – 1915

Posted on August 25, 2016 by Pat Shaul

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View of Belle Isle Park from Casino, Detroit, Mich.  1371

1371 – Belle Isle.  Belle Isle is in the Detroit River between Detroit and Windsor, Canada.  The island contains 702 acres and is entirely covered with one of the most beautiful parks in the United States, having some 21 miles of Macadam Roads; a magnificent Casino; Pavilions; Boat Houses; Aquarium; Horticultural Hall and Zoological Gardens.   The Island was purchased by Detroit in 1879 and has since then expended $1,600,000 in beautifying it.

Post marked Redford, Mich. May 26, 1915.   Addressed to Mrs. Effie L[ee] Weaver, 92 Tireman Ave., Detroit, Michigan.

“Wednesday     Dear Aunt – Uncle Willie [Lewellyn Lee, Effie’s brother] thinks the horse a little better this morning.  The Dr. has just been here, he said he didn’t see any change.  The folks are quite well.   Grandma [Esther Jenks Lee, Effie’s mother] is awfully tired.   Estelle [Wright, Marietta Lee Wright, Effie’s sister’s daughter]”

Ongoing report on the health of the horse on the farm — extremely important to the farm family in 1915.   All but Effie’s immediate family were still living on farms in Oakland County; her mother, Esther Jenks Lee, was living on the farm and in the house built by Esther’s father, Morris Jenks in 1851. That house is still standing and occupied in 2016.

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Fort Wilkins State Park

Posted on August 24, 2016 by Pat Shaul

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GREETINGS from Fort Wilkins State Park, Copper Harbor, Michigan

This post card has no addressing, no post mark, no stamp.   It is a thin sheet of pure copper.  I have no idea when it was added to the collection, but it is so unique, it has to be included.

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Old Fort Mackinac – 1934

Posted on August 23, 2016 by Pat Shaul

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Old Fort Mackinac 547.

Post marked Cheboygan, Mich.  Jul 26, 1934.  Addressed to Mr. & Mrs. L[ee] Weaver & family, 13975 Steel Ave., Detroit, Mich.

“Hello, Yes we found your sweater.  Intended going over Friday but just couldn’t make it.  Sorry.  Watched for you all day Saturday, but thought you had pulled right on thru.  Expect to leave here Saturday or Sunday a.m.  Will bring your sweater with us.   The Adams Family”

Grandma and Grandpa often stayed at the Adams’ cottage on Mullet Lake, near Cheboygan.  It appears they were there just ahead of the Adams family in 1934.  The Weavers and Adamses stayed friends thoughout their lives — Hazel and Reg were two of the closest friends of Florence and Lee.  And their sons were great friends of Leila and Jmae.  Lee and Florence purchased the house on Steel in 1929 and maintained it until Florence sold it in 1974.

The Old Fort Mackinac sits atop the hill on Mackinac Island (pronounced Mackinaw Island for non-Michiganders).  It is still a tourist stop in the mid-teens of the 21st century.

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