Thursday, November 5, 2015

Matters Familia - Daddy

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A reprint of an old post: In 1980, I married and moved to Los Angeles where I stayed for 27 years. As the years crept by, I began to worr...
Wednesday, November 4, 2015

At the Copacabana! New York, NY 1956

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If anyone can help me, I'm looking for IDs for the couple on the left. From right:  Ruth Audley Beltzhoover, Balfour Miller, Kat...
Monday, November 2, 2015

The Natchez Democrat is 150 Years Old

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Major Thomas Grafton Sunday's edition of The Natchez Democrat celebrates the paper's 150th anniversary.  To see the special edit...
Wednesday, October 28, 2015

Our Guests Say the Nicest Things

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Shantybellum is once again in the B-and-B bidness.  We've had such great responses from our guests that we're now a five-star list...
Friday, October 16, 2015

Letter from Agnes Carpenter at Miss. Military Institute to Elodie Rose, 1884

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Great news!  Agnes Carpenter was not left at that dreadful school in Albany, New York.  She found happiness and a boatload of fun making tro...
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Thursday, October 15, 2015

Letter from Agnes Carpenter to Elodie Rose, circa 1883

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The letter has been transcribed below the photos.  Agnes Carpenter lived at Dunleith in Natchez,  but was sent to boarding school in Albany,...
Friday, October 9, 2015

World War II Letter from My Father to My Great Grandmother

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Dear Dear, (He called his grandmother Dear)      By the time you get this letter I guess Mubber and Daddy will be on their way to ...
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Sunday, September 20, 2015

Matters Familia - Letter from Greenville 1947

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Monday, September 7, 2015

Natchez Cotton Carnival 1921

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Tuesday, September 1, 2015

A New Lease on Life for our Strays in Natchez/Adams County, MS

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Saturday, August 29, 2015

Annet's House

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Found another photo of my great aunt's house on the bluff overlooking the river in Natchez, Mississippi. They had to work to keep that a...
Tuesday, August 25, 2015

The Showboat's Comin'! - 1951

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I've had this picture a few days and have been trying to get information on who's in it and where they were going.  I found out yest...