Wilson | June 21, 2009
I don’t care much for “Hallmark Holidays” but it’s never a bad idea to remember your parents. And so today thoughts turn to my Dad, Stepdad and Grandfathers. Here is Dad, Grandad and Cousin Bill on the front porch on the occasion of his Roebuck High School graduation. This is taken in Columbia, SC upon [...]
Wilson | May 31, 2009
I was rummaging through a bureau filled with old news clippings, dead batteries and broken radios and stumbled across a container filled with all the minutiae a household collects and never throws away. A few old pennies, odd buttons and safety pins. Dried out pens, tie tacks and a spool of thread with a needle. [...]
Wilson | March 1, 2009
William Faber Smith and his daughter Mary Kay. I’m not sure who the lad is playing in the water in the background.
Wilson | May 7, 2008
This is a letter to Minnie Smith from a friend Amelia. Her “long” journey to Newberry from Glenn Springs via Laurens amounts to 57 miles using the route they likely traveled. She doesn’t specify train or wagon but I suspect the latter. It surprises me to read of the gaiety she describes considering the date. [...]
Wilson | May 7, 2008
These prescriptions belonged to Mrs Mary H. Means, and were copies from a Richmond pharmacy. I suppose Mrs. Means was relocating and would need them in her new location. I would appreciate feedback on what these compounds might be and what they may be used for.
Wilson | May 7, 2008
Strangely, the address and date as well as the signature is cut or torn from this letter. Of all the damaged letters and artifacts I’ve found, finding this letter so defaced, and so obviously done by Miss Minnie, has been disappointing to say the least. Miss Minnie Smith Doubtless you will think strange when you [...]
Wilson | May 7, 2008
A letter from B…J At Home, April 4th 1866 Dear Minnie, Will you oblige me by mailing the enclosed letter as soon as it is convenient and keeping the circumstance strictly secret? If so, and things turn out as I anticipate, it will be the greatest favor you have ever done me- and I shall [...]
Wilson | May 6, 2008
Here is a letter written by Dr. William F. Smith, addressed to his sister Minnie. Chimborazo Hospital in Richmond Sunday 15th June 762 Dear Minnie Your very kind and acceptable reached me some days past and I would have answered it sooner, but my ill health has thus far prevented me. To day I shall [...]
Wilson | May 4, 2008
It seems the Dandy has either purged some young lady from this photo, or he cut her out to preserve. I can’t read the name on the back. I thought the missing person might be a male, but the names though illegible rule that possibility out. J.A. Selden and R.H. Smith are the only names [...]
Wilson | May 4, 2008
Here’s a postcard sent to Miss Minnie from Charleston, in 1905. It’s difficult to read but here’s a shot: Dear Cousin Minnie, I wish you a Happy brighter New Year. I thought you might like this view of the old Church. Your grandfathers grave is under the tree at left of the picture. With Love, [...]
