I was going through some pictures that I had scanned at my Aunt and Uncle's house a while back and I just had to post his one. The only thing I know about this is that my great Aunt Katherine Klassen worked at this mission as a young woman. If anyone knows who any of these other people are I'd certainly like to have that information to put with the picture.Friday, February 1, 2008
South Side City Mission Minneapolis MN
I was going through some pictures that I had scanned at my Aunt and Uncle's house a while back and I just had to post his one. The only thing I know about this is that my great Aunt Katherine Klassen worked at this mission as a young woman. If anyone knows who any of these other people are I'd certainly like to have that information to put with the picture.
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I love old pics, they are very cool.
I agree with Bob. I think it's so interesting to look at old pictures and imagine what life was like back then. I think it was more simple than our world today, yet a lot harder at the same time!
Good Morning Bob & Momo. I have more old pictures that I'll post later. I agree that things were a lot simpler but the harder part may just be relative. We would find living in the 1800s difficult, but it was all THEY knew. I love watching those reality shows where people try to "live" in a previous time period. I get a serious laugh out of watching those people bitch and moan about how much work it is. What on earth did they think going it? LOL
The work was harder, but the living was simpler... Slower paced...
I love old photos, too... The HATS! I lOVE ladies hats! (there's one in there that looks just like Mary Poppin's hat... lol)
Hope you find out more info on the pic...
Everybody wore hats - had hats. People made their living making hats, habadashery. There are still a few today, like Hatman Jack's in Wichita, but not as many as there used to be.
This won't resolve the "who", but when the image is enlarged and you look at the street, you can see a shadow of the photographer with arm raised - to hold the flash I imagine.
Welcome Judii! I saw the photographer's shadow too. I'm always looking for things like this in photos, shadows and reflections. You can often be pleasantly surprised by what you can find hidden in pictures.
Hi! I'm with Bob, as I love old photos as well. The wife has recently scanned heaps of old family photos which I've just started to post. Good luck with your quest for additional information.
Regards,
Peter
I've been to Hatman Jack's.. great place!
Hatman Jack has made hats for some famous people. A few years back when Luciano Pavarotti came to Wichita he happened to hear the one commercial that the Hatman ran on that particular station and Luciano Pavarotti visited the Hatman to purchase a hat. The Hatman only ran that one commercial at a particular time on Saturday morning, paid specifically for that spot. If anyone is interested in learning more about Hatman Jack's, check out this link...
http://www.360wichita.com/ClothingApparel/HatmanJacks.html
Peter, sorry, didn't mean to ignore you. Good for you, I hope you're getting them all identified. Nothing like have a stack of old photos and not knowing for sure who everybody was.
Jim on Menno-Roots at rootsweb.com left me this message:
I don't know any of the people in the photo but the photo brought back memories. I grew up in the 1940's and 1950's in southern Minnesota. I remember that our Mennonite Brethren Church located in Delft, Minnesota helped support the South Side Mission. In the early 50's I attended what was called "Bible Camp" near Lake Crystal, Minnesota and some of the kids from the South Side Mission were fellow campers. Everyone got along fine, but I remember some differences in cultural mores between rural and urban backgrounds.
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