Archive for August, 2016

str St Charles

Wednesday, August 31st, 2016

Ms Karen McCoy, while metal detecting in Chester, WV, uncovered an artifact believed to be a key fob from the str St Charles.  Ms Nori Muster, far famed steamboat expert and master of steamboat.com, stated the found article might be a state room fob.   

 

Str St Charles Room Key Fob (Courtesy of Ms Karen McCoy) 

 


 

Str St Charles Room Key Fob (Courtesy of Ms Karen McCoy)

 

Capt Way devoted half of two columns in Ways Packet Directory to the str St Charles.

 

 

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Tintypes

Wednesday, August 17th, 2016

More unidentified people.  The first group of tintypes are adults; the second children.  The photos were in an album with the Poe family Bibles so I assume they are Poes or relatives.

 

Unidentified Adult Tintypes (Anna L and John F Nash Collection)

Unidentified Child Tintypes (Anna L and John F Nash Collection)

 

 

 

 

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Unknown Women

Monday, August 15th, 2016

Two tintypes of frontier women.  Are the two images the same woman?

 

 

Elizabeth Hepher possibly (Anna L and John F Nash Collection)

 

 

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Photos

Saturday, August 13th, 2016

 

George William Trimble, aged seven months (Collection of Anna K and John F Nash)

Stored alongside the Poe family Bibles was a photo album.  It contained twelve tintype and numerous printed images.  The only identified person was George William Trimble, the son of Mollie Ebert and John A Trimble.  His photo, aged seven months, has his name written across its bottom margin.  George William was born on 9 Mar 1869 and died on 6 Jul 1958.  He married Zellah Jane Booher in 1895. 

 The photo of two brothers is a tintype which suggests a date between 1850–1865.

 

Poe or Trimble Brothers ca 1850-1865 (Anna l and John F Nash Collection)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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