A great cover graphic by Porter M. Griffith on this sheet music, copyright 1929. The artifact is interesting on many levels. For...

What this sheet music lacks in cover graphic pizzazz is made up for with the back story. The composer and lyricist (Samuel Phelps Totten ...

The final entry in the Reeves Family Album is the funeral card for Jennie's father-in-law. Theodor Hubert Hoss, my great-great gra...

Jennie's album concludes with the funeral cards of her parents-in-law. Napolione Clara Hubertina Cüppers, my great-great grandmother...

Pressed into lower right is the name of the photographer. Hard to read, but I'd guess it says: B. McArdle, Centralia, Wash. Walter F...

Undated photo of Jennie (Reeves) Hoss, the keeper of the Reeves Family Album and my great grandmother. I'm guessing this photo was tak...

Printed: T.R. Williams, Centralia, Wash. I have been told this is a photo of my great-grandparents, Theodore and Jennie (Reeves) Hoss, o...

Tintype with barely readable notation on verso: "Jennie, Lafe" Charles LaFayette Reeves and his sister, Jennie Melissa Reeves....

Written on album sleeve: Sid Written on verso: S.A. Reeves, 1891, Mrs. Theo. Hoss Printed: T.R. Williams, Centralia, Wash. Si...

Written on album sleeve: Ben Huff - 1889 Bottom margin: Baldwin, Flint, Mich. According to my grandmother, who would provide narration...

I have a couple old puffy Victorian-era family photo albums, both tracing back to my Mom's relatives. Some of the photos are tintypes...

Jennie's chair

The Windermere Real Estate headquarters in Centralia, Washington In the early 20th century this was the home of my great-grandparents, ...

Jennie's chair