Phone photo 3072

Della Oding

Tintype. Jewelry was painted gold. Written on album sleeve: Della Oding

Della was a cousin to Jennie Reeves, the compiler of this album.

Della Letitia Burns lived all of her life in Michigan (1862-1934) it would seem. She married John Carl Oding in 1879.

Gene Pitney Sings Bacharach

Only Love Can Break a Heart

Phone photo 3071

Dead

Phone photo 3070

Legislative Building

Olympia, Washington

Unidentified

Tintype

Andy Williams and The Carpenters Sing Bacharach/Lennon-McCartney

Almost too good to be true, but here it is!

I'll Never Fall in Love Again/Ticket to Ride

Unidentified

No idea who she is. Verso is blank.

Andy Williams Sings Bacharach

Don't You Believe It

Jessie Reeves - Wife

Tintype. Written on album sleeve: Jessie Reeves - Wife.

Jesse A. Reeves was born Aug. 6, 1833 in Ohio and died June 4, 1908 in Michigan.

Interesting this is the same background studio set as in several other tintypes in this album. For some reason in the back of my mind I think Jesse lived in Kansas for awhile. But I am incredibly rusty on all my genealogical facts.

Jesse was an uncle to Jennie Reeves, who kept this album. He was an older brother to her father, Walter Francis "Frank" Reeves. The fact she did not name her aunt suggests this couple were not really a big part of her world when she was growing up.

But like so many other photos in this album, it is an interesting portrait even without any background information. There is a certain magic to these personal visual portals into the 19th century.

Phone photo 3069

Miss Hettie refuses to eat like a commoner on the linoleum with the boys.

The James Madison Song

James Madison
Was a tiny little man

When the Redcoats came in 1814
He turned around and ran

They burned down the White House and Capitol
Revenge for our Revolution

OK, so James was not so hot as Prez
But he was the Father of the Constitution!

Dionne Warwick Sings Bacharach

The Love of a Boy

Phone photo 3068

Phone photo 3067

I live with 4 cats. Every week I vacuum up enough fur to create a 5th cat.

Morty Comix # 2678

Morty Comix # 2678 was in my pocket when I noticed this house on the Eastside of Olympia had the front door wide open with no one inside. One of the occupants was busy outside. So I took the opportunity to sneak in and place this Morty under the silverware tray. These two birds were the only witnesses to the caper.

Unidentified

Tintype of unidentified young man

Julie Rogers Sings Bacharach

The Love of a Boy

Phone photo 3066

Olympia, Washington

Phone photo 3065

A nutria on the shores of the Fetid Lake of Doom, Olympia, Washington

Morty Comix # 2677

Morty Comix # 2677 was tacked up on the "Happenings" portion of the public bulletin at the Olympia, Washington Eastside Food Co-Op.

In 1976 this building was the business headquarters for a local RV sales place. I had a brief job there washing and moving around giant Winnebagos. They fired me because I couldn't work on a weekend outside my schedule due to something else I had planned. I remember I had a co-worker from Germany who was pretty fun. My salary was probably 2 bucks an hour. Back then jobs were easy to come by, so I moved on. No big deal.

All the sales staff at that RV place looked like the kind of people I draw in Morty Comix, come to think of it! I had a wide variety of employment opportunities when I was young that introduced me to many characters who no doubt shaped my view of human nature and thus my portraits in Morty Comix.

Life is funny.

The past episode mentioned above contributed to my story "Scabies Escapadies"

Phone photo 3064

A nutria on the shores of the Fetid Lake of Doom, Olympia, Washington

Mary - Jerome Burns

Tintype. Written on album sleeve: Mary - Jerome Burns

There is very slight pink tint added to their cheeks

Phone photo 3063

Olympia, Washington

Zarah Leander Sings Bacharach

The Love of a Boy

Phone photo 3062

Olympia, Washington

Phone photo 3061

A nutria on the shores of the Fetid Lake of Doom, Olympia, Washington

Unidentified

Tintype of unidentified woman. Possibly Mary (Reeves) Burns?

Timi Yuro Sings Bacharach

The Love of a Boy

Phone photo 3060