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Fishing/cargo net washed up on the beach, Ocean Shores, Washington

Favorite Movie Quotes: Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows

"Bad people do bad things because they can."

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Fishing net washed ashore, Ocean Shores, Washington

Jennie Hoss

Undated photo of Jennie (Reeves) Hoss, the keeper of the Reeves Family Album and my great grandmother. I'm guessing this photo was taken in Centralia, Washington during the first decade of the 20th century.

Tina Arena Sings Bacharach

I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself

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Impromptu shrine discovered, Lacey, Washington

Morty Comix # 2680

Morty Comix # 2680 was tacked up at the bulletin board by Lake Inez, Elma, Washington.

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“From there to here, from here to there, funny things are everywhere!” 

--Dr. Seuss

Elvis Costello Sings Bacharach with Bacharach

I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself

Cora Kincaid

Cora Kincaid

Printed: Arms, Grand Ledge, Michigan

Coralynne M. Bennett, a cousin of Jennie Reeves, married Arthur B. Kincaid. She lived from 1875 to 1953.

Cameron Diaz Sings Bacharach

I Just Don't Know What To With Myself

Morty Comix # 2679

Morty Comix # 2679 was folded and placed inside a dessert menu at a family diner in Elma, Washington

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Buster, Charlie, Hettie

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Theodore and Jennie Hoss

Printed: T.R. Williams, Centralia, Wash.

I have been told this is a photo of my great-grandparents, Theodore and Jennie (Reeves) Hoss, on their wedding day, Feb. 20, 1890.

Theodore Jacob Hoss was born in Wisconsin in 1863. Part of his childhood was spent in Nebraska. The Hoss family arrived in Washington Territory in the mid-1870s.

Theodore and Jennie were a power couple. She "became the leader in every group she joined," according to one family member. The Red Cross and the GAR were two groups where she was active, and she was indeed the State Chair of the GAR for a year.

He was a progressive Democrat who was a frequent candidate in a conservative Republican county. Occasionally he'd get elected to a city or county office. His runs for the legislature were not successful.

How radical was he? As the Democratic nominee for US Congress in 1918 he stood for equal wages for equal work for men and women. That was pretty radical.

But he was also a successful businessman and had a role in starting Centralia's first electric utility and streetcar line. Theodore died in 1947.

Theodore and Jennie are buried in Centralia's Pioneer Cemetery

Phone photo 3080

Elma, Washington

Dionne Warwick Sings Bacharach

I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself

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Elma, Washington

Favorite Movie Quotes: Schindler's List

"Stern, if this factory ever produces a shell that can actually be fired, I'll be very unhappy."

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Elma, Washington

Jennie's Mother

Written on verso: Jennie's Mother, 1889, Lydia Melissa Reeves

My great-great grandmother. Although this has an 1889 date, I suspect this photo was taken at a much earlier year. In the late 1880s she survived Typhoid Fever, but died as a result of complications from surgery for cancer in 1892 shortly after she turned 50.

She lived in Centralia, Washington for a brief time, 1889-1892. I have a copy of a letter she wrote back to relatives in Michigan about her impressions of this area. It's very charming and hopeful.

Unfortunately, no one in my grandparents' generation was old enough to remember her, so I didn't get any firsthand accounts of what she was like, except that she was terribly missed by her family. 

Linda Ronstadt Sings Bacharach

I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself

What a voice she had. 

Best wishes on your journey, Linda.

Loyal S. Kincaid

Loyal S. Kincaid

Printed: Marvin, Grand Ledge, Michigan

On verso: To Aunt Melissa, a Merry Xmas
Age 3 mo., 23 days
Height 2 1/2 ft.
Weight 17 lbs.

Loyal Kincaid was born July 30, 1890 in Michigan, died June 1, 1968. He served as a private in World War I.

Aunt Melissa was my great-great grandmother, Lydia Melissa Reeves, who would've been living in Centralia, Washington in 1890.

Interesting to read this early use of "Xmas." A little digging shows the term has actually been around a lot longer than I suspected.

Isaac Hayes Sings Bacharach

I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself

Eunice Baylis

Written on album sleeve: Eunice Baylis

Printed on verso: S.T. Speechly, Ground Floor Gallery, No. 72, South Main Street, Ann Arbor, Michigan. Negatives Preserved. Pictures Enlarged.

Eunice E. Upham (1840-1897) married Richard Samuel Baylis (1830-1886) in 1861. She was born in Ohio but spent most of her life in Michigan. She was an aunt to Jennie Reeves, the keeper of this album. 

Tommy Hunt Sings Bacharach

I Just Don't What To Do With Myself

Unidentified

Photo of unidentified child.

On verso: S.T. Speechly, Ground Floor Gallery, No. 72, South Main Street, Ann Arbor, Michigan. Negatives Preserved. Pictures Enlarged.

With a little superficial poking around I discovered the photographer was Susan T. Speechly, who lived from 1844 to 1915.

Nicky Holland Sings Bacharach

I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself

Unidentified

Small tintype with some gold paint to highlight ring and jewelry

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