Olympia, Washington
The Diogenes Club
Tuesday, January 21, 2014
Monday, January 20, 2014
Ellsworth Boy, Marie Ross
Written on verso: Ellsworth Boy, Marie Ross
Imprinted on front: Pierson Bros.
More than likely taken in Casey, Illinois. I have no idea how these two children are connected to the family.
The Grover Cleveland Song
They supposedly named a candy bar
After his baby Ruth
And he had a rubber jaw
Where you'd normally find a tooth.
He was an honest, plodding man
and certainly no dumbo.
To his pals he was "Big Steve,"
Or simply, "Uncle Jumbo."
Favorite Movie Quotes: Romancing the Stone
"What did you do, wake up this morning and say, 'Today, I'm going to ruin a man's life'?"
Mary
Written on verso: Mary
Printed on verso: I.H. Bonsall, Photographer, Arkansas City, Kan.
This small photo is partially wrapped in purple crêpe paper. The back flap has something written on it that I cannot quite decipher.
I.H. Bonsall had been an apprentice to Matthew Brady, visually documenting the US Civil War. Bonsall was active in Arkansas City, Kansas in the 1870s.
As for Mary, the little girl with the determined stance, I really don't know who she is. Ellen Snyder McDowell, the keeper of this album, did have a little sister named Mary Snyder who would've fit the age of this girl. But I am unable to explain why Ellen's sister would be in Kansas when the rest of the family was in Casey, Illinois.
The Andrew Johnson Song
If Andrew Johnson
Hadn't been such a stubborn cuss
Congress would be running the country today--
A reality from which may the Lord ever deliver us!
Sunday, January 19, 2014
Morty Comix # 2688
The Theodore Roosevelt Song
Theodore Roosevelt
Loved war
But then his son was killed in battle
And TR died shortly after
A broken man
Favorite Movie Quotes: Robin Hood: Men in Tights
"I vow to put an end to the injustice, right the wrongs, end the tyranny, restore the throne, protect the forests, introduce folk dancing, demand the 4-day work week, and affordable health care for Saxons."
Saturday, January 18, 2014
Morty Comix # 2687
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Morty Comix # 2687 was left in a real estate brochure distribution box at a gas station/minimart in McCleary, Washington.
By a strange coincidence, it wasn't until I posted this that I saw the mention of Windermere Real Estate in Centralia, Washington. Their HQ is in the house where my great-great grandfather's ghost still lurks, where my grandparents were married, where my mother was born. So many stories connected with that place. These kind of things happen when you are a 5th generation Washingtonian.
The Abraham Lincoln Song
If Abraham Lincoln was alive today
He'd be a liberal Democrat.
He stood for civil rights
And Big Government.
What do you think of that?
Phone photo 3134
I love my sprayer
I want to elect it Mayor
It would clean up City Hall
We need to elect it next fall.
Favorite Movie Quotes: Desperado
"Everybody's killed-- someone's brother, someone's son, someone's father."
The Calvin Coolidge Song
Calvin Coolidge was a weirdo and sphinx
His policies gave our economy the jinx.
He was not exactly a shaker and mover
He helped cause the Great Depression
The world got the wrong impression
And everyone blamed Herbert Hoover.
Friday, January 17, 2014
Rose and Silvia
The James Buchanan Song
If I was Gay
I sure wouldn't say
"Buchanan was one of us."
Even if it was true.
Because it's quite possible,
Nay, probable,
He was the worst President
Under the red, white and blue.
Phone photo 3133
Gordon's Grocery, McCleary, Washington
Apparently there is some big football game coming up, involving the Seattle Seahawks, and people seem happy and excited. I don't know who they are playing, when the game is supposed to be taking place, etc. But I do like seeing my neighbors feeling celebratory. Those are helium filled Seattle Seahawks football helmet-shaped balloons in the background. I like the fact this display is over the fruit section and not above the beer locker, but somehow I don't think the fans are going to be peeling oranges while watching the game!
The Franklin D. Roosevelt Song
My Dad hated him
My Mom loved him
And in that regard
My family was America
Even though Franklin Roosevelt
Was dead before I was born
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