Penny,
I am going to send this on to the West Virginia & Regional History
Collection, located in the library I work in, and see if they can
help. They have, they say, 21,000 photos online and even more in
their unscanned archive. I did a quick search of the online and came
up with nothing, although "Jackson" comes up a lot around here, since
(American Civil War General) Stonewall Jackson was from West Virginia
and many things have been named for him. (There was no Donahue and
no Sandyville, either.) The relative affluence of the people in the
photo reflects the part of West Virginia they come from--on the west
side, not far from the Ohio border and Ohio River, not in the most
mountainous part of the state. Sandyville, WV does come up on Google
as a location, so perhaps it's enough of a town to have a Post Office! ;-)
I'll let you know if they can figure anything out,
Kathy Hoover
(Yes, Penny, I'm still here!)
Library Associate
Downtown Library
West Virginia University
Morgantown, WV
At 11:43 PM 10/20/2007, you wrote:
Today I purchased at an antique store a really nice large group
photo. I thought you all would like to see it. The cabinet card
photo's back is written "Uncle Lem Donahue's home at Sandyville,
West Virginia."
The raw image is at: http://www.costumegallery.com/Photos/WestVA.jpg
Same image with markings of interest:
http://www.costumegallery.com/Photos/WestVA2.jpg
The photo images are really large for you to view the details and
compare the two images. If you are viewing the Internet Explorer,
make sure to place your cursor on the lower right corner. Wait for
the little box with arrows to appear then click on it for the
enlargement. I do suggest to open two windows to do the comparison.
I am trying to figure what is the occasion/event of this photo.
Details:
A. Two girls holding porcelain dolls.
B. Two elderly women holding bonnets in their hand.
C. Two men holding up papers in a display manner.
D. Toddler girl in a floor length dress
E. Baby in a long white dress
F. I don't know if this is a ghost part of the photo or a blur. It
is of a man on a horse.
G. I am not sure if this is two ladies or one lady who moved while
the photo was taken.
OVALS: I placed ovals or circles around what maybe
flowers/corsages. A couple of girls are holding flowers.
Several of the children at wearing hats and some boys are holding theirs.
I wish I could find a group photo like this of my family. Maybe
this photo can make its way back to Uncle Lem's family or if I can
find the county's library and send it to them. The dealer told me
that he had looked up Sandyville, WV on the internet. He said it
was a community not a town.
Penny Ladnier,
Owner, The Costume Gallery Websites
www.costumegallery.com
www.costumelibrary.com
www.costumeclassroom.com
www.costumeencyclopedia.com
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