I took a different approach today. Instead of looking for a story that corresponds with today’s date, I chose to highlight a donation that our museum recently received. And yet, despite that approach, I still managed to find a trivial connection to today’s date. The donations we received are photographs from a Boehme family, so … More Boehme’s in Frames
The story I ran across for today just so happens to cross paths with the post we published yesterday about the Lueders photographs. In fact, today’s story centers around another photograph taken at a Lueders family event. This story starts with the birthday of Paula Lueders, who was a granddaughter of the August Lueders discussed … More Yet Another Photograph Story
A while back, after we received a wonderful donation at our museum, I wrote a blog post titled, Celebrating an Anniversary in Style. That post told the story of the 50th wedding anniversary of August and Maria (Roth) Lueders of Frohna, and included a photo that was taken on that occasion. Here is that photo … More A Tale of Two Photos
I think one of the great things about looking at old photographs like the one above is how many stories and questions arise by simply taking a good look at them. Yesterday, I asked one of our researchers, Gerard Fiehler, if he could find a photo containing Teacher Hemmann along with his students. If Gerard … More Reflections on a Photograph
