I picked up this photo with a number of other old family photos at a thrift store in Albany, California in the 1980s. Handwritten on the back it says: "Mother at her Desk, U.S. Civil Service Commission - Wash. D.C. (1930s?)" A postcard from the same thrift store shows Bellefonte Spring, Bellefonte, Arkansas. On the back, in the same handwriting as "Mother at her Desk," it says: "Mother lived here for a while as a kid. Bellefonte, Ark. - near Harrison." In different handwriting on the front it says: "Where I watered Topsy at noons near Blacksmiths." Two other photos, likely from the same family, show a baby identified on the back of one as "Kay Knouse, 10 months old, Nevada County, Arkansas, 1925." There are a number of other photos which are also likely from this same family. I would be happy to return them to any living relative who wants them. I know Shorpy doesn't exist for this purpose but I thought the "Mother at her Desk" photo was interesting enough by Shorpy standards (despite not being up to Shorpy quality standards) to give it a try. Thanks for a great blog site. View full size.
I picked up this photo with a number of other old family photos at a thrift store in Albany, California in the 1980s. Handwritten on the back it says: "Mother at her Desk, U.S. Civil Service Commission - Wash. D.C. (1930s?)" A postcard from the same thrift store shows Bellefonte Spring, Bellefonte, Arkansas. On the back, in the same handwriting as "Mother at her Desk," it says: "Mother lived here for a while as a kid. Bellefonte, Ark. - near Harrison." In different handwriting on the front it says: "Where I watered Topsy at noons near Blacksmiths." Two other photos, likely from the same family, show a baby identified on the back of one as "Kay Knouse, 10 months old, Nevada County, Arkansas, 1925." There are a number of other photos which are also likely from this same family. I would be happy to return them to any living relative who wants them. I know Shorpy doesn't exist for this purpose but I thought the "Mother at her Desk" photo was interesting enough by Shorpy standards (despite not being up to Shorpy quality standards) to give it a try. Thanks for a great blog site. | Click image for Comments. | Home | Browse All Photos