Category: Wordless Wednesday

Not-So-Wordless-Wednesday: Letters from Cofie Lee Craft

Cofie Lee Craft is the sister of Henry Corbit Craft, my great-grandfather.  Cofie was born in 1888.  She married Joel Rivers in 1906.  Cofie died in 1980.  The following letters document the death of her mother, Eppy, though we still are not sure on her exact name.

To her brother, Henry Corbit Craft, postmarked 1949.Letter from Cofie Craft 1949

 

Letter to her great-niece Polly, postmarked and dated 1973.Letter from Cofie Craft 1973

Not-So-Wordless Wednesday: Unknown

This photograph came from a lot that I purchased that came from a photography restoration shop that had closed down, Heirloom Restoration in Orange, New Haven County, Connecticut.  The lot was about 250 photographs, all reproductions and “work-in-progress” photographs.  There are so many amazing pictures and I wish I knew what was going on in some of them.  Like this one:car 

What is she doing?car2 

I had to lighten the photograph a little.  On the “original” reproduction it was so dark that I didn’t notice the driver at first:car1

 

This is just an example of some of the great photos.  I have two more lots that I am waiting on.  One is from New Jersey and the other is from an estate sale in Pennsylvania (I think).  I would love to hear from someone that knows more about this picture.