Sepia Scenes 12-16-09

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Challah for Hanukkah.

Sepia Scenes 12-10-09

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One of our lovely old neighborhood houses.

Sepia Scenes 12-02-09

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Sepia Scenes 11-25-09

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A little bit of everything at Hippo Hardware.

Sepia Scenes 11-18-09

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Another great old telephone. The label says "Independent System - American Electric Tel. Co." It looks suspiciously like a Union Pacific RR logo.

Sepia Scenes 11-11-09

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Some lovely jewelry served up on a crocheted doily.

Sepia Scenes 10-21-09

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Light industrial area, southeast Portland.

Sepia Scenes 10-14-09

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I love this house that borders a lovely walking park in our neighborhood.

Sepia Scenes 10-07-09: "The Most Refreshing...."

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More antique store peeking.

Sepia Scenes 09-30-09: Musical Interlude

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More antique store peeking.

Sepia Scenes 09-23-09: Call Me...

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Keeping up with the old telephone theme from last week.

Sepia Scenes 09-16-09: Number, please!

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Spotted in a local junk store. If you remember these old phones, you're older than me!

Sepia Scenes 09-09-09

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Drove by this place today and it just looked so early 20th century.

Sepia Scenes 09-02-09: Authentic Sepia

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Speaking of archival photos - these are some family photos that I scanned for a look at some authentic sepia! The first is my grandfather (seated), Wallace "Bud" Weiser with one of his vaudeville acts.





Here are four generations: Mary Tate Hansen, my great grandmother; Grandma Elsie Hansen Weiser; my mom, Gwen Weiser Grayum; and yes, that's me at about 3. Mary's father was the editor of the Deseret News in Salt Lake City in the 1800s; Grandma Weiser sang with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, which may be where she met Grandpa Wallace (Bud). Mom was a singer and so am I, so it runs in the family.

Sepia Scenes 08-26-09: Mausoleum

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The mausoleum at Lone Fir Pioneer Cemetery in Portland. (Photos taken last fall.)


For another view of this window, see today's Window Views post.






Despite a little vandalism, my best guess is that the mausoleum holds the family of Donald Macleay, a prominent Portland merchant. Macleay was an early real estate developer and an investor in railroads.

Sepia Scenes 08-20-09

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Another lovely old home in Snohomish, Washington.

Sepia Scenes 08-05-09

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The living room of the B and B we stayed at in Snohomish, Washington last weekend; a lovely old Victorian home:

Sepia Scenes 07-29-09

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Back at Really Good Stuff:

Sepia Scenes 07-15-09: The Portland paddlewheel

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The Portland cruises out of the downtown Willamette River berth.

Sepia Scenes 07-08-09

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Well, we all collect something.