Monthly Archives: December 2022

Donna Darling Collection – Part 94

Seven Bathing Beauties – 1925 Treasure Chest Thursday By Don Taylor I’m looking at a page from the Donna Darling Collection for this week’s Treasure Chest Tuesday. The page consists of seven women in bathing suits from 1925. BATHING BEAUTIES … Continue reading

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Ethel Wight Collection – Part 110

Photo Friday –O’Toole, Paige (née Guilbault), Paquette, & Paradis. By Don Taylor This week, for Photo Friday, I identify the people in five more envelopes from the Ethel Wight Studio Collection[i]. The envelopes typically contain the name of the person … Continue reading

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Ancestor Sketch – Julia Anne Daley [Welch]

Welch-Harris Project Welch-Daley Line By Don Taylor Julia Anne Daley was born on April 7, 1890, in Biddeford, Maine, the daughter of Mary and Timothy. She married Francis Asbury Welch on June 11, 1917, in Maine. They had three children … Continue reading

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Chin-Chin in the News – 21 Apr 1920

Martinsburg Evening Journal (Martinsburg, WV) Empire Theatre Vaudeville/Chin-Chin By Don Taylor My grandmother was a vaudeville star. I am following her career and learning about her many performances. In October 1919, she joined the cast of the Charles Dillingham production … Continue reading

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Ethel Wight Collection – Part 109

Photo Friday – Gow, Nutting, O’Donnell (née Cook), Ohl, & Oldham By Don Taylor This week, for Photo Friday, I identify the people in five more envelopes from the Ethel Wight Studio Collection[i]. The envelopes typically contain the name of … Continue reading

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