The Wilkes-Barre Glass Negatives - Part 9
One of the mysteries within the Wilkes-Barre glass negative collection owned by Paul Holbrook of Camera Americana was a series of images...
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The Wilkes Barre Glass Negatives - Part 8
She was the sweet face that often greeted us at Paul Holbrook's Camera Americana page on Facebook. Many wondered who she was, including...
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The Wilkes-Barre Glass Negatives - Part 7
The Wilkes-Barre glass negatives had many clues in the images to help me solve the identity of some of the places and people within them....
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The Wilkes-Barre Glass Negatives - Part 6
The major break in the case of the Wilkes-Barre Glass negatives came from the man who first purchased them. Whenever I have sought to...
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The Wilkes-Barre Glass Negatives - Part 5
Before I closed up my research on the lake pictures that were part of the Wilkes-Barre glass negatives, I wanted to look into a picture...
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The Wilkes-Barre Glass Negatives - Part 4
Knowing that the glass negatives in Paul Holbrook's collection were mostly from Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, was a significant help in...
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The Wilkes-Barre Glass Negatives - Part 3
Paul Holbrook and I go back many years and his images have captured not only my heart and mind, but the attention of thousands of people...
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The Wilkes-Barre Glass Negatives - Part 2
As soon as Paul Holbrook's glass negative collection from the Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania area hit his Facebook page, I knew they were...
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The Wilkes-Barre Glass Negatives - Part 1
A large glass negative collection was put up for sale on eBay. My friend Paul Holbrook purchased many of them and has been busy restoring...
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The mystery photograph
by Julie Jeffery Manwarren, November 29, 2021 This post is dedicated to Paul Holbrook, who overcame so much in the past year and whose...
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Finding Freda Rose - part 3
This post is part of a series. To read from the beginning, go here. I was thrilled to be able to construct a small family tree for Freda...
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Finding Freda Rose - part 2
If you are just joining me on my latest history detective adventure, be sure to read part 1 of this series here. I loved having something...
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Finding Freda Rose - part 1
I was in a slump. I had come down from the high of having a book published and finally getting back to Springwater, NY in the western...
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Floyd Ingraham's Springwater: The story behind the book - part 4
If you are just joining my blog, read part one here. My first visit to Springwater was full of discovery. Buildings and intersections...
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Floyd Ingraham's Springwater: The story behind the book, part 3
(This post has no pictures or information on Floyd Ingraham, but is a 'rabbit trail' I took during one of my many visits to the...
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Floyd Ingraham's Springwater: The story behind the book, part 2
To read the first post in this series go here. As Paul Holbrook began to scan and restore hundreds of Floyd Ingraham's original glass...
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Floyd Ingraham's Springwater: The story behind the book
I have been holding this story in for a year, but it began long before. To start at the beginning I'd have to take you back 220 years....
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Three Guys from Albuquerque - Part 4
When I purchased three 19th century photographs in Old Town Albuquerque, New Mexico, I had no idea where the three men staring back at me...
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Three Guys from Albuquerque - Part 3
If you are just joining me in this hunt for three 19th century men whose pictures I found in Albuquerque New Mexico, and want to read...
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Three Guys from Albuquerque - Part 2
To find out how I picked up three 19th century guys in Albuquerque, New Mexico, read my first post in this series here. Albuquerque was...
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