Description: A important printer and publisher since 1887 that utilized the albertype process. They first started printing books and then pioneer cards by 1893 going on to become a major publisher of national view-cards. Their postcards were not numbered and their name appears within the stamp box on their early cards. When the divided back postcard was authorized, the Albertype company created a line down the back of their cards with the words Post Cards of Quality and later with The Finest American Made View Post Cards. Many publishers large and small printed cards though the Albertype Co. They were purchased by Art Vue Post Card Company in 1952. Original Owner: Adolph and Herman Wittemann Known for: Fine View Cards printed with good detail. Duration: 1887-1952 Sold to Art Vue Post Card Company in 1952. See: “Publishers,” Metropolitan Postcard Club of New York, http://www.metropostcard.com/publishersa1.html [show more]
Description: Elizabeth S. Peterson is buried, as is her mother, Elizabeth Booth Yard Peterson, in Lot 160, N. pt, Section G, in Laurel Hill Cemetery in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Description: Note the brick driveway photograph - shows the remains of the carriage turntable that enabled carriages and buggies to be turned to face Garfield Avenue in the limited space available.
Description: Marion is on the right. “This is Marion and Lonny Stanley as she calls herself when she gets her rompers on. The day before this was taken they would not pick up the apples off the ground so Alfred would not let them have any applesauce for supper. In the morning they filled the basket and had their pictures taken.”
Description: Left to Right: Mabel Florence (Moore) Stanley, Mrs. Alfred Gilley Stanley (1888-1939) Mable Florence Stanley (1915-) Two neighbor children Marion E. Stanley (1913-) “Here we have the noisy four sitting on an old horse out in the yard. Marion is in front and two of one of our neighbors who took the picture is next to her and Florence has a big hole in her stocking. Florence does not want me to send you this with the hole. By the pleased look on Mabel’s face you would think all these kids belonged to her.” [show more]