At first glance, this is simply a photograph of two little kids playing with their Christmas toys sometime around 1965. But look beyond the children and the entire room becomes part of the story. The little television perched on it’s metal stand, rabbit ears reaching toward the ceiling; the crocheted doily on the snagged-nylon chair;… Continue reading
It’s rare that you come across a vintage photograph that so unquestionably identifies the subject. This is a photo of Emmett Hunt who, according to the 1880 Federal census for Seneca County, Ohio, was a ‘huxter’. A ‘huxter’ or ‘huckster’ was a traveling salesman who sold small items such as drink, foodstuffs and other easily… Continue reading
Tiny Acorns & Mighty Oaks 