What We Left Behind: 1920s

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Merry Christmas Eve!

Vintage Christmas Card

From our family to yours, Merry Christmas!

Antique Gilded Porcelain China

There was a beautiful collection of porcelain china and small figurines amongst grandma's boxes and while my father recognizes the pieces, he does not know any of the history behind them. So I've had my work cut out for me researching their origins. Here's a few of the items and the details I have discovered so far, I'll update as I learn more.

Six gold gilded Moschendorf porcelain plates with fruit (above)
The porcelainmarksandmore.com website was a wealth of knowledge on German porcelain factories. These plates have a backmark with a crown motif above the letter P and the letter M with a wreath containing them and the word Bavaria below. It was used between 1895 & 1910 and is the backstamp of Porcelain Moschendorf Factory from Bavaria Germany (moschendorfer porzellan). Based on these dates for the stamp, my great-grandmother most likely brought these plates to the U.S. with her when she immigrated from England.

K&R porcelain backstamp

Blue Dish with K&R Mark on back - maker yet unknown (pictured above)

blue pansy gold dish. warwick china.

warwick china mark. year unknown.

Blue Pansy dish with gold edge and Warwick China mark on back (pictured above)

Austria Carlsbad Heart backback porcelain china rose dish

Rose Platter with gold edges Austria Carlsbad Heart mark (pictured above). From what I have read, the stamp was in use from 1880 to 1925.

1929 Day Planner Compliments of John D. Owen Fine Tailoring Salt Lake City UT

There have been a number of fun little calendars and day planners tucked away in all grandma's old belongings that reveal bits and pieces of my grandparent's life and everyday from the early 1900s. This 1929 Mini Day Planner is just one of them.

This 1929 day planner was Compliments of John D. Owen Fine Tailoring 3 East First South Street Deseret Bank Bldg Salt Lake City, Utah.

Inside are some beautiful maps (canada, western us, central states, eastern states, southern states, cuba, panama canal, europe, asia, japan, africa, mexico) along with useful information like distance between American Cities, banking proverbs, brief business laws, interest calculations, weights & measdures, how to prevent fires, information for contractors, postage rates, weights of grain, population from 1920 census, presidents of the us, heights &weights of men, help in case of accident - - all in a compact 5.5" x 2.75" book.

1929 Banking Proverbs & Basic Business Laws

1929 Day Planner

Antique Stereoscope & 1925 Stereo View Cards

1900s Antique Stereoscope

This was one of my mother's toys when she was a child - an antique stereoscope with numerous stereoscope viewing cards.

Stereoscope is a device of viewing stereoscopic pair of separate images that depict the left-eye and right-eye views of the same scene creating a single three dimensional image. The earliest type known was invented by Sir Charles Wheatstone in 1838. Oliver Wendell Holmes created a model in 1861 that was handheld and easier to use then ever before. We don't know who created the model my mother owned, but have seen similar ones by Monarch and H.C.

These are pics of the cards that she had in her set.

Stereoscope Cards featuring animals: Winter Birds of Lake Michigan, Mallard Duck, Common Skunk, Orang-Outang, Prairie Dog, Polar Bears, Sonora Grizzly Bears, Greater Koodoo, King Rail, Gorilla, Red Winged Black Bird, Turtle

no. 3 The Grant Monument, Lincoln Park, Chicago Ill
no. 4 Memorial Amphitheater in Arlington Cemetery Washington DC
no. 6 Lincoln Memorial Washington DC
no. 11 Home of Betsy Ross. The Birthplace of the Nation's Flag, Philadelphia Pa.
no. 12. Entrance to the Mint, Philadelphia, Pa.
no. 14 House in which Benjamin Franklin lived, Fairmont Park, Philadelphia, Pa.
no. 16 Pan American Mission, Washington D.C.
no. 19 Salute to the Colors, West Point Academy
no. 20. Chinatown, New York City
no. 21 Woolworth Building and City Hall, New York City
no. 23 Home of Edgar Allen Poe in Poe Park, New York City
no. 29 Post Office Montreal, Canada
no. 32 One of the Large Railroad Depots of America - Philadelphia, PA
no. 33 Flat Iron Building New York City
no. 35 The Beautiful Grants Monument, Riverside Drive, New York City
no. 38. United States Capitol. Washington DC
no. 41 Union Stock Yards Chicago IL
no. 42 Looking East on Wall Street Trinity Church in the distance New York City
no. 44 Municipal Building and City Hall New York City
no. 46 Showing traffic at intersection of 5th Avenue and 42nd Street New York City
no. 48 A glimpse of one of Chicago's famous drives

no. 50 Looking north on Broadway "The Great White Way" New York City
no. 52 A Long Reach (boxer)
no. 53 All Dressed up and no place to go (pitbull with clown collar around neck)
no. 55 There she goes on her toes. (ballerina)
no. 58 Look Out! (fencer)
no. 59 The Light Fantastic (ballerina)
no. 61 Sacrifice Hit (baseball player bunting)
no. 62 "Some Feet"
no. 65 A Modern Mermaid
no. 67 "Have some Tandy?" (little girl with doll)
no. 68 That Pesky Garter (couple dancing in living room)
no. 69 "Near Beer" (clown holding beer)
no. 70 Stolen Sweets (child sneaking candy)
no. 75 The Bribers
no. 76 Bonanza and Eldorado Mines where Millions in Gold were taken out -Klondyke Alaska
no. 77 Colorado River with its banks of solid granite. one thousand feet high - Arizona
no. 79 Wawona, the Giant Red Wood - Mariposa Grove, California

no. 80 Winter Scene at Niagara Falls
no. 84 Balancing Rock - Garden of the Gods - Colorado
no. 86 Hanging Bridge near Otai Dam, Southern California
no. 88 Tree House Pine Hills Cuamaka Mountains California
no. 91 Mt. Alcajohn Vulcan Mountains Southern California
no. 93 Entrance to Imperial Valley, Scene of "Winning of Barbara Worth" California
no. 95 Erosion Columns Garden of the Gods Colorado Springs, Colorado
no. 96 Garden of the Gods Colorado Springs, Colorado
no. 98 Airplane view of Manitou Canyon and Entrance to Cave of the Winds Colorado Springs Co
no. 101 St. Peter's Church Rome
no. 102 Canal Rotterdam Holland
no. 104 Market Scene Cologne Germany
no. 106 Church where Tsar was baptized Moscow Russia
no. 108 Scott monument Princess Gardens Edinburgh Scotland
no. 109 General View of Seville Spain from Pasadera Showing Cathedral Tower
no. 110 The Grand Boulevard Paris France
no. 112 Albert Clock Tower Belfast Ireland
no. 114 People We Meet in Mountain Village of Tachamut
no. 115 Lucerne Switzerland Beloved by Travelers, Shady Quay and Picturesque Cathedral
no. 117 Gustav III Statue and Grand Hotel Stockholm Sweden
no. 119 The Rebuilt Stadium where old athletic games are revived Athens Greece
no. 121 the "Vasabro" a new Bridge in Stockholm Sweden

no. 123 Leaning tower and cathedral at Pisa Italy
no. 126 The Flight into Egypt
no. 127 Jesus Before the Doctors
no. 128 Jesus Taken From the Cross
no. 129 The Crucifixion
no. 120 Jesus Falls the Second Time
no. 131 Jesus Borne to the Tomb
no. 132 Judas Betraying Christ
no. 133 Jesus Condemned to Death
no. 132 The Adoration of the Wise Men
no. 135 St. Veronica Wipes the Face of Jesus
no. 136 The Nativity The Shepherd's Adoration
no. 137 The Wedding at Cana
no. 138 Jesus Attached to the Cross
no. 139 The Sermon on the Mount
no. 140 Jesus Meets His Mother
no. 141 Jesus Stripped of His Clothing
no. 142 Jesus Entering Jerusalem

no. 143 Simon Shares the Burden of the Cross
no. 144 Jesus Falls the Third Time
no. 145 Jesus Consoles the Women of Jerusalem
no. 146 The Ascension
no. 147 Jesus Bearing the Cross
no. 148 The Resurrection
no. 149 Church of St. Anne and Mosque of Omar, Jerusalem
no. 150 Jesus Falls the First Time

Winifred's Photo Album (1919-1920)

This photograph album belonged to my great aunt Winifred (b.1895). It offers a delightful glimpse peak into the life of a young woman growing up in Utah during 1919, 1920, 1921. She was an avid hiker and a school teacher.