Wordless Wednesday: Advertising Slogans

My second great grandfather, Selig Feinstein, and my great grandfather, Herman M Feinstein, may not have been the best at coming up with advertising slogans for their laundry.

Royal Laundry Advertisement Fri, Aug 26, 1910 – 1 · The Jewish Voice (St. Louis, Missouri) · Newspapers.com

Wordless Wednesday - Mr. Newmark, Thermowear Representative

Source: St. Louis Post Dispatch, Oct 27, 1957

Other sources indicate the individual demonstrating Thermowear was a Marvin Newmark from Ohio, There is no evidence that he is related.

Wordless Wednesday: Statement from German Ambassador in 1915

Was at the library in the microfilm section browsing issues of the St. Louis Modern View from 1915 and saw this cover page. I figured no comment was necessary.

Wordless Wednesday: Westminster Jews Free School

Source

For more information on members of my family who attended this school, see Monday's post.

Wordless Wednesday: Myrtle Deutsch at the YWCA - 1947

St. Louis Post-Dispatch, February 7, 1947, page 1D
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Wordless Wednesday: William Edgar Geil (1865-1925)

Second cousin of my second great grandfather, Ebenezer Denyer.
 Son of Samuel Geil, whose reminiscences I transcribed a couple weeks ago.
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Below is the report of his death:

Wordless Wednesday: My Great-Grandfather's Honey Wagon

Melvin Van Every, his honey wagon, and an unidentified girl, likely a daughter. Unfortunately, the photograph isn't clear enough to identify which one. Melvin's youngest daughter was 17 when they moved to El Paso, so this picture was likely taken in Caldwell County Texas.

I believe the photograph was from the collection of Myrtle Amatee Van Every Carleston (1877-1966), Melvin's sister. I received the photograph from a cousin, and I'm sharing it with her permission.

Wordless Wednesday: Critical Thinking Test

The questions and answers on this "Critical Thinking Test" are circa 1960s.

(Answers below the fold)

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Not-So-Wordless Wednesday: The Sunken Gardens - From 1904 to Today

The St. Louis Public Library has an online exhibit concerning the 1904 World's Fair (aka The Louisiana Purchase Exposition)  In this exhibit are some photographs of what was known then as The Sunken Gardens.

I have several great grandparents who were living in St. Louis at the time and would have likely enjoyed all the sights of the exposition. What remains today?

I don't believe any of the buildings in the photographs above remain, but some of the gardens. It appears in 1912, the St. Louis Public Library was built on the grounds of the buildings on the right in the upper photograph.  If you compare a 1914 postcard (source), which references both the library and The Sunken Gardens, you can see how the pathways match up.

Here's a photograph from the 1960s (Source: Lucas Park in St. Louis Facebook Page)

Google Images provides a satellite image of what it looks like today.  

The Gardens are now known as Lucas Park.  I work down the street and walk by the park often on my way to lunch. There is no indication of its historical past. If it weren't for the 1914 postcard above I wouldn't have made the connection, and I'm not sure I would have believed it.

Update: I was wrong. Those Sunken Gardens aren't these Sunken Gardens

Other photographs
1920 - Missouri History Museum
2011 - UrbanReviewSTL

Wordless Wednesday: Some old humor for your morning

Source: The News Boy, Benton Missouri (Scott County) - December 21, 1895
(Chronicling America)

Wordless Wednesday: Standard Oil Advertisement - 1915

On a recent trip to the microfilm archives at the local library, I found the below advertisement:

A 1915 advertisement for Standard Oil Company-made Menorah Candles from the St. Louis Jewish Voice
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Sources: (1) (2)

Wordless Wednesday - Van Every Estate - Mimico, Toronto, Ontario

Caption: Photo of the Van Every settlers house on Lake Shore (between Dwight and Royal York) in Mimico (1920) (source)

Wordless Wednesday: A Royal Wedding - 1943

The marriage (and divorces) took place on July 6, 1943.  (source)
This news clipping was found with other wartime clippings saved by my maternal grandmother, Myrtle Van Every Deutsch.

Wordless Wednesday - Tel Aviv hotels, and postage stamps - 1944

The below souvenirs are from my maternal grandfather's WWII collection. Allenby Road is almost certainly named after Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby.  While the hotels are in Tel Aviv, the Migdal David is named after the Tower of David in Jerusalem.

"Business cards" for three hotels on Allenby Road in Tel Aviv - 1944

Reverse side of business cards, and three cancelled postages stamps

Closeup of postage stamps. 50 mils.

Wordless Wednesday: Romanian villagers dancing the Hora

1938. Photographer: John Phillips 
Villagers dancing the Hora in the hills near Cluj, wearing traditional peasant clothing and headscarves. (source)

Wordless Wednesday: A Monument to Fascism?

It's amazing the bits of history one can find online.  The below article appeared in Life Magazine, March 8, 1948 - p. 113. 

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Wordless Wednesday: Turda, Transylvania

Wordless Wednesday: Samuel Van Every (1820-1888)

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Wordless Wednesday: My grandmother, Myrtle Van Every - age 9

Wordless Wednesday: Easter Greetings 1944

Easter greetings sent home by my grandfather, Martin Deutsch, in 1944, via v-mail.