Helen Gould’s Art Collection on View at Hotel Martha Washington, 1903
In mid August 1903 Edith Vail Ross wrote home to Rutland, Vermont about another adventure she and Miss Schirmer had in New York City. http://ephemeralnewyork.wordpress.com/tag/hotel-martha-washington/...
View ArticleStriking A Deal- Piano Lessons for a Portrait
Belgium Artist: Firmin Baes, 1899, “The Piano Lesson”, painting on canvas, http://www.wikipaintings.org/en/firmin-baes/the-piano-lesson-1899 Family history often reduces people into short summaries and...
View ArticleHappy Thanksgiving
Digital ID: (digital file from original neg.) ggbain 11155 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ggbain.11155Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-ggbain-11155 (digital file from original negative). Published between...
View ArticleA Friend from 1935 singing “Stille Nacht, Heilige Nacht” [Silent Night/Holy...
Ice Skating, St. Moritz, Switzerland, about 1910-1915 Are you feeling the holiday spirit yet? Here is a small present – listen to one of Edith and Paul Eisler’s friends, Ernestine Schumann-Heink, sing...
View ArticleCaruso sings Cantique de Noël; A Gift from 1916
Read all about Vintage Glass Ornaments on this blog: http://lapouyette-unddiedingedeslebens.blogspot.com/2012/12/o-christmas-tree-ornaments.html Enrico Caruso, around 1910, Reproduction Number:...
View ArticleViolinist Daisy Kennedy in 1912 with Paul Eisler, Kapellmeister, Vienna
Sometimes the little tidbits from the past family life come falling into place like beautiful snowflakes on a Saturday morning. One such dazzling snowflake has been Daisy Kennedy, an Australian...
View Article1889 Ross Family Christmas in Rutland Vermont
10 year old Edith’s letter about her Christmas. 1889, Vermont Edith writes: “Dear Grace, – I will write you a few lines and tell you what I got Christmas. I got a lovely doll, a pair of kid gloves, a...
View ArticlePaul Eisler on Tour with Andreas Dippel, 1903
February 14, 1903 – Paul Eisler plays piano, on tour with German tenor Andreas Dippel Paul Eisler first arrived in the United States in 1902 according to the ship “Cuxhaven” manifest notes when he...
View Article“Zauberin”, Enchantress; 1905 Paul Eisler Piano
Paul Eisler’s musical composition published in 1905 I had seen this item in catalogs and a few far flung library lists but had never seen a copy until Oregon State University graciously granted an...
View ArticleEarthquake Survivors, 1906
On this day in 1906 at 5:11 am Pacific Coast time a huge earthquake devastated San Francisco. It has been widely described as a force that shook up to a full minute and was felt from Oregon to LA all...
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