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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/...

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Striking 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...

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Happy 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...

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A 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...

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Caruso 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:...

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Violinist 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...

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1889 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...

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Paul 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...

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“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...

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Earthquake 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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