http://dee-burris.dreamwidth.org/ Shakin' the Family Tree - Dreamwidth Studios Thu, 09 Aug 2012 01:13:34 GMT LiveJournal / Dreamwidth Studios dee_burris personal http://www.dreamwidth.org/userpic/856437/913346 http://dee-burris.dreamwidth.org/ 60 100 http://dee-burris.dreamwidth.org/120900.html Thu, 09 Aug 2012 01:13:34 GMT http://dee-burris.dreamwidth.org/120900.html Because I continue to be fascinated with my grand-aunt Ruth's scrapbook I never knew existed, the new cover photo is of a place my Balding relatives stayed in the 1920s. The caption in the lower left-hand corner says: The Millers Hotel, 422 E Pikes Peak Avenue, Colorado Springs, Colo.<br /><br /><center><a href="http://s3.photobucket.com/albums/y69/sharpchick/Places/?action=view&amp;current=TheMillersHotel.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y69/sharpchick/Places/TheMillersHotel.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></img></a></center><br /><br />The photo below is what that spot looks like today, on Google maps.<br /><br /><center><a href="http://s3.photobucket.com/albums/y69/sharpchick/Places/?action=view&amp;current=422EastPikesPeakAve.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y69/sharpchick/Places/422EastPikesPeakAve.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></img></a></center><hr />I'm not so sure that's progress.<br /><br /><img src="http://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=dee_burris&ditemid=120900" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments http://dee-burris.dreamwidth.org/120900.html colorado then and now public 3 http://dee-burris.dreamwidth.org/116125.html Sat, 16 Jun 2012 14:50:31 GMT http://dee-burris.dreamwidth.org/116125.html Unfortunately, I have no photos to go with the theme this week.<br /><br />So I offer a photo of my great-grandmother, Hattie Chapin Balding, taken in front of the ruins of a Hopi dwelling on a trip to the Grand Canyon in the 1920s.<br /><br />Before my cousin discovered an old family album, we had no idea our Mema was such a traveler.<br /><br /><center><a href="http://s3.photobucket.com/albums/y69/sharpchick/Family%20photos/?action=view&amp;current=HopiHouseatGrandCanyonMemacrop.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y69/sharpchick/Family%20photos/HopiHouseatGrandCanyonMemacrop.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></img></a></center><hr /><small>This is a <a href="http://sepiasaturday.blogspot.com/">Sepia Saturday</a> post. Head over there for other really wonderful old photos.</small><br /><br /><img src="http://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=dee_burris&ditemid=116125" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments http://dee-burris.dreamwidth.org/116125.html photo;chapin colorado sepia saturday public 7