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  1. Darkest Purple...

    in Marble I.D.'s

    Posted

    What puzzles me... and I will never know the answer probably... is... DID my grandfather add any marbles late (newer modern marbles). I just can't imagine he did because my father (OMG he was so in love with his son, my dad) went off to college, to war, and then got married... etc. My grandfather was a county clerk, and involved in politics and, as I mentioned died (of a heart attack I think) in the early 1950s. There are many collections that I think could possibly overlap with my great grandfather... cigarette cards (from birds to costumes to.. yes, baseball)... arrowheads... and "buttons" (from the same kind of product buttons to political to .. one... shirley temple). It "seems" as if these collections range from late 1800s to about 1920s. And THAT also includes the photographic works of my great grandfather.

    I wish I knew more ... it is a lovely puzzle... and once I can sit down with other letters and written things maybe I can discover even more...

  2. Your Favorite "reds."

    in General Marble & Glass Chat

    Posted

    Besides you all... I don't know too many folks who really LOVE marbles. Except one friend in our sporting dog club... and his friend. We will be moving out of state soon so I asked him....

    What is your favorite color marble? He said red. I plan to gift him a few of my reds...

    But what are YOUR favorite reds. If you could gift someone nice... maybe four?

  4. Darkest Purple...

    in Marble I.D.'s

    Posted

    That link didn't give the the actual photo... ? Weird... anyway...

    I might think, if it IS slag... keep in mind St Marys was in the middle of glass and slag... who know... there may haven been just a lot of stuff "in the market' and on the streets that never got recorded.

    On a side note... I remember as a kid going to "outlet" stores for glass in and around St Marys and "over the river." There were always "seconds." And I think that is how I acquired a large set of cobalt dinner plates, water goblets, and small wine glasses from Viking glass.

  5. Meet Team Tater

    in The Lounge

    Posted

    Aha!

    Just figured out that one needs to click on 'albums' on the page shown

    by your website link in order to go back a step and see your other stuff.

    Loads of really impressive work! :thup:

    THANK YOU!! I love what I do. I will need to re-establish myself up north... but luckily I have a few contacts. The dog sport world is actually quite small.

    These are my puppies. :)

    I just lost the fellow on the left. :(

    Fellow on the right is going strong. :)

    When we move ... which is hopefully happening soon ... we'll surely add a new family member too. Thinking about a real puppy ... but then I think about having to take it outside multiple times everyday to do its business and realize I might not be cut out to be a dog person. ;)

    KittensForever_b.jpg

    I LOVE YOUR PUPPIES!!!!!! I had a black cat named bear that looked like the one on your left but smaller. So sorry for your loss....

  12. Darkest Purple...

    in Marble I.D.'s

    Posted

    Here you go...

    First of all, there are actually TWO stripes.

    I pulled out the ones that are potentially as dark or similar.

    I took the liberty of "over exposing" the others just to see how dark they are... the ones on the left are more purple with more stripes (tho you don't always see them). The ones on the right (just one swath of white) ARE truly dark dark.

    And the original is as dark as possible... even overexposing doesn't bring out the purple except right next to the white... maybe it is black?

    http://www.carolinefentonphotography.com/Albums/FENTON-MARBLES/i-cHcC26K

    Too purple (but the naked eye looks super dark). Overexposed to bring out the color:

    http://www.carolinefentonphotography.com/Albums/FENTON-MARBLES/i-Lk3D3L3

    Naked eye:

    http://www.carolinefentonphotography.com/Albums/FENTON-MARBLES/i-df2bpbf

    These are as dark, but NOT the same type... I know THAT much... LOL.

    http://www.carolinefentonphotography.com/Albums/FENTON-MARBLES/i-cRszqZM

  23. Black And Orange....

    in General Marble & Glass Chat

    Posted

    Posting here for more exposure. I stumped the experts last time. Here are just two separated out for identification or commentary. Again, all of my marbles came from my grandparents' estate.... so the latest acquisition would've been EARLY 1950s... but probably unlikely. Most would date back to early 1900s... maybe a few late 1800s IF my great grandfather was a collector or player.

    They all lived in St Marys, West Virginia....

    post-3830-0-91889400-1453244603_thumb.jp

    post-3830-0-81940200-1453244612_thumb.jp

  24. Meet Team Tater

    in The Lounge

    Posted

    Sisters, Oregon???

    A couple of old, old friends live in Sisters. And I've been to "The Biggest Little Rodeo in the World," the Sisters Rodeo! Whee! Went to the parade, too.

    I have a weakness for bull riding. Well, I like the really mean bulls. And the cowgirls who put glitter on their horses' hooves.

    That the 3 Sisters in the background of your photo? Is one of them still . . . ah . . . bulging a little bit near the bottom?

    Yes. One of the Sisters. This is in an area where Trout Creek runs thru. It used to have trees until one of the huge fires that came thru many years ago. Now the manazanita is heavy and you can get nice glimpses of the Sisters.

    We've been to the rodeo a couple times and I have tickets for this year. I even got tickets for the bull riding evening this year!! FUN. I am a pro photographer (mostly dogs) so I usually take my big lens and shoot away just for fun. On the website where I have my marble pics I have an album for the rodeo a couple years ago.

    I also always attend the folk festival in September. This year I hope we will be up there full time and I can go to the quilt show too. It is a fun little town.

    One of those places where "the newly wed and nearly dead" like to live... :)

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