.w. t. issell. .6. .private issell and niagara falls.

.sometimes the most interesting things you find, is what you don't find. .many people sell off images that have collecting value, or interesting subjects. .makes you wonder why this one was worth taking. .i have 2 albums from this family, the first album, which will come later, sadly, has almost half the photos removed. .however the photos that are left, are what horror movies could be made of.

.he looks like he's wearing a very typical cadets uniform from the 1920s. .but the arm detail i haven't been able to locate any information as to where he may have been a cadet. .any military buffs out there?

.and doesn't everyone make a trip to niagara falls?



.w. t. issell. .5. .church moving, rivedale zoo, sunnyside beach.

.i jumped ahead to t.w. issel's story because i thought his captions would help me have some success in discovering his story. .but, it seems my research skills are lacking. .i can't even find any record of the town of west mona. .sadly, i'm a bit discouraged. 

.yes, you read that right. .the riverdale zoo used to have polar bears. .i found a toronto archives photo of the cubs in 1926, but cant seem to find when they arrived and what later happened to them.

.another one of my favorite found photos.

.w. t. issell. .4. .black river.

.looks like i may have to take a bit of a road trip up to black river. .it's such a small town, there isn't much information available on the web.

.w. t. issell. .3. .trains and churches. .matheson, ontario.

 .the town of matheson is located a few hours north of sudbury. info on the town can be found here http://www.highway11.ca/Timiskaming/23Matheson/index.php

.lovely that he includes an unknow girl in his family album.

.w. t. issell. .2. .we meet w. t., and the rest of the family.

.it's funny, the only other emmie i know is my sister in law.

  



.w. t. issell. .1. .we meet w. t., mom and dad.

.i'm guessing this journey is staring in the 1920s.

.introducing w.t. issell.

.today i put rudolf on hold for a bit until i can focus a bit more time to finishing up some of the research i'm working on. .i would like to introduce w. t. issell. .well at least that's who i think it is. .the next few weeks we'll see him grow up. .this was a personal album, in which he documents his child hood all the way until he has children. .a lot of these photos were developed at a studio in the heart of toronto, but i'll expand on that at another time. .until then, i'm taking guesses as the when you think these were taken.

.the photos will be posted in the same order they were placed in the album including his descriptions. .well, the appropriate ones anyways, they weren't very politically correct back then!