Photos, videos and docs of Alan Mays, with the keywords: "Smith"

Get Right with God at the Anderson Campaign Tabernacle, Coatesville, Pa., 1914

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Mon, 27 Feb 2023 00:22:02 +0000

A Vintage Photos Theme Park photo for the theme of church, chapel, or any other religious building.

Caption: "Get Right with God." Painted on the side of the building: "Anderson Campaign Ta[bernacle]."

This is a real photo postcard with a photomontage consisting of five giant heads peering over the top of a large wooden building. "Get Right with God" is the admonition at the top, and the sign on the building identifies it as the "Anderson Campaign Tabernacle."

I also have a second copy of this card that has the name of a photographer -- "D. W. Faulk, 7 Second Ave., Coatesville, Pa." -- embossed on it.

A different version of this real photo postcard that I spotted online is captioned, "Be Sure Your Sins Will Find You Out," with the location given as "Coatesville, Pa." On the back of all three of the photo postcards is a Noko stamp box design (with "NOKO" on all four sides) that indicates a time frame ranging from 1907 to 1929.

After some searching, I discovered that "Anderson" refers to George Wood Anderson, a minister who ran some of his first large-scale revival meetings in a tabernacle building in Coatesville, Pennsylvania, in 1914. As reported in the Christian Advocate, December 3, 1914, p. 36:

"The Rev. George Wood Anderson, pastor of Elm Park Church, Scranton, Pa., has been conducting for six weeks an evangelistic campaign at Coatesville, Pa., an industrial town of 11,000 people. The service has been carried on in a tabernacle specially constructed. The local paper tabulates results, showing total attendance 140,700, with 2,208 conversions.... Beginning next spring, Dr Anderson will leave the regular pastorate, to devote his life to evangelism, in obedience to an impulse which he has long felt."

A later photo of the "George Wood Anderson Evangelistic Party" appeared in the Christian Workers Magazine, May 1916, p. 712, and allowed me to identify some of the giant heads on this photo card. That's George Wood Anderson himself on the left, his wife Nellie Anderson next to him, and Miss Agnes Smith, director of women's work, in the middle. The man on the right is Carl Leonard, business manager, but I haven't been able to determine who the man next to him is.

George Wood Anderson went on to build tabernacles in other states to continue his revival campaigns. A recent Facebook posting by the Logan County History Center, for instance, describes his evangelistic services and provides photos of tabernacles in Bellefontaine and Belle Center, Ohio.

Charles Smith—Ornamental Pensmanship on a Calling Card

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Thu, 18 Aug 2016 20:27:20 +0000

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"Chas. H. Smith. Compliments." (I'm not sure that the middle initial is H, however.)

An impressive example of ornamental penmanship on a hand-drawn and -lettered "flourished" calling card that likely dates to the late nineteenth or early twentieth century. Note how the bird appears to be eyeing an insect of some sort.

Here are some other similarly ornate cards:

Although it's not as ornate, this flourished card also features a bird chasing after an insect:

This one's even simpler:

The design on the following calling card is printed, but it imitates the hand-drawn and -lettered cards:

Mellie and Corrine Smith, March 21, 1929

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Tue, 20 Oct 2015 13:50:18 +0000

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A mother(s) and daughter(s) photo for the Vintage Photos Theme Park.

Handwritten on the back of this real photo postcard: "Mellie and Corrine Smith. March 21st, 1929."

Two Relics of the Antediluvian Period

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Wed, 06 May 2015 14:46:36 +0000

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A mothers photo for the Vintage Photos Theme Park.

Nelson P. Smith displayed a playful sense of humor with a mischievous message on this real photo postcard dated April 10, 1910. I'm guessing that the photo is a portrait of his wife and son.

Mrs. Matilda Maria Thomas
Exhibit No. 16390

Ladies and Gent:

You have here before you two relics of the Antediluvian period just discovered in a small town, situated in a swamp in Florida, supposed to be the descendants of mound builders or some extinct race. Look like mother and son. Ages supposed to be son, 4 mos., April 10/10.

Nelson P. Smith

Choice Bohsemeem, Weikel and Smith Spice Co., Philadelphia, Pa.

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Mon, 07 Aug 2017 16:07:06 +0000

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"Choice Bohsemeem, the best & purest spices, Weikel & Smith Spice Co., Philadelphia."

See below for another Choice Bohsemeem label.

Choice Bohsemeem, Weikel and Smith Spice Co., Philadelphia, Pa.

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Mon, 07 Aug 2017 16:07:08 +0000

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"Choice Bohsemeem, the best & purest spices, Weikel & Smith Spice Co., Philadelphia."

See below for another Choice Bohsemeem label.

Iowa State Fair Pass, Des Moines, Iowa, Sept. 1885

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Sat, 16 Nov 2013 01:55:56 +0000

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"Iowa State Fair, Des Moines, Iowa, September 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11. Complimentary Pass: H. H. Harris, Lady, a/c C.B.&Q. R.Rd. Number 539. John R. Shaffer, secretary. Wm. T. Smith, president."

Dance Marathoners: Rosie Fink, Frank Loveccio, Ann Molash, and All the Rest

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Thu, 19 Feb 2015 21:05:38 +0000

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"Rosie Fink, Frank Loveccio, Ann Molash, Stanley Forte, Bobby Smith, Carolyn Ramos, Jimmie Barrett, Jo-Jo Delago, Muggsy Hurley."

A real photo postcard of dance marathon contestants, date and location unknown.

Frank Loveccio, second from left, later became famous as a singer and actor under the name Frankie Laine. For another group photo that includes Frank Loveccio/Frankie Laine, see Prize-Winning Couples, Ruty's Walkathon, White City Park, Pottsville, Pa., 1934.

J. A. Pfeifer and Company, Photographic Artists, Columbus, Ohio

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 20:28:31 +0000

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"J. A. Pfeifer & Co., photographic artists, 262, 264, & 266 S. High Street, Columbus, Ohio. Pfeifer, Smith, Mulligan Bros."