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PHOTO BOOK, beginning of 20th century, Greensburg, Decatur County, Indiana.

Hazel Prue Ayres Woodward (lived 1892 July 20 to 1968 Oct. 29), the mother of Wayne William Woodward (1930 May 4- ), organized a large number of pictures of her family and her husband’s family. This is an account of one of her mother-in-law’s photo book, now in the possession of Wayne Woodward.

Hazel Picture Book VIII is the title Hazel Ayres Woodward gave this photo album which she had taken over from her mother-in-law, Candas Woodward (Sarah Candas Coy Woodward, 1857 September 11—1926 June 2). I think all but one of the pictures were put here by Candas. There are few dates, the earliest is 1898, the latest 1902, all with “about” before them. I feel sure that the newer, bluer inked captions were put there by Hazel to fill in information. The more faded ink ones may have been by Candas. Except for the Chautauqua and Niagara River pictures I feel sure they were all made in or near Greensburg, Decatur County, Indiana.

Index of PEOPLE pictures in Hazel Picture Book 8 (VIII)

Numbers are page numbers, those in ( ) show number of pictures of that person on a page.

Helen Baker 3
Emma Brockelmier 6, 13
Mr. Bryant, custodian (of school) 11
Children 3 (19), 5 (26), 8 (3), 11 (30)
Colored children 3 (6)
Maria Coy 6 [aunt of Arthur Woodward, sister to Candas, who lived with Candas and her family]
Bessie Draper 6 (3); Clara Draper 6; Tom Draper 6
Mary Gavin 3
Mrs. Carlos Harrison 10
Horses and wagon 7, horse and buggy 9
Forrest Kyle 9
Mae Montgomery 10
Edith Nordmeyer (baby) 2
Fannie Nordmeyer 1
Mrs. Rankin 5
Edith St. John 1, 2
Kate Shaw 6, 13
Jennie Stout 4
Mary Helen Stout 4 (2)
Wiley Stout 4 [the Stouts were related to the Woodwards I believe.]
Teacher (?) 11
Mary Weaver 1, 2
Mrs. Wood 1, 2
Arthur Woodward 3 (2), 5, 6 (4), 7, 8, 10 [father of Wayne Woodward]
Candas Woodward 10 [paternal grandmother of Wayne Woodward]
C.W. (Charles William) Woodward 10 [paternal grandfather of Wayne Woodward]
Clyde Woodward 7; Earl Woodward 7 [cousins of Arthur Woodward, one of them served as mayor]

Except for the persons I have identified in [ ] I do not know who any others of these are. - This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

PLACES

Bracken’s Woods 17
Chautauqua 4, 5, 9, 10 (2), 11 (2)
Courthouse 9, 13, 16
Draper’s (farm) 13
Houses:
North & Broadway 5
Main Street 12
Walnut Street 12
328 N. Broadway 12
Stout Home, N. East Street 16
Kingston Road 16
Niagara River 12
House’s Woods sw. of Greensburg 3
Odd Fellows Home 17
(Pond) Lincoln Street 17
Schools: East End 5, West End 11

DESCRIPTION OF BOOK.

11 3/4 x 7 1/4 x 3/4". The cover is stamped with "PHOTGRAPHS" in gold on a black cloth cover. In chalk on cover is written [by Hazel] “Candas Woodward later A.C. & Hazel Woodward VIII.” Pages are heavy card stock (10 per cm), light gray, bound with an expandable sting tie binding, which has been discarded. Inside the back cover is a sticker with instructions for adding more pages, etc. for this Gilson Adjustable Album from The Carter's Ink Co. This album is in better condition than others and the pictures are solidly pasted on the card stock pages so this album was not torn up. Wayne Woodward torn up other deteriorating albums after photoing the whole pages.

The pictures are of a brown cast. There is one blue picture on 17. Some of the pictures are fading, but are still clear enough to be good. In scanning I came close to the edge, but all information is readable.

Pages 14 & 15 have had all the pictures removed. Page 18 has a note that a picture of the Citizen National Bank, Greensburg, Indiana was on the page [C.W. Woodward was cashier of that bank for many years.] There is another note that page 19 had a picture of Leona Woodward in the Citizen Bank. Both of those pictures are in another part of the Woodward photo collection. A third note says that on page 24 there was a note in pencil “63 pictures” [there are now only 50 pictures]. I have numbered the inside of the back cover as page 25 and not made any images of the blank pages. I suspect that all the pictures that were once on the missing pages were removed by Hazel and are elsewhere in Woodward photo collection and I will make them available as I have time.

8-01 [the “8” stands for the album number in Hazel’s scheme, the page number (without the “0” was written on the pages probably by Hazel).

2 pictures 11.5x9.5cm of Fannie Nordmeyer, Edith St. John, Mary Weaver, labeled The Wood girls, with Mrs. Wood.

8-02

Pictures, 8x8, 9x8, oval 6.5x9,and 9.5x11.5cm, same women as page 01, except Edith Nordmeyer (baby) in first picture (instead of Fannie)—is this the child of Fannie?

8-03

12x10cm of 19 children at House’s Woods s.w. of Greensburg, 2 are crossing the creek. Arthur Woodward on far right.

8.5x5.5cm of 6 children of the colored church of Greensburg, E. North Street.

12x9.5cm of Mary Gavin, Arthur Woodward, Helen Baker, about 1900

8-04

12x9.5cm Mary Helen Stout. 8.5x6cm Building at Chautauqua, NY (sign on balcony says “Tissot” and then probably “Pictures”. 9x6cm Carl Elker and unknown (black?) on steps of Christian Church. 12x9.5cm Wiley, Mary Helen, and Jennie Stout.

8-05

11.5x9cm East End School. 12x6.5cm House at n.e. corner of North and Broadway. 8x5.5cm Cottage at Chautauqua. 12x9.5cm 26 children and Mrs. Rankin, Arthur Woodward in middle, probably a school group.

8-06

10.5x7.5cm Emma Brockelmier, Kate Shaw, Maria Coy, Arthur Woodward (about 1900). 11x6.5cm Arthur Woodward and Bessie Draper, sitting with chicken and dog (about 1902). 9x7cm Tom, Clara Draper, and man (do not know which man was not named, suspect it was the old man), Bessie Draper and Arthur Woodward sitting on steps. 11x6.5cm Arthur Woodward and Bessie Draper, feeding chickens (about 1902).

8-07

12x10cm Earl, Arthur, Clyde Woodward on tricycle (Earl and Clyde Woodward were Arthur’s cousins). 11.5x10cm 2 horse wagon with two men and 3 dogs in wagon and one man walking behind, 5 men on bicycles in left background. In background is N. Broadway where Methodist Church is (as of date when captions were written).

8-08

12x10cm Arthur and himself sitting talking—trick photo, at N Broadway about 1900. (The chair that Arthur is sitting on may be one of several that we moved to California in 1934 and used for many years). 12x9.5cm 3 unknown children and back of a woman.

8-09

12x9.5cxm Courthouse. 8x6cm Chautauqua, swimming on beach. 12x5.5cm Forrest Kyle, N. East Street (assume that is her house). 12x9.5cm unknown in Woodward horse and buggy in South Park Cemetary (someone thought it was Maria Coy, but then crossed her name off).

8-10

12x10cm Candas, Arthur, and C.W. (Charles William) Woodward (interior). 8.5x6cm Chautauqua, large number of people on lakefront. 8.5x6cm Building at Chautauqua, NY (sign on balcony says “Tissot” and then probably “Pictures”. 12x9.5cm Mae Montgomery (Mrs. Carlos Harrison—is this her married name?) sleeping in interior of North Broadway.

8-11

12x9cm West End School. 8x6cm Chautauqua, buildings, people. 8x6cm Chautauqua, waterfront building with tower. 9x12cm West End School 30 children and Mr. Bryant, custodian and a teacher (?)

8-12

12x8cm House, Main Street, where Becks Studio is (at time caption was written). 12x7cm House on Walnut Street where C.W. Woodwards lived. 12x7.5cm House 328 N. Broadway where Arthur Woodward was born. 12.5x8cm Niagra (sic) River.

8-13

11.5x9.5cm Cow at Drapere’s. 9x6.5cm Courthouse (newer picture, “sent on Xmas greeting by Sue Kimble, 1936”). 12x9cm Kate Shaw and Emma Brockelmier milking cow.

8-14, 8-15 pictures removed

8-16

10x11.5cm Kingston Road near Greensburg. 12x9.5cm Courthouse tower over trees, crowd on edge of square. 6.5x6.5cm Stout Home, N. East Street

8-17

11.5x9.5cm Odd Fellows Home. 11.5x7.5cm (Pond) Lincoln Street. 9x11.5cm Bracken’s Woods north of E. Central Ave.

8-18 to 8-24 have had all pictures removed and pages 8-19 to 24 have been discarded.

According to inked captions like the others in the book: 8-18 originally had a picture of Citizens National Bank and 8-19 had a picture of Leona Woodward in the Citizens Bank. 8-24 had a note in pencil that there were 63 pictures. When this record was written there were 50 pictures.

The following photos are not included in the Photo Book, but are of Candas Coy Woodward. Dates of the photos are not known.

**If anyone seeing these pictures can ID anyone here that I have not ID'ed or can tell any additional information about them please let me know. - This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

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