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VINTAGE

PHOTOGRAPH

1967

NOT SURE OF LOCATION?

FAMILY FROM CHELSEA, OKLAHOMA?

MOST PHOTOS IN THE ALBUM

1920'S-1960'S ERA

SOME PHOTOS WERE MARKED WITH LOCATION

SOME PHOTOS DID NOT HAVE LOCATION?

THE ALBUM CAME FROM OKLAHOMA

I ASSUME MOST PHOTOS ARE FROM THAT AREA?

PHOTOS MOSTLY OF PEOPLE, GIRLS FASHION, OLD CARS, TOURIST TYPE PHOTOS FROM MID-WEST, FLORIDA AND A FEW OTHER CLOSEBY STATES, SOME HISTORICAL PHOTOS OF THE GAS STATION IN CHELSEA & FAMILY LIFE, ETC.

THE FAMILY WAS FROM CHELSEA, OKLAHOMA

THE ALBUM WAS FROM THE GEORGE GOOSMANN FAMILY

THEY OWNED THE HOME GARAGE, WHICH WAS A GAS & OIL STATION, TOWING, SMALL STORE & AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR SHOP IN CHELSEA ON THE OLD ROUTE 66 HIGHWAY.

THERE IS A LOT OF PHOTOS OF GEORGE GOOSMANN, CLARA GOOSMANN HIS WIFE & PHOTOS OF THEIR DAUGHTERS GWENDOLYN, CLARA, I'M NOT SURE, BUT MIGHT BE A 3RD DAUGHTER, I SEEN A PHOTO OF ANOTHER OLDER GIRL, BUT DID NOT SEE HER NAME?, A BOY NAMED WILBUR WHICH MIGHT BE THEIR BROTHER?.

SOME OTHER NAME'S I SEEN

THEO & MATHILDA

ALBERT CHOITZ

PLACES I SEEN IN THE ALBUM

PIKE'S PEAK

GARDEN OF THE GODS

PHOTOS FROM SOUTH DAKOTA, COLORADO, OKLAHOMA, FLORIDA, IOWA & IOWA.

" VINTAGE PHOTO GOOSMANN HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS HAIRDOS FASHION FAMILY FROM CHELSEA, OKLAHOMA OLD PHOTOGAPH "

THE PHOTO IS VERY CLEAR 1-2 FEET AWAY, THE PHOTO IS VERY CLEAR UNDER MAGNIFY GLASS, PRETTY CLEAR THROUGHOUT, BIT DARK.

THE NAME OF THE FAMILY BUSINESS

" HOME GARAGE "

CAPTION ON ALBUM

" MR. GEORGE GOOSMANN & MRS. CLARA GOOSMANN "

CAPTION ON BACK OF PHOTO:

" BLAH-BLAH 1967 "

GIRLS NAME

" LEAETTA "

OLD

PHOTO

THIS IS A PHOTO

NOT A POSTCARD

SHADES & COLORS

CAN VARY

JUST IN CASE ANY OF MY LISTINGS

HAVE WRONG INFO, I CANNOT ID PHOTO OR POSTCARD,

SEND INFO, I WILL INSERT CORRECT INTO INTO LISTING, TIA.

LISTING 150 PHOTOS STARTING ON 7/11/23

One of Chelsea’s first garages and automobile mechanics, Fred K. Martin.
The garage was located in a sand stone building at the corner of Olive and Seventh Street. The building is now razed with only parts of the original rock walls standing.
Appropriately enough the rock building came into being as a transportation center…it was first used as a livery stable. Clarence Canady, one of the city’s early horse fanciers, probably operated the first business there. Another tenant was a Mr. Shepherd.
“I well remember seeing Mr. Kaff’s hearse in that livery barn. As a little kid I would walk by and see that hearse standing in the back of the barn. Then when there was a funeral, he would use a team of fine black or white horses from the livery stable”, reminisces George Manifee. Mr. Kaff was William Arthur Kaff, one of the city’s first morticians. For years he operated the city’s funeral hoe in conjunction with the Chelsea Hardware & Furniture operated by Arthur S. Lee.
The horse-drawn hearse was retired about the time of World War I.
The garage was at one time known as the Star Garage. Early business men in that location were Jolly Robinson, S. A. Elliott and George F. Goosmann, who later moved his business to a location at Fifth and Walnut, highway 66.
Martin and his two helpers, who are unidentified, are pictured working on a Model-T Ford, a roadster with the usual wooden wheels. One obvious ailment which sent the car to the garage is a flat tire. Just to the back and right of the car is a similar
Model-T with lamps mounted at the side of the windshield.
The chief mechanic, Martin, grew up in the community and began work as a young man in the local oil fields. Of necessity, he kept the engines of the drilling machines running, so it was only natural that he should also be called on to work on broken down cars. He learned his trade by the simple method of trial and error. And old timers recall that there were few engines he couldn’t fix.
For years, Martin worked in various Chelsea garages and made service calls to all parts of the oil field. He operated his own machine shop as his last business before retirement.

SELLER INFO ONLY ON THIS LINE ( 1100-107-CHELSEA ) 108

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...

PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING:

PLEASE LOOK AT PHOTO FOR DAMAGE:

DAMAGE RATINGS:

RANKING TO EDGES ( 2 )

( 1 )-LITE DAMAGE TO EDGES HARDLY ANY DAMAGE

( 2 )-MILD DAMAGE TO EDGES, SOME MINOR DINGS, CHIPPING & WEAR.

( 3 )-HEAVY DAMAGE TO EDGES, LOTS OF CREASES AND OR RIPS & TEARS.

RANKING TO CORNER TIPS ( 2 )

( 1 )-LITE DAMAGE TO CORNER TIPS, HARDLY ANY DAMAGE

( 2 )-MILD DAMAGE TO CORNER TIPS, SOME MINOR DINGS & WEAR.

( 3 )-HEAVY DAMAGE TO CORNER TIPS, BAD CREASES, BAD WEAR, MISSING TIPS.

CLARITY RANKING TO PHOTO ( 1 )

( 1 )-VERY CLEAR, LOTS OF DETAIL

( 2 )-PRETTY CLEAR SOME DETAIL

( 3 )-CLEAR 1-2 FEET AWAY, A LITTLE HAZY-FUZZY UNDER MAGNIFY GLASS

( 4 )-HAZY-FUZZY 1-2 FEET AWAY AND UNDER MAGNIFY GLASS

CLARITY FROM 2 DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES, WILL BE RATED YES OR NO

CLARITY GOOD HOLDING 1-2 FEET AWAY ( YES ) BIT DARK

HAZY-FUZZY UNDER MAGNIFY GLASS ( NO )

CLEAR UNDER MAGNIFY GLASS ( YES )

HAZY-FUZZY IN BACKGROUND ( NO )

HAZY-FUZZY ON SIDE EDGES ( NO )

WRINKLE/CREASE/WAVINESS TO PHOTO FROM SHRINKAGE ( YES-LITE )

WRINKLE/CREASE/WAVINESS FROM BEING PULLED/SCRAPED OFF AN ALBUM PAGE ( NO )

DEPRESSED CORNER MARKS IN CORNERS FROM CORNER HANGERS ( YES-MILD )

DEPRESSED GLUE DIMPLE MARKS IN PHOTO FROM GLUE ON BACKSIDE ( NO )

RUBS FROM BEING IN AN ALBUM FOR YEARS ( YES-LITE )

OVERALL CONDITION OF PHOTO, WHICH INCLUDES DAMAGE AND CLARITY IN RATING, WILL BE RATED ON A ( 1-10 ) SCALE.

( 1 ) BEING VERY BAD & ( 10 ) BEING VERY GOOD

OVERALL CONDITION OF PHOTO ( 4 )

MADE OF CARDBOARD TYPE PAPER

BACK CLEAN, FEW MARKS, CAPTION ON BACK

FRONT FEW MARKS

OTHER DAMAGE NOTED HERE:

ALSO HAS USUAL SCRATCHES, MARS, DINGS, ETC.

DAMAGE FEW CREASES SCATTERED ABOUT, MILD DEPRESSED MARKS ON TIPS FROM HANGERS, PRETTY CLEAN, FEW DINGS ON TIPS, DAMAGE ON TIPS FROM HANGERS, BAD CREASE DOWN CENTER TOP TO BOTTOM EDGES.

PHOTO SIZE SMALL 3-1/2 BY 2-1/2 INCHES.

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