Tag: Eli W. Mealy
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Interior of Mealy Studio
This grainy interior shot of the Mealy studio is a rare one indeed. It is dated 1911. Eli Mealy himself had died three years before, but the studio was bought…
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A New 1877 Snow Picture Has Emerged!
Last month, this photo came up for sale on eBay. It was labeled on the back, “Monroe, La. Jany 1st 1877, 18 inches snow. The heaviest known to white men. View of wharfboat…
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Unidentified Mealy Photos
I have an Ebay addiction. The other day I found many Monroe area photographs for sale and bought them. Here are some Mealy photos from the lot. All are unidentified,…
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A Mealy Photo Mystery.
In the time around the Civil War, the Larkin Jamar family moved to Richland parish from Alabama. One of them went to Monroe to have E.W. Mealy take his photograph…
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South Grand Street Covered in Snow, circa 1870.
The above photo has been reproduced several times through the years. I don’t know where the original is, or even if it is still in existence. According to the caption,…
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An Unknown Mealy Photo
I love Ebay! Over the weekend, I saw two unknown E.W. Mealy photos come up for auction. I was the only bidder. This first one I felt no familiarity with.…
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Little Mildred Lee Watson
This is another Mealy Photo I found in a local antique store. It shows little Mildred Lee Watson, 3 1/2 years old. She lived well into her mid 90’s! As…
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Two Unidentified Monroe Portraits
I found these on the Portal to Texas History page. One is a Mealy photo and the other is a Harper photo. This first one is the Harper photo of…
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South Grand Street, circa 1873
This is the third oldest photo of Monroe I have ever seen. Only the two photos of the 1871 fire are older. It shows South Grand Street, where a parade…
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A page of ads from the 1915 Pelican
Continuing on with the Ouachita Parish High School yearbook of 1915, here is a page of ads. I just love the photographer’s picture! Mr. Church had bought out the studio…
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