Still on the "photo restoration" project....

On the back of this 17" x 11 " photo is the text ...

Our story                                                                                       Prior to road expansion

       Al Capone with an arrow pointing at the younger man ....Ted Fisher with an arrow

At first I went well , it may be Al Capone but it's not "The Al Capone" !!!

But then  ...???? One of the prints ( actually a post card) from yesterday was the below McGaw's Cottages on March 21st , 2014.

Questions to be answered ;  and  I will be making a trip to the East Troy Historical Society on Saturday to ask them these questions.

1) Was McGraws Cottages at the same site as the 1937 McGraws Tavern? (Later years The Dockside) 

2) What did Ted Fisher have to do with the McGraws Cottage's and Tavern ?

3) What year was the Road Expansion in front of McGraws/ Dockside?

4) If the above two photo's were taken at the approxmete same peroid of time and that is Al Capone who was born January 17th, 1899...He would have been 15 years old? 

Moving forward to June 30th, 1937..Please note the borner's on all three of the images were added for effect and enhancement .. Top Blues recording was from the man himself ..Robert Johnson one of the great's ...

Lake happening's on this day  ..

-30 degree's ...Sunset probably around 4:45PM

- Deb and I both applied for Wisconson licence plates and driver licences ...We both suddently had a craving for cheese and brats !!!

Cheers,

Time to start keeping up with the "Lake blog" ..

I keep thinking Im going to keep up with the Lake Beulah Blog and life seems to get in the way ...But since Tuesday ,November 10th 2014 was the day before the first snow,the day we had the furnance replaced  and the day Huck went back home.  This seems like a good point to start with!  On this fine day of Tuesday November 10th, 2014 it was day of working on some old (very old ..early 1900's) maps and prints ..But had to stop check out the amazing Sunset at Five O'clock.. 

November 10th ...Sunset about 5:00 O'Clock and 50 degree's F  ...   Shrimp on the Barbie 6:30 and still 50F 

The below are a few of the older files I am attemping to clean up ...my main idea is to have them availble as digitial files to insure they are never lost.  Since some one went to the trouble of taking a picture of Lake Beulah  on March 21st, 1914 , that someone was  the photographer for  E. C. Kropp out of Milaukee who suplied the below Post Card  for Mr. Carl Kralmlse, the least  I can do is spent a few hours in Photoshop cleaning it up. 

For that Photographer, this song is for you My Friend ..."By the beatiful Sea" which was the song of the year in 1914.  Where's your camera ?? If it magically appeared, I would try to follow in your footsteps ....

Tuesday November 11th ...First snow was around 2:00PM ....just a blowing accross the water, by the time I went outside to try and capture an image it had stopped so it wasnt exactly the big snow of November 2014 ...Im pretty sure thats on its way.

Lauren is on her way to Cystal Lake and heading to Iowa tommorow ...New remote access thermosat is in and the app is on my I-pad ... Michael is off to Lakeside Bowling ..Deb's working on Wedding Albums ..Tom's working on old photo's (three more to go) ..Docks are still in ....Life is very good and it's kind of  nice that the house is so quiet  after a "party weekend' .

Cheers ....Tomba