Read about Kristin's great grandmother:
kristin quevedo
hER WORK WITH OUR PHOTOGRAPH COLLECTION
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In March 2018, a surprise volunteer posted some of our photographs that she had retouched, Kristin Quevedo. We are grateful for her extensive efforts, and also for the knowledge she has shared about the process.
Kristin studied photography and film at San Francisco State University. Here are some of the photos before and after: Details are clarified and a whole new view of the world back then opened up. Kristin, when thanked, once said: I love doing the work. Love seeing the old photos come back to life. Some are harder than others. All depends on the original exposure, and the condition of the photo. Sometimes it is not possible to bring them back 100%....very time consuming. But I try. |
about kristinKristin, like many others interested in Table Rock history, lives nowhere close. But like many others, she has her roots deep in the area, including not only Table Rock but also Pawnee City. She offered this little story about those roots, with the family names of FISH, JAEKE, TACKLEY, ad BOOTH. You can read about Kristin's family in the story of her her great grandmother, Edna Tackley Booth. Marriages in Kristin's line: Frank Lewis and Cornelia Fish Jaeke. Frank & Cornelia Jaeke's daughter Bessie married Grant Ellsworth Tackley. Bessie & Grant Tackley's daughter Edna married Ora Spencer Booth. Edna & Ora Booth's son Frank Ora Booth married Norma Cleone Hale.
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hanna brothers meat market
photo 1466, shared by fran blecha
Photo 1466, shared by Fran Blecha, retouched by Kristin Quevedo.
This one was in pretty good shape, because Fran Blecha is pretty good at retouching, too -- but Kristin sharpened it up nicely. Colloborative efforts work!
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photo 3800, unidentified relatives of tom freeman
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No, she's not pregnant! That was what happened to your waist with a really tight corset! This is almost certainly a wedding picture.
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photo 408, the bank corner circa 1908
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photo 190 (also photo 3215), railroad gandy dancers
With this many tracks, old railroader Larry Layden believes that this picture, while from a Humboldt studio, was likely taken at Table Rock, the local area where there would be that many tracks. John Hulbert is the only one identified. Otherwise the father of the owner of the photograph is identified -- but we don't know the owner. Darn.
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photo 162, "when the first clay was taken out of the norris pasture by table rock"
photo 192, the mandolin club, 1910
photo 2008
laura mumford
daughter of 1st wave pioneers
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photo 1418
the wedding of charles & Hazel cook
in 1916
photo 2020
"friends at table ROCK"
a photo once owned by 1st wave pioneer nellie griffing boyd
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photo 45
the "degree of honor" ladies
after a parade in 1907
If you're curious about this curious picture, here's a newspaper article about the event. The goat? Dunno, BUT, the Degree of Honor was then the ladies auxiliary to a railroad fraternal benefit society known as the AOUW. Someone who did not pay their dues to a union yet took the benefits available was called a goat in those days. So it looks like the ladies got the goat under control.....?
July 28, 1907 Nebraska State Journal