paul holbrook's trenery pictures
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Are there members of the Trenery family in the pictures? Are these friends of the photographer? Was Trenery the photographer, or merely one of the subjects?
For two years, he was mayor of Pawnee City.
In **1910?* he took the job of ** in St. Joseph, Missouri. He moved to St. Joe and the family lived at *address. The house there still stands and looks like this ***
Kim Vrtiska found:
MR. JESSE THOMAS TRENERY
THERE are few bankers better known in this section
of the country than Mr. J. T. Trenery. He is a na-
tive of Wisconsin, born in Grant County, August 1,
1863, the son of John V. and Mary C. Trenery. Mr. Tren-
ery was educated in the pubhc schools of Wisconsin, and
has been in the banking business for about thirty years.
Before coming to St. Joseph he was in the banking business
at Pawnee City, Neb., which interest he still retains.
Mr. Trenery came to St. Joseph in January, li)()7, as
vice-president of the First National Bank and was one of
the organizers of the First Trust Company, which has
grown into one of the strong financial institutions of this
city. Since retiring from the First National Bank. Mr.
Trenery has devoted his time largely to his banking inter-
ests in Nebraska. He has an extensive acquaintance in
his profession, having served as a member of the E.xecutive
Council of the American Bankers' Association three years.
He was president of the Nebraska Bankers' Association
two terms, an honor which has never been conferred on any
other banker in that state.
Mr. Trenery is of a modest and retiring disposition;
a man well versed in the financial and general affairs of
the country, and one who derives his greatest pleasure
from the association of family, friends and books. He is a
Republican, pronounced in his views, though never active
in political affairs. Fraternally he is a York Rite JIason
and is a Shriner. He is also a member of St. Joseph Lodge
of Elks No. 40.
On June 10. 1896, at Columbus, Wis., Mr. Trenei'y
was married to Miss Agnes M. Gray, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. John Gray. Mrs. Trenery has been active for a num-
ber of years in musical circles of the city, especially devot-
ing her attention as an officer and director of the Fort-
nightly Musical Club. A daughter, Mary Swift Trenery, is
the only child of Mr. and Mrs. Trenerv.
The Trenery home is No. 2116 Faraon street,
family spend the winters in California.
Despite the move to St. Joe, he retained a presence in Pawnee City. **articles
According to Pawnee County land records, in ***, he gave a mortgage to *** for the address ***, which was soon paid off.
J. T. and Agnes Trenery are buried at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Los Angeles. ***
FindaGrave has no other memorial for a J. Trenery, a J. T. Trenery, or a Jess or Jesse Trenery. It also has no other memorial for an Agnes Trenery.
Ancestry - ***
In **1910?* he took the job of ** in St. Joseph, Missouri. He moved to St. Joe and the family lived at *address. The house there still stands and looks like this ***
Kim Vrtiska found:
MR. JESSE THOMAS TRENERY
THERE are few bankers better known in this section
of the country than Mr. J. T. Trenery. He is a na-
tive of Wisconsin, born in Grant County, August 1,
1863, the son of John V. and Mary C. Trenery. Mr. Tren-
ery was educated in the pubhc schools of Wisconsin, and
has been in the banking business for about thirty years.
Before coming to St. Joseph he was in the banking business
at Pawnee City, Neb., which interest he still retains.
Mr. Trenery came to St. Joseph in January, li)()7, as
vice-president of the First National Bank and was one of
the organizers of the First Trust Company, which has
grown into one of the strong financial institutions of this
city. Since retiring from the First National Bank. Mr.
Trenery has devoted his time largely to his banking inter-
ests in Nebraska. He has an extensive acquaintance in
his profession, having served as a member of the E.xecutive
Council of the American Bankers' Association three years.
He was president of the Nebraska Bankers' Association
two terms, an honor which has never been conferred on any
other banker in that state.
Mr. Trenery is of a modest and retiring disposition;
a man well versed in the financial and general affairs of
the country, and one who derives his greatest pleasure
from the association of family, friends and books. He is a
Republican, pronounced in his views, though never active
in political affairs. Fraternally he is a York Rite JIason
and is a Shriner. He is also a member of St. Joseph Lodge
of Elks No. 40.
On June 10. 1896, at Columbus, Wis., Mr. Trenei'y
was married to Miss Agnes M. Gray, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. John Gray. Mrs. Trenery has been active for a num-
ber of years in musical circles of the city, especially devot-
ing her attention as an officer and director of the Fort-
nightly Musical Club. A daughter, Mary Swift Trenery, is
the only child of Mr. and Mrs. Trenerv.
The Trenery home is No. 2116 Faraon street,
family spend the winters in California.
Despite the move to St. Joe, he retained a presence in Pawnee City. **articles
According to Pawnee County land records, in ***, he gave a mortgage to *** for the address ***, which was soon paid off.
J. T. and Agnes Trenery are buried at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Los Angeles. ***
FindaGrave has no other memorial for a J. Trenery, a J. T. Trenery, or a Jess or Jesse Trenery. It also has no other memorial for an Agnes Trenery.
Ancestry - ***
In 2019, Paul Holbrook began stunning images on our Facebook page that he had made from glass plate negatives. He believed that these were images made in Pawnee City, but the Pawnee City Historical Society did not want them because he could not prove they were from there. The images were too amazing not to share and we have been thrilled to see them. We also have done a bit of detective work of our own. In the field of history, as in science, all is not black and white. Just as science operates on hypothesis and theory for levels of proof, so history has its own way of dealing with facts. Facts that cannot be directly proven are considered based on the strength of the evidence -- which is always to be described. In other words, one does not say that these images "are" in Pawnee City, but that they are believed to be in Pawnee City based on ___________. Evidence also has weight depending on its nature. There is primary source evidence, and secondary. A primary source would be something contemporaneous to what you are assessing -- a formal report by some organization, newspaper article, a personal journal. A secondary source is one removed from that, and usually based on primary sources, such as a history book or an article written about a historical event. The hypothesis was that the photographs were taken in Pawnee City. Some supportive evidence having been found, the there is now a theory -- that they were taken in Pawnee City by J. T. Trenery. The evidence thus far is as follows: 1) Paul Holbrook (secondary source). He reports that he purchased the images from a seller on e-bay, ***. The seller said *** 2) _____, the ebay seller, primary source as to labels and information actually with the negatives, when contacted, said ______________________. 3) There was a Trenery family in Pawnee City. Jess "J. T." Trenery came to Pawnee City in _____. Originally he was a pharmacist. Kim Vrtiska found ***U J. T. TRENERY, Pharmacist.--A well-equipped and well-conducted pharmacy in Pawnee City is that of Mr. J. T. Trenery, founded five years. The premises are 24x70 feet, and two experienced assistants are constantly required to meet the demands of the first-class business. The stock carried is advantageously displayed and embraces a varied assortment of pure drugs and chemicals, fancy and toilet articles, druggists' sundries, stationery, and everything in the stock of a strictly reliable drug store. Special attention is given to the compounding of physicians' prescriptions and family recipes. Mr. Trenery is a native of Wisconsin and is a Mason. He was also heavily involved in the local music circles. *****. Notably *** In 1896** he left to go get a wife. *married ** had one child, a daughter, ** |
4) J. T. Trenery was an amateur photographer. The source, a primary source, is an *** article in the Nebraska State Journal newspaper. In a report about a local art show, important works by local artist gone famous, Charles Moss, were exhibited. The article then gave a large list of other contributors. The last contributor was J. T. Trenery. it was noted that "J. T. Trenery added his folio of 'Century' wood cuts and several hundred amateur photographs [which] made a pleasing feature of the display."
He then went into banking. For a number of years, he was a cashier at the Farmers ***. In those days, the position of cashier carried cachet. Eventually, he became president of the bank.
the trenery photographs of
paul holbrook
with commentary
ON a PORCH
other pictures outside
inside a house
"THE TRENERY PARLOR"
Paul Holbrook: ""The Trenery parlor" is what the envelope that contained it says. This may not be helpful in revealing anything about the collection of Pawnee City negatives I've been posting to see if any of you can verify their authenticity, but since I got it from the eBay seller for free, I thought I'd share with you. I had originally bought the negative of Mrs. Trenery at her piano, but he made a mistake and sent this one! Of course, the time period would be around 1900." June 2, 2019 Facebook post.