Photography
Yet another home I found nothing about. This was a long walk in. When we approached the house, it appeared a little too “new” for our liking. Sounds silly but…
Note the newer windows and the chimney stack. We will mark it down to revisit in a few years.
The barn and house are situated on this section of land. I am not sure that they go together. It might just be a coincidence.
Herman & Albertina from Frankfurt, Germany came to the USA in 1880 and later decided to settle in Canada. Albertina’s family also immigrated to the area at the same time.
In 1890 they moved to this land although record books don’t list them owning this land until 1900.
The couple raised 12 children on this land. I do not know if they built this home or if it came after they left.
In 1929 Albertina passed away and Herman left the property and moved to the nearby town.
We arrived at this home at what I would call the golden hour. It was a beautiful evening and this property was a perfect way to wrap up a day of bando hunting. Of course I was with my favourite hunting sidekick.
I can only imagine that the family took in many beautiful sunsets from this property. I tried to get a shot of the sun coming through a front, second story window of this house. However, I am too short and couldn’t get a decent one. So, I settled for this instead.
I have searched and searched for some sort of history on this home and have come up with nothing which is really disappointing.
The first recorded owner was a Mr. E. Dunning who acquired the property in 1897. History books for the area acknowledges Mr. Dunning at the owner but write that there is no history for him except to say that he was a bachelor.
You can understand why anyone photographing this home would want to know something about it. Nestled close to the Souris River, this had to be a beautiful home in its prime. Tucked away down a long treed lane you come across the home.
In 1923 Mr. Robinson was the owner of the land. Mr. Robinson also did not have any known history written either except to say that Mr. Robinson farmed with his brother and that they were from the Medora area. A search of that book also came up empty handed.
If I am every lucky enough to find something on this house, I’ll be sure to rewrite what I find out.
Thank you Forgotten Manitoba for taking me out to see this house and getting another one off my to shoot list.
I don’t recall how many photos I took, I should count.
Years ago I remember stopping at an old car lot in Saskatchewan along the number one highway. Not nearly as many cars and most were somewhat intact. And I do not recall seeing an area with parts like this lot.
I love this old car and what is was used for.
Imagine firefighters hauling ass down the highway in this?
This one reminds me of one of those old ice cream trucks. They would circle around the residential streets on the nice evenings in the summer.
CRUMBLING MEMORIES 