On March 2nd I posted a photo (see below) showing a number of people posing in front of business called "The Markey Bronze Bushing Company." Markey Bronze was located in Delta, Ohio and I estimated the photo was taken in the 1930's. If you would like to read the entire post click here: Sepia Saturday #166 - The Markey Bronze Bushing Company, Delta Ohio.
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| The Markey Bronze Bushing Co, Delta, OH - Eugene Markey, far left |
On March 29th a received an email from Joanne in Ohio who had this to say about the photo:
There are three buildings that comprised Markey bronze, and at one time the company employed 150 people. It is currently owned by Bunting Brass and as far as I know they do continuous casting of brass bars."
Joanne went on to ask if she could purchase the photo from me and I told her I would send it to her for the cost of postage (and that I always welcomed contributions to fund my hobby). I sent the photo off to Joanne and yesterday I received a very, very generous check from Joanne and a card thanking me for returning the photo to the family. Joanne hopes to meet with her brothers sometime soon to hopefully identify more of the people in this photograph. This was a very exciting and rewarding experience for me and I can't wait for my next reunion!
Now that is COOL! I have a ton of photos of the city my great grandfather lived in as he was a semi-professional photographer that at some point I'd like to donate. Plus my grandfather was in commercial real estate in Fresno in the 1920-1960 time frame and he kept scrapbooks of every newspaper article written about the real estate goings on in the city. I'm sure the historical society would love those, too. But to get the photo back in the family's hands - WOW!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Deb. I hope you do consider donating your grandfather's things, that would be a wonderful thing to do. I have a lot of old postcards and photos I have collected from my hometown and plan to eventually donate to the historical society there.
DeleteWhat a wonderful story! However, I think it must be like sending one of your own kids off to college. But you obviously still have a digital copy, so it's not so bad.
ReplyDeleteWell, it wasn't too bad since for one I am running out of space, and two I can only hope that someday someone might return one of my ancestors' photos to me.
DeleteWay to go! It is a great feeling when you can send one home! I do the same thing send one photo as a kindness and it is wonderful if they reimburse me for postage..some do, some don't..sadly some don't even say thank you. I am glad you heard back from the party the photo was returned to! :)
ReplyDeleteYes, I have had both happen to me, but I guess we don't do it fo the thanks although it is nice when it happens. As I said to Wendy I am kind of hoping for the karma. You know, maybe one of mine will come back to me. :-)
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