One of the mysteries within the Wilkes-Barre glass negative collection owned by Paul Holbrook of Camera Americana was a series of images...

She was the sweet face that often greeted us at Paul Holbrook's Camera Americana page on Facebook. Many wondered who she was, including...

The Wilkes-Barre glass negatives had many clues in the images to help me solve the identity of some of the places and people within them....

The major break in the case of the Wilkes-Barre Glass negatives came from the man who first purchased them. Whenever I have sought to...

Before I closed up my research on the lake pictures that were part of the Wilkes-Barre glass negatives, I wanted to look into a picture...

Knowing that the glass negatives in Paul Holbrook's collection were mostly from Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, was a significant help in...

Paul Holbrook and I go back many years and his images have captured not only my heart and mind, but the attention of thousands of people...

As soon as Paul Holbrook's glass negative collection from the Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania area hit his Facebook page, I knew they were...

A large glass negative collection was put up for sale on eBay. My friend Paul Holbrook purchased many of them and has been busy restoring...

by Julie Jeffery Manwarren, November 29, 2021 This post is dedicated to Paul Holbrook, who overcame so much in the past year and whose...

This post is part of a series. To read from the beginning, go here. I was thrilled to be able to construct a small family tree for Freda...

If you are just joining me on my latest history detective adventure, be sure to read part 1 of this series here. I loved having something...

I was in a slump. I had come down from the high of having a book published and finally getting back to Springwater, NY in the western...

If you are just joining my blog, read part one here. My first visit to Springwater was full of discovery. Buildings and intersections...

(This post has no pictures or information on Floyd Ingraham, but is a 'rabbit trail' I took during one of my many visits to the...

To read the first post in this series go here. As Paul Holbrook began to scan and restore hundreds of Floyd Ingraham's original glass...

I have been holding this story in for a year, but it began long before. To start at the beginning I'd have to take you back 220 years....

When I purchased three 19th century photographs in Old Town Albuquerque, New Mexico, I had no idea where the three men staring back at me...

If you are just joining me in this hunt for three 19th century men whose pictures I found in Albuquerque New Mexico, and want to read...

To find out how I picked up three 19th century guys in Albuquerque, New Mexico, read my first post in this series here. Albuquerque was...