Fun photos from Vaudveville era...

I have recently fallen IN LOVE with old 1900s-1920s Vaudeville/performers photos..
It is the costumes...the styles..you name it..I love it!

It all stated a few years ago when I was looking up something on ebay and ran across photos that were simply stunning. It was being sold by someone who loved beautiful portraits...and I had never seen anything like it in my life.. they were women of the 1920s...stars and unknowns in simply Glamorous photos!

then...not long after that..I ran into a HUGE estate of a set of twin dancers...
and I bought it...

All of it...

and then i had to begin to sell off some of my other collections..because..well, you cant keep everything...

well...then i was hooked..
old photos from dance and vaudeville eras were beautiful!! i mean some are funny...
and some were incredible...and
well you know they wont be around forever...
and i began to hunt for them...and hunt and hunt...
even went into an abandoned house in Chicago and found a batch..Now that is hunting!

like this one here that is listed above this..
it is from a family collection that were in vaudeville and this is early 1900s..
how cute is this photo!!

anyhow...you will see more and more of this era on Chatham Ho treasures this fall and holiday..

and maybe you will fall in love with them too...........................

or not...

thats ok...
cuz i can always ad more to my collection...
smile!

cathi

Jjay OPENS NEW Ebay STORE!!! w wedding photos!

Can I brag about my daughter???

I know ...this is a blog about photos...BUT...I must tell you what an AWESOME daughter I have!

She is now Selling on Charjayhay's vintage finds Now, I originally started this store, and named it....so that means she will probably come up with some very clever name..but for now..this is the name of the ebay store (oh and we just got TOP SELLER status!! yeah!)

On her website..you will see 1950s Midcentury finds...fabrics..photos..things like this...

AND

WEDDING PHOTOS..

1920s and before..

Like this INCREDIBLE photo I posted here...

so NOW we are officially in competition!!! Smile!!

She has GREAT taste and this lovely image is from her new collection!!

Chatham Ho Treasures (my store) will be focusing on photos BEFORE 1950...

and I have loads of fun vaudeville...(I have officially fallen in love with this era)

and of course

I will always carry

Wedding photos...

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So please visit her....she is lonely over there..and misses all of you!!

I, on the other hand am so happy to be back!!

Have a great photo loving day!!

Cathi

Change is in the air!

ok.............crazy times....

This summer...beginning in July...my hubby and I sold a family home in Iowa.. and I called out my lovely daughter Jjay to come and help me and we worked on packing and moving and an estate sale. (that was Estate Sale #1)

THEN

my lovely daughter Jjay, came back to Illinois where she helped me get rid of things in my mothers old home and helped me do another estate sale. (that would be Estate sale#2)

THEN

The following week, Jjay helped me PACK up our home...

because we decided to move and Downsize (or as my hubby calls it..RIGHT SIZE) our life

since i inherited my mothers home.

(that would be Estate sale #3)

The photo on top is my house...it is big...6 bedrooms...and we always had it filled..with our children or other people's kids...this was my old life...my hubby and i worked with youth for years....

(all the while doing photos on the side!)

then one by one..as the years rolled on....the kids moved out...are on their own...and now we have a large house...and we inherited a much smaller one......

so we made the plunge...

signed the contract to sell it...

and moved our things to our much smaller home..

now during all this change...my daughter JJay had taken over my ebay business for me...

and now....in a few days...Jjay is heading back to Connecticut where she resides with her hubby...and I will go back to Chatham Ho Treasures.

BUT

Jjay found out that SHE FELL IN LOVE WITH OLD PHOTOS...so she will now be selling photos under charjayhay Treasured Finds (where I was selling the past few months because I found so much stuff I had to sell!)

I am blessed with an AWESOME daughter....who I trust has taken care of all of you over the past 9 months...

I am so proud of her and her husband who gave their time unselfishly to her dad and me during this crazy time.....

so I am sure you will be seeing alot of her....she LOVES old wedding photos and plans on selling lots of them.....

so it is time for me to RIGHT SIZE my life...

to live a little simpler....

and still ...oh yes....to enjoy those special moments...

Cathi

ps...dont forget to check out charjayhay next week...