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Thanks, Bobbie and Graham. Those are fortuitous splotches of red paint all right, and the lighting was made more interesting I think by a bit of fill reflection from a nearby shop window.

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South Falls, Silver Falls State Park, Oregon USA, yesterday. Pixel XL, no edit.

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I was having the same issue, but logging out and logging back in seemed to cure it for me, and I was able to add the door photo above.

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Door in Paris

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Hi Pat. Along with this pocket watch, which is from my father’s side of the family, I also have my mother’s father’s pocket watch, which is also a Waltham, but from the 1920s. Both of them have really nifty works once you open the backs, and I figure I should take some closeups of that as well to give my macro lenses a workout. B-)

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Thanks, Dahlia!

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My thinking is the hairstyle is too recent for it to be my great-great grandmother Minerva. My g-gf was born in 1859 when Minerva was 33, and the style in the watch looks to be from somewhere in the 19-oughts. But you’ve got me curious, and sometime soon I’ll have to dig into the family photo boxes to see if I have anything far enough back with that side of the family.

The watch itself came from J. Q. Hatch & Co. in San Francisco, and from what I can find online, Waltham produced these for them between 1900 to 1910, which makes me a little more confident about dating the image. For all I know, however, Waltham could have made a bunch of watches with the image of a popular performer. Don’t know if the technology and practices of the time would have been conducive to custom jobs. Questions, questions 🙂

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Thanks for the welcome, Tobie. Hope to be able to contribute!

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A close-up of my great-grandfather’s pocket watch.

I wish I knew who the woman was—it’s definitely not my great-grandmother.

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