For every properly identified photo of yesteryear, there are countless others with scant or no identification. Yet, each scene has its own story and reveals another glimpse of yesteryear in Daviess County, MO. Here are a few examples:

• Unidentified farm scene, date unknown
• Steam engine on the Tuggle Farm at Gallatin, MO, date unknown (courtesy Bob & Jane Ann Paul)
• Unidentified school house, date unknown
• Unidentified couple, date unknown
• Unidentified church building, date unknown
• Unidentified group gathering, date unknown
• Unidentified general store, date unknown
• Pet pig with Clara DeWitt, date unknown
• Unidentified home musicians, date unknown
• Unidentified wash day, date unknown
• Unidentified youngsters, date unknown
• Unidentified youngsters on ponies, date unknown
• Unidentified men by car, date unknown
• Unidentified boxers, date unknown
• Unidentified couple, date unknown
• Unidentified pair of older couples, date unknown
• Unidentified abandoned house, date unknown
• Unidentified buggy, date unknown
• Unidentified sod house, date unknown
• Unidentified farm scene, date unknown
• John Henderson Woodruff on a cart pulled by a ram, date unknown

Yesteryear farm scene in Daviess County, MO (date unknown)

A “typical” farm scene, this one tasken at the Tuggle Farm near Gallatin (date unknown; courtesy Robert and Jane Ann Paul)

A photograph of yesteryear (date unknown).

A photograph of yesteryear (date unknown).

A photograph of yesteryear (date unknown).

A photograph of yesteryear (date unknown).

Retailing general merchandise was a business common to most any gathering of buildings comprising a town or simply a single building serving an immediate neighborhood. (date unknown)

Taking care of livestock often led some favorites to become almost household pets. Here Clara DeWitt takes care to feeed a piglet (date unknown).

In times past musical entertainment was whatever talent could muster together at any gathering. Eventually, radio and later still television provided alternatives.

Clothes drying outdoors anytime throughout the year was a common sight in yesteryear. Eventually, electricity was introduced to most farm homes and clothes dryers made clothes lines less likely to be used. (date unknown)

A photograph of yesteryear (date unknown).

A photograph of yesteryear (date unknown).

A photograph of yesteryear (date unknown).

Recreation came in various ways during the hard times of yesteryear. Boxing, for instance, was a popular sport especially during the golden era of radio. It was not unusual for someone to pull on the gloves and go a few rounds just for fun …and sometimes otherwise.

A photograph of yesteryear (date unknown).

A photograph of yesteryear (date unknown).

Each home has its own story, even thoughs in neglect and decay. A photograph of yesteryear (date unknown).

A photograph of yesteryear (date unknown).

Some frontier homes were constructed of sod, as shown in this photograph of yesteryear (date unknown).

A photograph of yesteryear (date unknown).

This photograph of yesteryear in Daviess County, MO, shows John Henderson Woodruff (date unknown).

Where was the Rosenthal & Haas General Store located?

This is the men’s side of the Rosenthal & Haas General Store (ca 1920) with Alex Haas and Homer Brown pictured. The door at left led to the groceries; on the right was the women’s and more general merchandise (notice the telephone on the pole at right).