Hilterbrand Gallery

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The majority of the images are postcards, heavily soiled and faded from years of handling and recent storage in a cold shed.  Most were taken in Ellsinore, Carter County, Missouri between 1900 and 1925; a few are from Dent County and St. Louis, Missouri and may date as late as the 1930's.  Subjects are primarily members of the Hilterbrand, Dabney and Ballard families of Ellsinore and Bunker, Missouri.

Image Name	Image Description
America Hilterbrand	America Angeline Upton Hilterbrand, standing on fur carpet, hand on table with faint backdrop curtain behind.  Ellsinore, Carter County, Missouri, 1905 - 1915. Postcard.
America Hilterbrand	America Angeline Upton Hilterbrand, standing, holding bible.  Flanked by two young women, identities unknown. Probably taken in St, Louis, Missouri, late 1920's or early 1930's.
Sam & America Hilterbrand	Bust images of Samuel and America Hilterbrand. Ellsinore, Carter County, Missouri, circa 1910.  Postcard.
Sam & America Hilterbrand	Samuel and America Hilterbrand, seated on porch, facing front with draped background of a villa.  Ellsinore, Carter County, Missouri, circa 1905 - 1915. Image pasted on card backing.
Sam & America Hilterbrand	Samuel and America Hilterbrand, standing on porch. Ellsinore, Carter County, Missouri, circa 1905 - 1915. Postcard.
Old Farmers	Samuel and America Hilterbrand, standing in yard.  Sam has a cane, America has a straw hat.  Ellsinore, Carter County, Missouri, circa early 1920's  Postcard.
sam_amer_porch.jpg	Samuel and America Hilterbrand on the porch of their home. Ellsinore, Carter County, Missouri, circa 1910 - 1920.
chicken_feed.jpg	Samuel and America Hilterbrand in the chicken yard of the farm in Ellsinore, Carter County, Missouri, circa 1910.
jessie_ballard.jpg	Edgar Ballard and Jessie Hilterbrand.  They were married 9 August 1911, and this postcard is dated 10 January 1911.  Jessie died 27 September 1927 at Kennet, Missouri.  Ellsinore, Carter County, Missouri, 1910.
jessie_friend.jpg	Jessie Ballard and unknown seated male.  Ellsinore, Carter County, Missouri, 1911.
ma_pa_jes_1924.jpg	America Hilterbrand, her daughter Jessie Ballard, and Samuel M. Hilterbrand on Sunday, 17 August 1924 at Ellsinore, Carter County, Missouri.
mo_muleriders.jpg	Five young men mounted on five fine mules, or donkeys. The image over the face of the man on the far left is practically destroyed, making it impossible to identify him.  The initials 'L. H.' are written to the left of the defaced area of the image.  Texas County or Carter County, Missouri.  Late 19th or early 20th century. Postcard.
ellsinore1_railroad1.gif	Five men repairing railroad ties on a rail line in southern Missouri; likely in Carter or Dent County. The man second from right may be Tom Hilterbrand. Circa 1900 - 1910.  Postcard.
ellsinore1_railroad2.gif	Group of men in what appears to be a train wrecking yard, or a repair area.  Dent County, Missouri, circa 1910. Postcard.
ellsinore1_ride.gif	'Out for a Ride'. A tired donkey is yolked to a wagon full of children, surrounded by a group of men and a few women, all gathered and posed on the porch of a store.  Henry Dabney is standing in the back, third man from the right, on the porch, next to a woman with a white bonnet.  Ellsinore, Carter County, Missouri, circa 1905 - 1910.  Postcard.
ellsinore2_street1_copy.gif	'Main St., Ellsinore, Mo.'  Street scene of Main Street in Ellsinore, circa 1910.  Postcard.
ellsinore_downhill.jpg	Street scene, looking down the hill with the Ellsinore Hotel on the left.  Ellsinore, Carter County, Missouri, circa 1905 - 1915.  Postcard.
ellsinore_hogs.jpg	'Farmers Delivering Hogs, Ellsinore, Mo.'  Street scene of hog day. Ellsinore, Carter County, Missouri, circa 1905. Postcard.
ellsinore_jessie.jpg	Two women posing, reading letter.  Woman on right may be Jessie Hilterbrand Ballard.  Ellsinore, Carter County, Missouri, circa 1910.  Postcard.
ellsinore_ladiesunion.jpg	Thirteen women of the Ladies Union. Initials 'J. H.' written towards upper left, but for who?  Ellsinore, Carter County, Missouri, circa 1910. Postcard.  (Text on the back 185 k)
elsnr_main_po.jpg	'Main St. and P.O., Ellsinore, Mo.'  Street scene of folks gathered in front of the post office.  Ellsinore, Carter County, Missouri, late 1910.  Postmark on back reads 8 December 1910, Ellsinore, Mo. (text on the back 120 k)
ellsinore_parade.jpg	Parade down Main Street. Ellsinore, Carter County, Missouri, circa 1905 - 1910.  Heavily damaged postcard.
ellsinorehotel.jpg	Ellsinore Hotel with townsfolk and visitors on porch and balcony.  Ellsinore, Carter County, Missouri, circa 1905 - 1910. Postcard.
elsnr_rock_wm_chldrn.jpg	Women and children posing while clearing rocks and debris from a field or the roadway.  Ellsinore, Carter County, Missouri, circa 1905 - 1910.  Postcard.  Notes : Another image in the same series can be seen at the Ellsinore Pioneer Museum website.
elsnr_st_wagons.jpg	Street scene with folks gathered around some wagons in front of a store.  Ellsinore, Carter County, Missouri, circa 1905 - 1910.  Postcard.
lodgemembers.jpg	Group of men posing; all members of an unknown fraternal organization. It appears that the man in the back row, far left, is wearing a GAR medal.  Southern Missouri, either Texas, Carter or Dent County, circa 1905 - 1910.  Notes : After some more research, I think that this may be the Knights of Pythias.
lumberyard_1909tornado.jpg	Piles of lumber and debris after a tornado. Location unknown; southern Missouri, circa 1905 - 1915.  Postcard.
lumberyard_hog.jpg	A hog standing proudly in front of a large lumber processing plant.  Ellsinore, Carter County, Missouri, circa 1910 - 1915.
oldtimer.jpg	Unknown oldtimer, wearing a Masonic lapel pin.  Missouri, early twentieth century.  Postcard.
school_ellsnr_tornado.jpg	School house near Ellsinore after being hit by a tornado.  Ellsinore, Carter County, Missouri, circa 1905 - 1915.  Postcard.
tornado_damage.jpg	What is left of a house after a tornado left its mark. Carter County, Missouri, circa 1905 - 1915.  Postcard.
unknown_house.jpg	An unknown house with a picket fence.  Likely to be Carter or Dent County, Missouri, circa 1905 - 1915.
southellsinore_winter.jpg	View of Ellsinore from the south.  Ellsinore, Carter County, Missouri, circa 1905 - 1915.  Postcard.
william_earl_hilterbrand.jpg	"William Earl Hilterbrand borned June 27 1902 was killed at Alton, Ill in automobile accident Dec 24 1925.  Was buried at Ellsinore Dec 27 on monday.  Will long be remembered." (Text on back 76 k)
willard_dabney_family.jpg	Willard Dabney and family. Location unknown, circa 1910.
willard_nora_folks.jpg	Willard Dabney and folks, down-home style.  Circa 1910.
bunker_culler_train.jpg	Willard Dabney (left) and 'Mr. Thompson', in front of the locomotive that they worked on for the Bunker Culler Lumber Compnay Railroad in Dent County, Missouri.  The card is written to Nettie Burchett of Fonthill, Kentucky.
dabney_wedding.jpg	Willian Henry Dabney and June Elizabeth Hilterbrand's wedding picture.  They were married 3 October 1906 in Carter County, Missouri.
whdabney_atwork.jpg	Wiliam Henry Dabney at work.  He was a blacksmith for the Bunker Culler Lumber Company Railroad.  Dent County, Missouri, circa 1910.
dabneygathering.jpg	The Dabney's and friends on a summer vacation.  In the upper photo, W. H. Dabney is in the rear, third from right; William J. Deiss is seated, third from left, directly behind the man with the overalls..  In the bottom photo, W. H. Dabney is squatting on the far left, in front of his daughter Vivian who is standing second from left, and Violet Dabney is seated third from right.  Ozarks, Southern Missouri, circa 1935.