Photo's of Elisabeth Bay and Kolmans in the 1920"s

Clint Ebstein · March 24, 2009, 05:16:38 PM

and more

Clint Ebstein · March 24, 2009, 05:22:50 PM

Sorry lost count that is most of them. Special photo img_4849, old Ebay village with modern Ebay plant in the background

Leon Sumter · March 24, 2009, 05:48:41 PM

wow, keep going Clint.

Clint Ebstein · March 24, 2009, 06:12:57 PM

sorry no more pics, any special requests

Diana Rudd (Boehme) · March 24, 2009, 07:42:16 PM

To think......wow...I don't know....eerie as Leon says.

Leon Sumter · March 24, 2009, 08:49:21 PM

Clint next time you go down there see if you can find Diana's grandfather's house.
See attached picture with background to rear at right as a pointer/clue.

Michael Alexander · March 24, 2009, 08:58:18 PM

I'm really surprised that the HISTORY channel or the likes thereof have not yet made a documentary on the history of the Sperrgebiedt..... this stuff is awesome....

Clint Ebstein · March 25, 2009, 04:31:44 AM

Hi Leon here are the 3 houses as indicated on the gogle map `Elizabeth_Bay_Google_Grandpa's_house_workplace` which one

Richard Opperman · March 25, 2009, 03:43:33 PM

What can I say but - BRILLIANT GUYS!!

This is what the forum is all about History....man...History!

Diana are these the photographs I have always bugged you about to arrange a sit down with your aunt?

Keep them posting guys!

The "Keep to the Topic Guy"
Richard

Clint Ebstein · March 25, 2009, 03:47:29 PM

Yes Diana post more

Michael Alexander · March 25, 2009, 04:32:42 PM

Please Diana, more..... some of you other Auld buggers should also have a few ye olde snaps lying around...... get scanning and get posting....

Diana Rudd (Boehme) · March 25, 2009, 06:15:13 PM

Those are them Richard. I'm not sure If there are anymore that are relevent. Leon you still have the albums .....are there????

Leon Sumter · March 25, 2009, 06:47:04 PM

Hi Diana
The photos that I have scanned and put on the OMD w/site are the only ones really relevant to E/Bay and Kolmans.

Leon Sumter · March 25, 2009, 07:04:59 PM

Hi Clint
If you study the old photograph of Grandpa's house carefully you will notice that the corner of the house lines up with the left corner of rec club building and the train workshop. If on the google earth view you draw a line from the workshop to the rec club then it looks like the left house of the three must have been Diana's Grandfather's house. So when you go down there again stand in front of each of the three houses and you will soon be able to determine which of the three houses is grandpa's house. My bet is that the leftmost of the 3 houses is the house. Also there should be the remains of a small flower bed and picket fence at the foot of the wall to the left of the front door.
Leon

Diana Rudd (Boehme) · March 25, 2009, 08:55:43 PM

I would just like to thank Leon,Clint and Daddy Georg for their input regarding these photo's. These are personal photo's of mine and have been laying in my dresser for years. To me they were just my grand fathers photo's much like all the family photo's I've claimed. (I just love old photo's). Now that they've been put into perspective it has almost brought him alive to me. He passed away when my dad was 16 so I never knew him. I find it quite eerie that those houses are still standing 80years later, and he actualy lived in one of them. So besides being of historical interest to you guys its been quite something for me.
Daddy Georg your video is wonderfull.