Circa 1900 to 1920
Cass County, Michigan
The Andrus Collection
Page 8
281-girl
Girl in front of Andrus house
| Edwardsburg Photos
Circa 1900 to 1920 Cass County, Michigan The Andrus Collection Page 8 |
281-girl Girl in front of Andrus house |
Photos property of Dean Andrus and @ copyrighted with special permission given to the Cass County Genweb to use them on site.
To find out about purchasing a CD, which has approximately 339 photos, not all of the photos are here on site, contact Mr. Dean Andrus at - hazard139@aol.comDean Andrus, son of Charles Andrus who, with his Uncle George Andrus and Grandfather, Henry Andrus owned and operated the Edwardsburg Argus for many years. Dean grew up in Edwardsburg and as kid found a box of 350 glass plate negatives of photos taken of the Edwardsburg area from 1900 to 1920 or so by George. The story of my finding them and finally scanning them and producing a CD of the images is attached in the introduction that Dean wrote to go along with the CD which he donated to the Edwardsburg Library, the Edwardsburg Area Historical Museum and to this web site (most recently) Dean had recently been in touch with a cousin, Ben Kinsey, who had submitted a number of items for our inclusion on this GenWeb site and this has led Dean to consider submitting the photos for use on the site to make them more widely available to the public and hopefully get some help in identifying some of the people and places depicted.
This collage includes photos of churches, streets, houses, barns, schools, businesses, cottages, lake, auto livery, horse and buggy, funeral home, hearse, etc. and a lot of people. Those of Dean's family have been identified along with a few of the others and the Museum has identified a few more. They take walks around town yearly to try and identify other homes in the photos.
Can you help identify anyone or place in the collage of photos below? Some have been identified and others are a mystery.
For Larger photos image click on the photo. Then hit your return to to come back to this page.
See below photos for additional information
 266-3p ladies -Unidentified |
 267-2p 2 ladies - Unidentified |
 268-2boys two boys -Unidentified |
 269-7p 7 people - Unidentified |
 271-1p woman on porch - Unidentified |
 272-boy little boy -Unidentified |
 273-geostump George Andrus |
 274-NSKitchen Subrina & Nelson Kitchen |
 275-tramp Bill Griswold - see below |
 276-mometal Beardsley & Anderson- see below |
 277-band Edwardsburg Brass Band - see below |
 278-2p4horses John & Inex Hadden- see below |
 279-3p ladies & baby - Unidentified |
 280-2p-baby Toddler on bench - Unidentified |
281-girl Girl at Andrus place - Unidentified |
 282-9p 9 people - Unidentified |
 283-2p boy and man -Unidentified |
 284-man-bowler Man in derby by Argus -Unidentified |
 285-lady-dog Lady & Dog on porch - Unidentified |
 286-girl Toddler - Unidentified |
 287-girl-sand Girl in sand - Unidentified |
 288-4p-cabin people at cottage - Unidentified |
 290-boy boy in had possibly Charles Andrus |
 291-baby-carr baby in carriage - Unidentified |
 293-geoZennie Zendalla & George Andrus |
 294-dad-cow Charles Andrus - see below |
 295-4p 4 people - Unidentified |
 296-3p 3 ladies - Unidentified |
 297-man-baby man holding baby - Unidentified |
 298-2p Couple Unidentified |
 301-mom-etc Andrus group - see below |
 303-23p grp of 23 - reunion? - Unidentified |
 304-man-baby Man & Baby - Unidentified |
 305-baby-bed baby on couch - Unidentified |
 306-18p 18 people - Unidentified |
 307-2p Mr & Mrs. Silas Paul |
 308-lake Pleasant lake with boats |
 310-lake Pleasant lake with cottages |
 311-Bullake Bull Lake |
 312-lake Lake with boat or ice house |
Reference Number and description
266** 3 women.
267 2 women.
268 2 young boys.
269 7 people.
270* Young boy with skull cap and tie.
271 Woman on porch steps.
272 Young boy leaning on tree. Same as 270.
273 George Andrus in derby hat, sitting on stump in front of home on Cass. St.
274 Subrina and Nelson Kitchen in rocking chairs. Reed rocker looks like
Same one as in 256, 238, and 203.
275 Town tramp, Bill Griswold, made annual stops to trade odd jobs for a meal.
276 Letta Beardsley (Andrus) and sister, Marian Beardsley (Nivison) with stepbrothers, Paul and Rovell Anderson, in 1909.
277 The Edwardsburg Brass Band, Charles Butts, 3rd from left.
278 John and Inez Hadden with 3 horses on the Hadden farm on US12.
279** 2 women and baby.
280 Baby on bench.
281 Girl seated on chair in front of James H. Andrus house.
282 9 people.
283 Boy and young man.
284 Man in derby at side of the Argus Office.
285 Woman and dog on porch steps.
286 Baby girl?.
287 Baby girl in sand pit.
288 4 people at cottage.
289* 6 people and 3 children on porch steps, double exposure.
290 Young boy in hat and shined shoes, could be Charles Andrus.
291 Baby in carriage.
292* 4 people and dog on porch. Same as 235.
293 Zendella and George Andrus in front of their home in their Sunday duds.
294 Charles Andrus with dog, Ted and cow behind James H. Andrus house.
295 4 people.
296 3 women.
297 Young man with small baby, indoors.
298 Old couple, seated outdoors, with snow and table between.
299* Young woman by screen door. dark shot omitted from group
300* 2 women, man with baby.
301* Letta Beardsley (Andrus), “Blind” Grandma, Letitia Truitt, and Marian
Beardsley (Nivison), with step brothers, Paul and Rovell Anderson, sons
of Reverend Anderson, Methodist minister.
302* (James) Henry Andrus with wild west horse, in back yard, across street From the Shanafelt house, later the Hill’s. see last page
303 23 people.
304 Man and baby.
305** Baby on couch, indoors.
306 18 people.
307 Mr. And Mrs. Silas Paul, see 071.
308 Pleasant Lake with boats.
309 Pleasant Lake with cottages.
310 Pleasant Lake with shore.
311** Bull Lake.
312** Lake with boat house or ice house.* Indicates newly scanned negatives, shown as “not printed” on the Flip Album
CD due to under- or over-exposure.
** Indicates rescans of negatives of poor quality on the Flip Album CD.
These photos are included on a separate CD, not in the Flip Album format. They are in the .jpg format and may be viewed by any computer image viewer.
To find out about purchasing a CD, which has approximately 339 photos, contact Mr. Dean Andrus at - hazard139@aol.com