Petersburg ~ Belleville ~ courtney flats
Preserving our History through Photographs !
Our goal is preserve the rich history of our local communities through the collection of photographs and stories that are quickly disappearing. Family photographs taken in our communities are tucked away in boxes and scattered across the country.. With each passing year more photographs that once sparked a familiar remembrance to a loved one go unidentified. We hope that you will play a role in sharing your family's photographs and help save our history of Petersburg, Belleville, and Courtney Flats. Help Save Our History by donating some of your photographs!.
We Need Your Help. For more than eighty years (1877-1957) our community schools and teachers educated the children. Sadly, we have only a hand full of photos of the "old" Courtney School. We have only two photos of Belleville (Rite) school and only one of Petersburg school.
If your ancestors called our communities home and you or loved ones have old photos tucked away consider making them part of our archives for all to enjoy. Many previously unknown students have been identified on this site by viewers like you!
Seeking yearbooks for Courtney Consolidate Schools 1929 - 1957.
Contributing is easy with today's IPhone cameras. Simply take a picture of your photo and email it to us. Please make sure "not" to crop your photos. Every inch of the photo adds to the character of the photograph. !!
If your ancestors called our communities home and you or loved ones have old photos tucked away consider making them part of our archives for all to enjoy. Many previously unknown students have been identified on this site by viewers like you!
Seeking yearbooks for Courtney Consolidate Schools 1929 - 1957.
Contributing is easy with today's IPhone cameras. Simply take a picture of your photo and email it to us. Please make sure "not" to crop your photos. Every inch of the photo adds to the character of the photograph. !!
This 1899 photograph of the Green Cook family and home captures the typical style of the homes at the turn of the century with rock fireplace, full frontal porch, rock fireplace and picket fences. Photos of homes, barns, buildings, cars, wagons, horses, animals, crops, and other activities provide a window into our past. Please do not crop any details our of your photos. Often times buildings in the far background can be enlarged and provide a panoramic view of the community.
Please share your photographs and HELP SAVE OUR HISTORY!
Please share your photographs and HELP SAVE OUR HISTORY!
A 1914 Kodak moment captured farming activities such as the Carnahan family picking cotton in the fields
A little of one hundred years ago, in the 19teens, "Kodaking" became popular especially with teenagers and young adults as they delighted in recording their activities on film. Kodaking took photography out of the studio and on to the farms and inside our communities.
All families have a box full of "small" photos? Here's a helpful tip in sorting photographs: Turn the photos picture face down. Stack them like a deck of cards. Some will be taller, some wider. Sort and organize those of the same height and those with the same width until they are separated into small groups of photos with the exact same dimensions. Some groups may have a similar number on the back. Turn over each group of photos and notice that you have identified a "reel of film" from a Kodaking moment a century ago !
A little of one hundred years ago, in the 19teens, "Kodaking" became popular especially with teenagers and young adults as they delighted in recording their activities on film. Kodaking took photography out of the studio and on to the farms and inside our communities.
All families have a box full of "small" photos? Here's a helpful tip in sorting photographs: Turn the photos picture face down. Stack them like a deck of cards. Some will be taller, some wider. Sort and organize those of the same height and those with the same width until they are separated into small groups of photos with the exact same dimensions. Some groups may have a similar number on the back. Turn over each group of photos and notice that you have identified a "reel of film" from a Kodaking moment a century ago !
Panoramic Background Photograph: A great amount of history can be captured from small details in the background of photographs. This "original" photograph was focused on two small children sitting on a blanket in the foreground. Almost out of view were tiny houses in the background. By focusing and enlarging the images in the background we were able to capture valuable panoramic images of the community. Please contribute your photos and we ask that you do "not" crop the photo.. photo ca. 1941
To navigate this website utilize tabs across the top:
Our Goal ~ Photo Contributions, Research Resources, Family History Contributions, Photo Contributions,
Our Goal ~ Photo Contributions, Research Resources, Family History Contributions, Photo Contributions,
Our Goal ~ Photo Contributions provides helpful instructions on how you can easily contribute your old photographs.
Research Resources provides information that may be helpful in researching families that lived in our communities.
Family History Contributions provides stories and history of our communities and surrounding area.
Photo Contributions presents photographs in our collection reflective of our communities. Photos are arranged by chronological decades or by topic.
Research Resources provides information that may be helpful in researching families that lived in our communities.
Family History Contributions provides stories and history of our communities and surrounding area.
Photo Contributions presents photographs in our collection reflective of our communities. Photos are arranged by chronological decades or by topic.
how to contribute old photographs
IPhone and Androids:
-Simply take a picture of an old photograph and email it us. Make sure your camera is positioned squarely over the photo to ensure the view is not distorted. Turn camera flash "off" and make sure lighting is not to bright.
-Do not "crop" any thing out of the photos as cropping looses much of the detail in the photograph.
Printer Scanners:
-Scan your selected photos at 300 bpi. Please do not "resize" or "enlarge" or "crop" the photos. Scan as original size.
Walmart copies:
-Scan your selected photos at 300 bpi. Please do not "resize" or "enlarge" or "crop" the photos. Scan as original size
-Simply take a picture of an old photograph and email it us. Make sure your camera is positioned squarely over the photo to ensure the view is not distorted. Turn camera flash "off" and make sure lighting is not to bright.
-Do not "crop" any thing out of the photos as cropping looses much of the detail in the photograph.
Printer Scanners:
-Scan your selected photos at 300 bpi. Please do not "resize" or "enlarge" or "crop" the photos. Scan as original size.
Walmart copies:
-Scan your selected photos at 300 bpi. Please do not "resize" or "enlarge" or "crop" the photos. Scan as original size
email: [email protected]
or
snail mail: Help Save Our History: Scott Black, 10674 Jefferson Rd, (Courtney Flats) Ringling, OK 73456
or
snail mail: Help Save Our History: Scott Black, 10674 Jefferson Rd, (Courtney Flats) Ringling, OK 73456
Contributors to "help save our history"
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Janice Sneed
Max Brown Roy & Pat Williams Oscar & Charlsie Carnahan Minnie Carnahan Black Ramona Hogue Blankenship Sandra Wickham Marie Grant Dewbre Linda Orr Myrtle Tucker Cora Hancock |
Tankie & Peggy Spivey
Cotton and Jacqueline Grant Deanna Grant Henry Heidleburg Margreet Pinnick Willard Earl Tisdell Sylvia Faye Davis Durr William Elms L.J. Chapman Tootie Watkins Spivey Ruby Watkins Alta Faye Beavers Cox Michelle Hadden |
Gale & Charlene Black
Candace Gregory Bonnie Parsons Sheryl Winn April Gardner Eula Huff Grant Ruth Robinson Thomas Daisy Carnahan Robinson Beedie Hancock Allred Dorothy McCarty Beulah Hammons Evelyn Reynolds Robin Thurman |
Steve Longest
Lyndal Fox James and Pat Fox Mattie Meekins Bourland Clifford & Cleo Baxley Clearance McCarty Dorothy & Loyd Jackson Nat & Pennie Mitchell Tom Hammons Oneta Riggs Wavie Dorsett Stanford Doris Sigler Bethana Jones |
Evelyn Reynolds
Cora Hancock Alta Faye Beavers CoxEvie Downs Eubanks Grossie Dorsett Joachim Dovie Dorsett Jones Harvey Rabb Paul B. Hammons Tom Hancock Alec Hammons Fan Burns Billy Joe Watkins and many more..... |