Anne M Powers

@annempowers.bsky.social

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#Genealogist and #historian currently researching enlightenment families of #Derby, UK. Author of A Parcel of Ribbons; The Female Infidel; Silk Threads and Ironworks. Also current #politics and stuff. Reposting does not necessarily imply endorsement

Red Admiral butterfly on deep burgundy buddleia flower.
Victorian newspaper cutting giving place and time of a funeral and saying that the 2.20 train from Lime Street will stop at Halebank for the convenience of friends wishing to attend.
Newspaper article describing the birth of two sets of triplets in October 1822 and Christmas Day 1823.
Photo of 23 jars of home made fruit jelly
I am a language model and don't have the capacity to help with that.
Black and white photo of small blond girl holding a soft toy (a cat?) with a sleigh bell round its neck. She is seated on a low wooden stool, body facing left but turned towards the camera
Full length studio portrait of a young woman leaning on a high backed leather chair with a patterned shawl draped over its arm. Dark silk dress with bustle, she wears a dark ribbon choker and has dark hair piled elaborately behind her head, about 1878.
Two black birds in a leafless silver birch tree against a cloudless blue sky.
Title page of the 1809 first edition of An Essay on Government by Mrs R.F.A.Lee. Printed for the author in London by T. Gillet, Crown Court and sold by John Joseph Stockdale of 41 Pall Mall.
Cover of small book, green background, title 'The rediscovery of Lucy Hardcastle Botanist and Breadwinner' by Jonathan Powers with Anne M Powers. Image of the moon top right and three small images of botanical specimens.
Colour photograph of chuch doorway with pointed arch above. Elaborate carving of three angels, two on pillars either side and one at the top made in white alabaster.
Photo of battered cover of a small booklet for Be-Ro Home Recipes, Scones, Cakes, Pastry Puddings (front cover). Be-Ro for all Home Baking, So wholesome, simple and economical (back cover). Front image is of school girl baking and pointing to the booklet, rear of a mother and 4 children around a tea table.
Newspaper Births notice relating to the wife of Leonard Hodgson a farmer at Kirkby Malzeard in Yorkshire, describing the delivery of three remarkably fine boys on 16 October 1822 and three fine girls on Christmas Day 1823. There was one year and ten weeks between the deliveries.
Portrait in oils by Francis Cotes, Milwaukee Art Museum. Shows a young girl with short dark hair, in pink silk dress with white ruffled sleeves and white cap with pink silk ribbon. She is holding a handkerchief made into the shape of a rabbit and is leaning on a green chair with brass studded upholstery.
Black and white photograph of a group of men, some from the Friends Ambulance Unit, who appear to be either loading or unloading a large truck which is partly reversed out of a barn with large double doors. Germany, spring or summer 1945.
Image of scrap of paper written in the late 19th century, with genealogical hints including the names Parmenter, Morley, Jaques, Lee and Bevan.
Black and white carte de visite of young Edwardian woman with dark hair, wearing coat with wide lapels turned back to reveal ruffled jabot blouse. Photograph by Hellis and Sons.
Colour photo of part of old planked wooden door with rusty penny end hinge.
Sepia photo of elderly woman with knitted white lace shawl and white Quaker bonnet. From 'Through a City Archway: The Story of Allen and Hanburys'.
Edwardian sepia image of a woman driving a 2 wheel dog cart with WSPU banner on the horse and two flags (probably in suffragette colours), selling The Suffragette with another young woman - about 1910.
Black and white image of large house on the left and to the right the rear of a truck with FAU markings
Typewritten text of a letter dated 1917.
Family Tree diagram drawn using Powerpoint highlighting cousin marriages and family business connections in colour.
Colour photograph of an ornate cast iron Victorian railway bridge in Derby by Scottish engineer Andrew Handyside.
Faded sepia photograph showing two large Indian elephants in the centre in festival decoration with crowds either side.
Watercolour painting of West Horsley Place this view showing a range of Tudor chimneys.
Book cover shows portrait of dark haired Frances Lee aged about 10 in pink silk dress with lace trim and mob cap trimmed with pink satin ribbon, leaning against a chair with a handkerchief folded as a rabbit.
Engraving of a bust of a young woman in Regency style classical garb.
Black and white carte de visite photograph of elderly Victorian man seated at an angle to the camera, dressed in a dark suit and with highly polished boots.
Monochrome photograph of six couples dressed in their best, dated about 1910. Men standing at the back, their wives/fiancees seated. Probably a studio photo taken on holiday.
Image shows a red brick house with a well and picnic table covered in five inches of snow.
Cover image for book entitled Silk Threads and Ironworks about the other Wright family of Derby.