Every year since 2012, except this one (due to a frozen pipe), I have produced a composite image of historic Maplewood photographs to be sold at our chamber’s annual auction. For most of those years, the beautiful frames have been crafted by the longtime Maplewood business, Frame of Mind at 2900 S Big Bend Blvd.
This one was printed at 16 x 20″ for the 2019 auction. The leaf was from my neighbor John Ancy’s tree.
If you’d like to know more about the Sutton family, click on this sentence.
If you’d like to know more about the Rannells family, click on this one.
If you’d like to know more about the Frame of Mind frame shop, click on this one.
Far from drying up, the backlog of items concerning the history of our small town just keeps getting larger. As the daylight hours get shorter, my posts will probably be more frequent.
I truly appreciate your interest and support.
Doug Houser September 9, 2025
You are very welcome, John. I agree that the image of your mother’s painting of the Sutton mansion which you kindly lent for my Maplewood History book, Volume Two is a very fine folk art painting.
Doug, thank you for all that you do. Your posts about Maplewood, its history, settlers and my family are always enjoyable and informative. As you know, James C was my great-great grandfather. His history and accomplishments always make me proud. Also, thank you for including Mom’s painting of the “mansion”. She was legally blind (macular degeneration) and I think it is a good piece of folk art.