Unscanned Photos and Cards

I recently moved and am still getting unpacked.  Also, these photos are beginning to take up quite a bit of space.  Rather than abuse Rootsweb's generosity in providing all this nice free web space by continuing to upload large photo files, I am currently trying to find time to look around for an inexpensive host for these folks.  In the meantime, I will post names and descriptions of additional photos here as I am able to find time.  (Photos that I have already uploaded can be seen in my other "Antique Store People" pages)

These are photos that I found in antique stores, flea markets, etc. and posted here in hopes that relatives of the people depicted will find them.  The photos themselves come from all over the United States.  I've even seen some from other countries.  Since I don't have unlimited funds, I usually restrict myself to photos with names on them.  Locations given for these families are from the address of the photography studio where they were taken unless written on the back or otherwise noted.  These are not for sale, but I will be happy to give them to relatives in return for the cost of postage and purchase.  I cannot take requests to look for photos of specific families - I just pick up what I can find when I see them.

• Found in various shops in central Texas.
  1. Carte de visite of a little boy and girl in a studio.  Somebody (possibly one of the children in the photo) has scribbled all over the back with a pencil.  Written in ink on the back:  "Josey or Johey(?) CARREW, born June 4th, 1867.  Mary Elizabeth CARREW, born 4th of April, 1869

  2. Cabinet card of a well dressed young man with a mustache.  He is standing in a studio.  The photo may have been cut down to fit in a frame or album as writing near the bottom is cut off.  The fancy handwriting on the back makes it dificult to read his name - appears to say "Miller HILL?, Mar.3.1883, Logansport".  Photographer information reads "C. H. Stevens, Photographer, Logansport, Ind."

  3. Cabinet card of Katie HENNING, a young woman.  She is smiling in this head shot, which makes a nice change from the grim expressions on a lot of these other photos.  Photographer information is given as "Metzger, Harleysville, Pa."

  4. Cabinet card of Irvin SCHUECK?, a young man.  Photographer information reads "A. G. Metzger, Photographer, Harleysville, Pa."  Possibly a relative of miss HENNING above?

  5. Cabinet card of R. R. WOODBRIDGE, a young man with a mustache.  Photographer is listed as "R. E. Atkinson, Artist and Photographer, New No. 505 State Street, Schenectady, N. Y."

  6. 7.5 x 9.5 inch photo on roughly 11 x 12.5 inch mat.  This is a family photo apprently taken in parlor of the family's house.  Surnames written on the back are MILLER and HAHNEWOOD or HAHNEWOLD?  People in the photo are a young couple, a middle-aged couple, a boy, and a middle-aged woman.  Two large portrait photos hang over the piano - they appear to be of the young couple - Mr. and Mrs. MILLER.  Writing on the back reads as follows:

     In chair on left:  Amelia
     Standing John MILLER & Laura MILLER
     next sitting:  Albert HAHNEWOLD, Jr.
     Albert HAHNEWOLD, Sr.
     Frances HAHNEWOLD

  
  
• Various photos found in 2003. The Bracken and Davis photos seem to be from the 1920s.
  1. A snapshot of Agnes BRACKEN (a little girl) and her mother.  Agnes is sitting in a little fringe-topped buggy while her mother, wearing a poke bonnet, holds the pony's head.  Writing on the back reads "Little Agnes Bracken and her little pony and buggy.  That is Mrs. Bracken holding him."

  2. Portrait postcard of "Little Bill DAVIS", a little boy with long blond curls and a big smile.

  3. Portrait postcard of two little girls sitting on a fur.  Writing on the back identifies them as "Darthy and Walterine (or Walterice?) DAVIS".

  4. Portrait postcard of a baby in a sweater sitting on a fur.  Writing on the back reads "Little Dorthy DAVIS".  The word "Big" is written above this.

  5. Portrait postcard of two young women in white.  Written on the back is "Elva NEFF and Ruth BURKE, 1910"

  6. Postcard of two very small boys with a wagon.  There is a puppy sitting in the wagon.  Writing on the back in three places reads "Eldon - Albert", "from Albert FOX", in the address space "Alice McCARTY"

  7. Carte de visite of a baby.  Written on the back is "Lucius Hatfield BUGBEE, born April 29, 1873, about 1 yr old in photo."  The top and bottom of the photo have been trimmed.  Remaining photographer information on the back makes numerous references to prizes in photography awarded to one J. Landy.

  8. Somewhat faded cabinet card of a young woman in white.  On the back is written "Sister Martha DOHRMANN Confirmed"

  9. Portrait of two young men.  Writing in pencil on the back is too faded to make out at the moment - I will have to keep working at it with my paint program.  Part of it appears to read "Mr. Joe".

  10. Snapshot of two men in suits.  Writing on the back reads "L. W. MUELLER + H. ALLEN, May 1914, Temple" (probably Temple, Texas).

  11. Portrait of a man in a suit.  Writing on the back reads "Jo NINETA" and "Uncle Lee".

  12. Faded cabinet card portrait of a young couple identified as Sarah and Richard PRAUSE.  The photographer is identified as "Fey & Braunig, Art Photography, Halletsville and Cuero, Texas."

  13. Snapshot of a small farmhouse identified on the back as "The PRAUSE home, north, northeast of Yoakum" (Texas)

  14. Faded cabinet card of Sarah TAMPKE.  Photographer information reads "Orris Hunt, Palace, R. R. Photo Car"

  15. Very badly faded and spotted carte de visite of a bearded young man identified as Sigismund ENGELKING, 1869.  Photographer information appears to read "Lungkwitz & Iwonski, Over Bell Bro.'s Jewelry Store, Main Street, San Antonio, Texas"

  16. Faded cabinet card of a young couple identified on the back as "Your true cousins, Willie & Alice STOFF, Floresville, Texas".  There is no photographer information on the photo.

  17. Cabinet card of "Annie M. DANNER, Manheim, Pa."  Photographer is identified as "B. Frank Saylor, Life Size Crayons and Large Work a Specialty, 42 West King Street 44, Lancaster, Pa."

  18. Cabinet card of "Mary E. GARBER, Mount Joy, Pa."  Same photographer as in the DANNER photo above.  Same handwriting on the back.

  19. Cabinet card of "Ella KING, M???hausy? City, Pa.  Same photographer as the DANNER photo above.  Handwriting appears to be the same on all three photos - perhaps relatives, or friends of the same family?

  20. Faded hand-tinted carte de visite of two girls and a little boy.  Name written in pencil on the back may read "LOHMANN".  Photographer identified as "L. K. Bair, Newmanstown, Pa."

  21. Cabinet card of an older couple, apparently taken in their yard.  Writing on the back reads "M. S. GOODHART, Newville, Pa."

  22. Snapshot of a middle-aged couple, a young man, and two young women taken on a porch and dated 1912.  Writing on the back reads:

      Mother + Dad SOLOMON
      Gilbert SOURBEER
      Salinda + Ida SOLOMON
      

  23. Snapshot of two young men and a young woman taken in the woods, apparently in the winter (all the leaves are off the trees).  Writing on the back reads:

      George SOURBEER
      and wife
      Catherine HOERNER SOURBEER
      and Gilbert SOURBEER

  24. A pair of old letters sent in 1900 from a Mrs. JONES to a Mrs. Milton MYERS of Reading, Pennsylvania.  For the complete text of both, click here.

  
  
• Found at an antique show in Texas in September, 2003.
  1. Cabinet card of "Mrs. E. H. WILLIAMS, Kemp, Tex.".  On the front below her photo is written "Mama".  Photographer is listed as "H. F. Peery, Photographer, Kaufman, Texas."

  2. Cabinet card of "Mrs. Jenny FIELDS", an older woman.  Photographer is listed as "W. H. Moore, Marion, O."

  3. 5 x 7 inch photo of "Mr. and Mrs. Carl SMIDT", a well-dressed young couple.  The photo is dated March, 1898.  Photographer is listed as "Sam L. Fite, 613 Main St., Owensboro, Ky."

  
  
• Found in Red Hook, New York in October, 2003
  1. 3.5 x 5.25 inch photo of Allie F. MORSE, a well dressed middle-aged lady with glasses.  The photo is dated 1898.  Photographer information reads "Philip Buchholz, Springfield, Mass."

  2. Small photo on a 4 x 6 inch card of Samuel AYERS "age 23 months, Aug. 1st, 1912."  Photographer information is "E. F. Still, Warwick, N.Y."

  3. Photo on a 9 x 6 inch card of Abby BENEDICT, a woman wearing glasses.  Photographer information is "E. F. Still, Warwick, N. Y."

  4. Cabinet card of Albert H. DREW, Jr. "10 months - 25 lbs."  No photographer information.

  5. 5.5 x 6.5 faded photo of Hannah BENNETT YOUNG WRIGHT, an elderly lady seated in a chair on a front porch.  "Clara T. HUDSON's grandmother (maternal)."  No photographer information.

  
  
• Found at Citywide Garage Sale in Austin, Texas on November 29, 2003
  1. Cabinet card of Mrs. S. A. FRISBEE?, Alexandria, Va., a middle-aged woman.  Additional information on the back is hard to read because of damage to the photo - appears to say "May 1st - 1898 - 34 yr."  Photographer information reads "Narramore, Alexandria, Va."

  2. Photo in a 5 x 7 inch cardboard mat of a middle-aged man with a mustache.  The only information on the photo says "Dad CARLTON".

  
  
• Found in Georgetown, Texas on December 18, 2003
  1. A faded 3 x 3 inch head shot of May MURPHY, a young woman dated 1894.

  2. Carte de visite of "Carl PEARSON, 8 years old, March 24th (or 29th?), 1865".  Photographer identified as "Crellin, Photographer, 162 Regent Street W., London"

  3. 3.5 x 5 inch modern color snapshot of a gravestone which has had chalk rubbed on it to make the inscription easier to read.  The inscription reads as follows:
     (Masonic emblem)
     Stephen J.
     SPARKS
     Born
     March 13, 1824
     Died
     March 20, 1857
     Aged 33 years
     & 7 days.

  
  
• Found at an antique and collectible show in Belton, Texas in January, 2004.
  1. Cabinet card of "Nellie GILMORE, daughter of Frank + Julia GILMORE", a little girl.  Photographer information reads "McPherson Bros., 307 & 309 West State Street, Rockford, Ill."

  2. Family portrait in studio on 6 x 9 inch card.  Photo shows a middle-aged man and woman with two babies.  Writing on the back in ink reads "Aunt Fannie DALE, Uncle Mace HUTCHINSON & children."  Written below this in pencil is "Laura Bell and Alford" - probably the names of the babies.

  3. 4 x 6 photo in folding cardboard mount of a little girl and boy, probably circa the 1920s or 1930s.  Written on the mount is "Bubbles and Tilly McCLESKEY, Graham, Texas."  No photographer information on it anywhere.

  
  
• Found in Round Rock, Texas on February 1, 2004.  Three cartes de visite and a 3.5 x 5.5 inch photo.  All are from Finland and are probably from the same family.  Names are approximate as the handwriting is difficult for me to make out.  There were many others in this store, but the photos below were the only ones with names.
  1. Carte de visite - head shot of Anna SAHLSTEN, a young woman.  The top and bottom of the photo appear to have been trimmed.  Photographer information across the bottom appears to read "G. Broman, S : f Michel"

  2. Carte de visite - head shot of a young man.  The top and bottom of the photo appear to have been trimmed.  His name on the back of the photo appears to be "Kaarlo HANMAR".  Writing on the front of the photo appears to read "Kaarlo TERH (brother of Sigurd)".  Photographer is listed as K. E. Ståhlberg, Toinen Valokuvaamo, 17 Aleksanterinkatu 17, Helsinki"

  3. Carte de visite - head shot of Elli KAISLA, a young woman.  This photo may have originally been larger and appears to have been cut across the top and bottom, possibly to make it fit better in a family album.  Remaining photographer information appears to read "V. Barsokevitz".  There is not enough left of his location for me to make out what it said.

  4. 3.5 x 5.5 inch photo of four children - a girl, two boys, and a baby in a high chair.  As near as I can make it out, they are identified as "Marja 8 (yrs)", "Olli 6 (yrs)", "Ta??? 5 (yrs)", "Iimu? 9 (months)".  There is a line in pencil that I cannot read which contains the year 1914 - possibly the date that the photo was taken.

  
  
• Found in various central Texas shops on February 20, 2004
  1. Carte de visite of Estella HURLBRITT? (surname is difficult to make out), a very bored looking little girl sitting on a chair in a studio and kicking her feet.  Photographer info on the back reads "M. S. Holly, Photographer, Cor. Main and Waugoo Streets, Oshkosh, Wis."

  2. Cabinet card of Abbey GODFREY, a young woman.  This is a studio head shot.  Written on the back:  "For Timmy LEDGERWOOD". Photographer information on the front reads "Goldsberry, Red Oak, Iowa."

  3. Cabinet card of Amanda Lucas FREEMAN, studio head shot of an older woman in a cloth cap.  Photographer information reads "C. Steller, Arlington, Iowa".  Extensive handwritten information on the back reads:

     Amanda Lucas FREEMAN born Oct. 5, 1799 at Cazanovia, Madison Co., N.Y.
     died Mch. 24, 1863 at Sperry Tps., Clayton Co., Iowa near Valga

     (Our father's mother)

     Please return

     Mother of John Jay FREEMAN
     Mother of Elmena FREEMAN (St. John)

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