Who Will Tell Their Story?

Monday, September 17, 2012

Orphan Photo #120

This cabinet card is so cute. On the back, it reads, “Sarah to Ann,” but I have no idea what is means or who they are.

The photographer’s imprint reads: Turley, Albion, Ind.

Monday, September 10, 2012

Orphan Photo #119

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I wonder who this dapper young gentleman is in this cabinet card. The photographer is James T. Relf, located in Decorah, Iowa.

Monday, September 3, 2012

According to the imprint, this photograph was taken by S. Fichtel of Union Hill, New Jersey. I’m pretty sure it’s Sigmund Fichtel, who was listed in the 1900 census as a photographer, living in Union with his wife Margureth.¹

Sources

1. 1900 U.S. census, population schedule, Union Ward 1, Hudson County, New Jersey, enumeration district (ED) 57, sheet 7A, page 146 (stamped), dwelling 91, family 154, Sigmund Fichtel, digital images, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : accessed 20 August 2012); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T623, roll 974.

Monday, August 27, 2012

Orphan Photo #117

Is this your grandma? On the back, below the photographer’s imprint, it reads “This is your grandma.” I wonder who she is.

This CDV was done by photographer “C. W. Tallman” at 80 & 82 Main Street in Batavia, New York. I suspect “C. W.” is Charles, who in 1880 was living in Batavia and listed as a photographer in the census.¹

Sources

1. 1880 U.S. census, population schedule, Batavia, Genessee County, New York, enumeration district (ED) 4, p. 3 (written), 398 (stamped), dwelling 26, family 27, Charles Tallman; digital images, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : accessed 20 August 2012); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T9, roll 835.

Monday, August 20, 2012

Orphan Photo #116

Such a darling! Unfortunately there is no identifying information for this cutie.

Friday, August 17, 2012

Found: Forgotten Bookmarks

In a recent article, Gena Phillibert-Ortega introduced me to a blog called Forgotten Bookmarks. Michael Popek is a bookseller and runs across all sorts of items left between the pages of books. He’s found everything from photos to recipes to grocery lists to letters, and just about everything in between. He blogs about his findings at Forgotten Bookmarks. Be sure to check it out!

Michael also published a book, Forgotten Bookmarks: A Bookseller's Collection of Odd Things Lost Between the Pages, that has several bookmarks that he hasn’t blogged about.

Friday, June 15, 2012

Found: Another Orphan Photo Blog!

I realize it’s been a few months since my last post. Life has gotten in the way of many things and I’ve just had to put several things on the back burner. Don’t worry, I have plenty of photos to share and I hope to be posting again soon. In the meantime, why not check out Found Lost Treasure, which is a new orphan photo blog written by Yvette Porter Moore.

Monday, February 20, 2012

Orphan Photo #115

This is a Real Photo Postcard. Notice that there are people holding up a blanket as a backdrop? You can see someone’s head and two sets of hands.

Monday, February 13, 2012

Orphan Photo #114

What adorable little girls…too bad we have no idea who they are and what became of them.

Monday, February 6, 2012

Orphan Photo #113

Too bad we don’t know anymore on who the “Mother” and “Harold” are in this photograph.