Who Were They?

Lost and forgotten photos from the past

Babies are cute regardless of when they were born. Here is little Benedicta Trunk as an infant, maybe as young as 3-4 months as she’s sort of laying on the chair and not holding up her head very much. You can see the inscription below the photo that someone wrote “Ben Trunk.” I’m guessing this …

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This lovely photograph is of Bendicta and Ruth Trunk, left and right. Based on some other information found with the photo and the great comments on a previous post, I believe this is a photo from their First Holy Communion. One of my readers said that these pins are Communion badges. The photographer was Davies …

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This beautiful lady is one of our mystery Streeter family members. We saw her previously in this post, in which I wondered if she wasn’t all that happy. After researching the entire family, I am speculating that this is Alice Fullington Streeter, wife of Charles Streeter. I came to this conclusion after studying the family …

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Today I’m featuring another piece of the puzzle that is the C. Murray Album. This cabinet card is also by Dewey and Dewey in Manhattan, KS, and is of a lovely woman in an 1890’s dress with puffed sleeves and velvet trim. This is Almeda Jane Reed Streeter, wife if Alfred C Streeter. This is …

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