Who Were They?

Lost and forgotten photos from the past

The tall one is Olney and the seated one is Willie. Their information is written on the back of the card as follows: Olney Lee Rudd b Jan 17, 1874 Carroll Co Ark, near Rudd, Ark William Mann Rudd Jr b July 12, 1878 Springerville Arizona Children of  Dr William Mann Rudd and Eliza Catherine …

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Here are two photos from the Rudd collection that feature people looking remarkably similar!   The top photograph is identified as Catherine Eliza Rudd, Kitty and Dr William Mann Rudd. Interestingly, another photo in the set identifies the adults as Dr William Mann Rudd and Eliza Catherine Mann. It was pretty common to intermarry among …

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Sepia Saturday this week encourages us to look at women, and although I don’t have a photo of women talking on the phone, operating office machines or other possible directions the prompt could go, I do have some women from a recent purchase that I am ready to explore. These three photos have rather odd …

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