Who Were They?

Lost and forgotten photos from the past

Clyde, Flora and now Abbie on March 5, 1888. This cabinet card image was made by Burgoyne in Manhattan, KS. We had a previous Burgoyne cabinet card, with a different style of text and embellishment along the bottom. It is possible this photo is a tiny bit earlier than the other, based on the idea …

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A lovely baby with his mother, taken around 1882. This baby is named Clyde, so that answers that question, but who is his mother? In my opinion, she looks a little worn around the edges, as though she is having a difficult time adjusting to the rigors of motherhood. Check back again for Clyde and …

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