Here’s another funny expression on a baby. This photograph is from the 1920s, I’d guess, based on the type of folder it’s in. The photo is mounted on an oversized cardboard presentation card. The photographer was Scheidemantle in Ellwood City, PA. While I couldn’t find anything on this photographer, I did find a great little …
Almost to the final photo in the C. Murray Album. I’ve got some wild speculation going about the couple we looked at recently – first in their wedding photo, then with their children, and then in middle age. The fellow in this CdV bears some resemblance to the man in those three photos, so I …
This CdV from the C. Murray Album is an unidentified Streeter family member. While I don’t know much about men’s clothing, what I do find very interesting is that instead of a necktie of some type, he has closed his shirt with a string tie. Literally, string. It appears he has a vest beneath his …
This CdV is one from the back of the C. Murray Album, and some sort of Streeter relation I’m sure. The photographer was Conklin of 509 Commercial Street, Atchison KS. Interestingly, Conklin was part of Conklin & Klekner, Portrait & Landscape Photographers, keeping rooms at the same address. They were known for photographing downtown Atchison, …
We begin looking at the CdVs at the back of the C. Murray Album, beginning with a handsome young man. The photographer was Burgoyne in Clay Center, KS and the back of the card is fairly ornate, indicating it is a later century photograph. There is no other information to identify this person.
Who Were They? 