This is a CdV, edged in brown and with a plain back. The lady bears a bit of a resemblance to Ruth Ann McGuire, shown in a previous post, but I’m not completely certain. This photo appears to date to about the 1880s. This brings us to the end of the 19th century photographs in …
This cabinet card has been trimmed to the photo size and on the back was written: Grandma McGuire Ruth Ann Floyd Rudd There was no photographer’s information but I assume it was taken in Arizona where the majority of the other Rudd family photographs were made. Ruth Ann is dressed in a rather plain dress, …
In 1885, Miss Farmar (Miss Tarmar?) sat for her portrait with Byrne & Co in Richmond. Virginia immediately comes to mind, but there are towns named Richmond in Virginia, Rhode Island, California, and Kentucky, and of course England. Was she an old maid? A woman would have been addressed as Miss as long as she …
