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This photo went Full Circle 132 on November 13, 2015
This is another Cabinet Card from Craig’s Collection.
A damaged Cabinet Card, yet if it is the only photo you have of relatives it can still be appreciated.
Ground Floor Studio 303 East Main Street Abbey was the photographer in Kalamazoo, Michigan
Mett Harrison
Not much of a clue but it is the only one on the back of the card. This card is probably from around 1885 give or take a few years. Did you notice his right hand?
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This is a Cabinet Card from Craig’s Collection.
A Cabinet Card from the 1880’s sometime. Osborne was the photographer with initials E and D at “The Gem Gallery” (Gems were small tintypes.)
Jerry’s brother + wife
Gustaf Estenberg – 1880
St. Paul Minn
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Mr. Herbert Shaver + wife
I will guess this was taken about 1895 because of the huge sleeves of her gown. This may be an engagement or a wedding photo but there isn’t anything that points directly to that…flowers or rings.
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The Photographer is Atherton on the Ground Floor Charles City, Iowa
From the huge sleeves on the young gals gown we will estimate this photo was taken ion 1895.
We only have one more hint with this photo.
Clary
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A couple all dressed up for a photo.
O.W. Spencer and wife 1890 (or maybe A.W. Spencer)
The wife’s gown looks older than 1890…it looks early 1880’s to me.
It looks like the apron is made of two different fabrics and that pleated underskirt matches it. I also noticed that it looks like the gown was let out right at the bust line… which looks peculiar to me and then some trims were added right at the bust line too. The skirt also looks too short. Perhaps the gown was remade for her. This gown may be an example of the Natural Form era that took place 1877 to 1882.
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This is a Cabinet Card from Craig’s Collection.
Burnett was the photographer at N.W.Corner Valencia and 16th Sts. S.F.
A very cute little boy sitting so nicely on a very large chair.
Jim Oconnor
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Stewart is the photographer in the Stewart Block in Ellicottville, NY
A baby in a long gown in a beautiful chair.
Eva Miles Baldwin
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This is a old photo from Craig’s Collection.
A well loved photo that was pinned up someplace. Perhaps for a Grandmother to admire as she walked by.
Allie or Ollie + Johnie K. Jansen??
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Another Full Circle!
This one began with Jacqi finding some information and Iggy finding a WikiTree with a copy of this same photo.
James and Lydia Harris found the way home.
Iggy contacted the owner of theWikiTree. He forwarded me her email. She also left a comment on the Photo 1490 blog post.
Her comment was this:
I've dropped a note to one of you who contacted me and yes, that is indeed James Austin Harris. The Harris clan is quite colorful and I have enjoyed putting together some of the WikiTree pages on them - one of which you found. I continue to work on those pages and it was the help of people like you that I have been able to put more meat on the bones of the Harris clan than we had earlier. The partial photo you spotted on my wiki was a scan sent to me by a cousin. Coming up with the actual photos has been somewhat difficult. Thanks for finding this! - Jackie
From Jackie:
James Harris's profile on WikiTree Karl - Good evening from the frozen tundra in Iowa. You can't imagine how happy your post made me! James Austin Harris is my third great grand uncle. I descend from the Harris family through his brother Barnabus "Barney" Arthur Harris. The picture you see on my wikitree is what a cousin sent me for inclusion, but neither of us have the full photo. The Harris's were a family that seemed to believe in a lot of photos except for James (there is only one other of him that I know of) and another brother who joined the U.S. Cavalry during the civil war and was killed in an Indian fight while serving at Fort Laramie at the end of the war. (I am lucky on him in that another cousin did send me a copy of the one photo we know of in existence for him. I would love to receive that photo - and of course reimburse for costs. And I would also love to know where it was found. The Harris clan and the Peacock clan intermarried several times with several of the Peacocks moving to Minnesota. My guess is that may have been how it might have migrated there. (I am guessing as to where it was found after taking a look at the webpage.) And by the way - I can't remember who it was on that page that was complimentary of the Wiki writeup - but that just made my day. When I started the Wiki it was my intent to put some meat on the bones of the family members that I could find. Apparently this page succeeded a bit - and for that I am grateful. Let me know what information you need - or feel free to pass along my address. I really appreciate you making the effort to contact me. Jackie
I emailed Jackie:
Mar 3 at 9:10 PM
Hello Jackie, Karl forwarded your email to me..he is a fantastic researcher!! I am more than happy to return the photo of Jim and Lydia Harris to you. Photo Number 1490.
I got the photo with a group of others from a fellow in California who came to dead ends searching for relatives.
Please send me names of anyone else that could be in this family group and I will keep and eye out for them.
Please email me your address...I can go to the PO tomorrow. Connie at Forgotten Old Photos
She replied:
Connie -
I took a look around that website - what a wonderful thing you all are doing and the photos are just great.
I'm going to have you send this to me at work - I have a rather small mailbox at home and a rather stupid mail person who thinks folding anything is okay. I sort the mail at work so I know I'll get it.
Most of the family names you might find associated with him would be Butterworth, Harris, Johnson, Peacock, Chenoweth and Lamb but if you come across anything with Shelby, Audubon or Cass (Atlantic) county Iowa photos, let me know. That is my home stomping ground and I might be able to come up with something for you.
You cannot imagine how touched I was when I got Karl's email. I started the Wiki in hopes of reaching out to other family members and it has proven very successful, but this was beyond anything I ever imagined.
I will be sharing the photo with others from the line on a Harris family list we have going. I know they will appreciate as much as I do.
Thanks again -
Jackie
I replied:
Hi Jackie, I mailed the photo today so you might have it Thursday or Friday. With your permission I will write a full circle post after you have received the photo.
Can you tell me a little about how your wiki works and about the process? Thanks Connie
She replied:
Connie -
Thank you so much. I received the photo today and it is wonderful. I will be sending you a small donation for your time and effort - and hope it will help you reunite more of these old photos with their families.
WikiTree - through which your group found me - is a collaborative giant family tree. It operates much like those on Ancestry and other genealogy-oriented sites but I chose to use it over the other sites for a number of reasons. It's free. It allows me to source my tree using genealogical standards. It allows me unlimited space for information and photos and it gives me more control. James Harris and his second wife, whose photo you sent me (http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Harris-5053) was one of those individuals whose bio you just really don't want to cut short. I have a large part of the backbone of my tree on WikiTree now - and each week I pick one family group to focus on. This week, needless to say, it will be the Harris clan again.
The Wiki has resulted in finding a lot of "cousins" I would have never found, but this was beyond my expectations!
I plan on having this copied and will be giving copies to a few others in my family who also do a lot of family history, so your find will be shared with a number of others.
Again thanks for all you do - and my thanks to the others who also help find the families of those who are featured in these photos -
Jackie
I want to thank both Iggy and Jacqi for their help finding this photo a home, you are both awesome!!
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