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Photo Contest Submissions

By Maureen A. Taylor

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A big thank you to everyone that submitted photos to our contest. The deadline has now passed and I’m gradually working my way through all the images to pick the winning image. The winner will receive a copy of my book, The Family Photo Detective, and the image may even be featured inside. Watch this space for news!

Here are three of the pictures folks uploaded to the Family Tree Magazine Facebook page.

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Jen Baldwin uploaded this cute pair of siblings—William W. and his sister Bessie Brown. It was taken in Colfax County, Neb., circa 1880. Don’t you just love her pantalettes and his long curls.

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Shirley Jenks Jacobs uploaded this photo of her great-grandmother. I love the hat. In the 1880s, hats had tall crowns and lots of trim on the front. You can’t see it, but women in this period also wore large bustles.

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Suzanne Whetzel submitted this family portrait of her maternal great-grandparents Mary Ethel (Wade) and Henry Clark Yost with their son (Suzanne’s grandfather) James Meryl Yost. James was born in 1908 and this toddler helps date the photo to about 1910.


Solve your family photo mysteries with these books by Maureen A. Taylor:

  • Fashionable Folks: Bonnets and Hats 1840-1900
  • Preserving Your Family Photographs
  • Fashionable Folks: Hairstyles 1840-1900
  • Finding the Civil War in Your Family Album
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