August 2010 Photo Detective: Mistaken Identity Premium
Genealogy clues in an unusual daguerreotype.
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Family memory and photographic evidence don't always agree. At least that's true in my experience. While many people e-mail me photographs of completely unknown people, some send in images supposedly identified by a relative. Sometimes the information is correct, but often it's a case of mistaken identity. Ken Gibilisco writes...
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Barbara Jean McNamara's grandmother always referred to the man in this portrait as "Jake." But there are two Jakes in the Baptiste family tree, and McNamara doesn't know which one is pictured here—Jacob Pierre Baptiste (1795-1877) or his son Jacob Pierre Baptiste Jr. (1822-1899). She thinks...
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Vicki Gibbs' family photo collection contains multiple copies of one photograph—but no original. Sometimes the history of a photograph is like a game of telephone. The person who owns the original makes a copy for a relative and identifies the picture. That person then makes a duplicate for...
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