The Weller Family Revisited
My search for living descendants of the little girl in Finding Family Photos on the Web is ongoing. It's a perfect example of how not everything is on the web. Having looked at census records and whatever else was online, I ran into a virtual brick wall—I'm sure you know...
Read MoreMulti-generational Portraits
There's something special about seeing a grandmother and grandchild posed together in a photograph. This little tyke is the spitting image of her grandma. Emma Dempster-Greenbaum owns this picture. It's labeled "Grandmother & Sarah Ann." The photographer was J.C. Cone and Sons of Farmington. Emma dated...
Read MoreWomen’s Sleeves Are Clues to Photo Dates
Bill Dodge thinks one of these young women is his paternal grandmother because he found the picture in his father’s belongings. He wonders if it’s a graduation photo and if the girl on the lower right holds a nurses cap. I truly believe each family portrait tells a story about...
Read MoreIdentifying Children in Photos
The imprint of photographer S. Adamkiewicz appears on this photo of two towheaded boys, but questions still mount up for owner Annette Gathright and led her to post the photo on the Photo Detective Forum. Who are the boys and when did they pose for this darling picture? Gathright’s family...
Read MoreUnderstanding a Traveling Photographer
In this Photo Detective article, Maureen Taylor delves into the mysteries of an unknown photographer and when the photo in question might have been taken.
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