Comments on: Photo Genealogy – Part 4 http://www.hiddengenealogynuggets.com/genealogyblog/2012/03/photo-genealogy-part-4/ Finding those hidden genealogy nuggets Sun, 12 May 2013 05:02:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Jim Sanders http://www.hiddengenealogynuggets.com/genealogyblog/2012/03/photo-genealogy-part-4/#comment-858 Jim Sanders Mon, 26 Mar 2012 21:51:12 +0000 http://www.hiddengenealogynuggets.com/genealogyblog/?p=611#comment-858 Hi Dianne, Thank you for your feedback. It had not crossed my mind that could be a mourning photo. Were mourning photos common back then? I've been told this is from the early to mid 1880s. If this was the Fraher sisters as I suspect it was, their father died somewhere during that timeframe. I've been unable to find any death certificate, burial record or gravestone. One newspaper report indicates he was committed (assuming ir was a mental institution). Regards, Jim Hi Dianne,

Thank you for your feedback. It had not crossed my mind that could be a mourning photo. Were mourning photos common back then? I’ve been told this is from the early to mid 1880s. If this was the Fraher sisters as I suspect it was, their father died somewhere during that timeframe. I’ve been unable to find any death certificate, burial record or gravestone. One newspaper report indicates he was committed (assuming ir was a mental institution).

Regards, Jim

]]> By: Dianne aka Blanche http://www.hiddengenealogynuggets.com/genealogyblog/2012/03/photo-genealogy-part-4/#comment-857 Dianne aka Blanche Mon, 26 Mar 2012 21:04:30 +0000 http://www.hiddengenealogynuggets.com/genealogyblog/?p=611#comment-857 I'm thinking the middle picture of the women is a mourning photo. I could not make it bigger to view the clothing better. I had acquired some old pictures as well. One was of my ggrandmother from about the early 1900's. The other was a young woman from the 1850's. Had no idea who the second one was until a scanned them and view their faces side by side. They were the same person. I think one of the sisters is in the picture as the one dressed as a man. Still how wonderful to have those pictures I’m thinking the middle picture of the women is a mourning photo. I could not make it bigger to view the clothing better. I had acquired some old pictures as well. One was of my ggrandmother from about the early 1900′s. The other was a young woman from the 1850′s. Had no idea who the second one was until a scanned them and view their faces side by side. They were the same person. I think one of the sisters is in the picture as the one dressed as a man. Still how wonderful to have those pictures

]]> By: Jim Sanders http://www.hiddengenealogynuggets.com/genealogyblog/2012/03/photo-genealogy-part-4/#comment-852 Jim Sanders Sun, 25 Mar 2012 19:38:16 +0000 http://www.hiddengenealogynuggets.com/genealogyblog/?p=611#comment-852 I thought that one was a little different than the others. Notice the the cane he has. Why would a man so young need a cane? Could he have been injured in some military conflict? I've been told this photo is from the early to mid 1880s. If so and if he was injured in a military conflict it would not have been the civil war. The image as it appears in the blog post should actually be mirrored reversed. It is a tin type photo and the scan in the blog post is a scan of the original photo which I have. Regards, Jim I thought that one was a little different than the others. Notice the the cane he has. Why would a man so young need a cane? Could he have been injured in some military conflict? I’ve been told this photo is from the early to mid 1880s. If so and if he was injured in a military conflict it would not have been the civil war.

The image as it appears in the blog post should actually be mirrored reversed. It is a tin type photo and the scan in the blog post is a scan of the original photo which I have.

Regards, Jim

]]> By: J Lilienthal http://www.hiddengenealogynuggets.com/genealogyblog/2012/03/photo-genealogy-part-4/#comment-850 J Lilienthal Sun, 25 Mar 2012 19:11:20 +0000 http://www.hiddengenealogynuggets.com/genealogyblog/?p=611#comment-850 The bottom one is very strange. It looks as if someone has photo-shopped an image of a very young soldier into an image of 3 women. The relative hugeness of the boy compared to the women makes it appear as if the people are out of scale with each other. Interesting. The bottom one is very strange. It looks as if someone has photo-shopped an image of a very young soldier into an image of 3 women. The relative hugeness of the boy compared to the women makes it appear as if the people are out of scale with each other. Interesting.

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