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| Photograph from Personal Collection |
Look Closely!
Do You Know Mom
and Kids?
Have you ever seen a waist that tiny? Did you notice the
hands supporting the baby? The girls are adorable. Their shoes are a little
dusty—perhaps this picture was taken outside.
I love this photo but have no idea who this could be.
Maureen Taylor, the Photo Detective, has featured my photograph in her books
“Uncovering Your Ancestry through Family Photographs” and “Best of the Photo
Detective” and was very helpful in her analysis dating my picture to sometime
between 1900 and 1910. She used clues from Mother’s clothing to aid her. As you
can see, no studio imprint is on the frame or any writing on the back.
The photo was handed down to me from my Great Aunt Ella.
Aunt Ella inherited the family photos from her Aunt Lillian (Clark) Hewitt
(1873-1955). This collection was a combination of Aunt Lillie’s photographs as
well as Aunt Lillie’s mother, Harriet (Ogden) Clark (1842-1912). Aunt Lillian lived at 24 Grand Ave., Middletown, Orange
Co., New York and Grandmother Harriet (Ogden) Clark lived with Aunt Lillie when
she was widowed.
Even though I have acquired much information about the
Clark and Ogden families, I haven’t been able to match mother and children with
anyone in my database.
Readers, please share your thoughts or ideas. I would
love to solve this mystery.
What a neat photo! And, thanks for pointing out the tiny waist (wow!) & the hands holding up the baby. To identify, my only thought would be to find a family with children that would match those ages. But, I guess many of our ancestors had a child every two years or so! Best wishes as you try to identify it!
ReplyDeleteThanks for your thoughts Dana. I'll keep trying!
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