The Sepia Saturday theme for this week centers around group portraits of unknown families. While I do not have any unidentified portraits in my own family tree, I do however, have a number of what I call "other people's ancestors" who are unidentified. So I submit for your viewing pleasure (or not) these family portraits from the past and we are all left to wonder who they were and what their stories might have been.
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| Unknown Late 1890s Family in Front of Home (Unk Photographer) |
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| Ca 1900 young (unk)couple with new baby, photographer H. Silberman, appears to say Boston Road ? 169th St. NY - no luck finding any info on Silberman |
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Late 1890s or early 1900s immigrant family
of unk origin
photographer Leuf,
242 N. 8th St. Philadelphia
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| Ca 1894, at first glance I thought this was a mother & 3 children, but at 2nd look believe it is 4 siblings. Photographer was Morrison (Robert Prescott), Kabig Block, Bowling Green, O. |
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| Unknown young couple ca 1900 - 1910 with 2 children, photographer was Fowler, 299 N. Eighth St. Philadelphia, USA |
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the photo with the kids all lined up is really cute..especially the little girls hats..Each one of these photos has a story..too bad we don't know what it is:)
ReplyDeleteHaunting! It's the only way to describe these photographs. The four siblings don't look too happy but then they were posing for a photographer.
ReplyDeleteA perfect theme for you. The small boy in your fourth photograph has a passing resemblance with the boy in out theme image.
ReplyDeleteI like the hats! These are all fantastic photos!
ReplyDeleteReally beautiful family groups, Teresa, that deserve display even if unknown. I like the first family for the delightful children and beaming parents. I also like how some photos allow us to see forgotten fashions of national and ethnic immigrants. Foreign clothing styles have become too homogenized in modern times.
ReplyDeleteThis week's theme brought out so many interesting photos.
ReplyDeleteI like the first one all in their Sunday Best, fascinating unknowns.
ReplyDeleteI too like the first one taken on the porch, dressed in all their finery.
ReplyDeleteIt is interesting to see all the different clothing styles.
ReplyDeleteI really like the photo of the immigrant family. I can just picture them living in 1 room tenement on the lower east side of n.y. I wonder what nationality they are. Really interesting.
ReplyDeleteNancy
A beautiful collection of photographs. Ihety are so evocative of their time with the costumes, poses - and lack of smiles. It make sme ponder on what prompted the photograph and youi cannot help but weave stories about these unknown ancestors.
ReplyDeleteYou always have great photos. This is the first time I've seen one with DAD holding the baby.
ReplyDeleteYou have no unidentified family photos? Impressive. I especially enjoyed the first picture with the children in their hats and the immigrant family.
ReplyDeleteThat first one is quite interesting. I've never seen a shot with the parents framing the kids.
ReplyDeleteAnd I love the baby in the next one. Has a look of "Oh, I'm slipping. I'm slipping!"