Sepia Saturday #165 - Those Pesky Unidentified Family Portraits of Yesteryear

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.

Unknown Late 1890s Family in Front of Home (Unk Photographer)

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

Late 1890s or early 1900s immigrant family of unk origin

photographer Leuf, 242 N. 8th St. Philadelphia

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.

Unknown young couple ca 1900 - 1910 with 2 children,
photographer was Fowler, 299 N. Eighth St. Philadelphia, USA

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Sepia Saturday #126 - Family Group Shot in the Front Yard

Ah, it's a family tradition to drag the family outside and pose them for a group picture in the front (or back) yard, usually in the summer when the weather is nice.  I had a hard time coming up with a photo for this week's Sepia Saturday theme, but I thought this early 20th century family, most likely posing in their own yard, was pretty close on theme.  I got this group photo in a lot I bought somewhere all marked on the back, "Grandpa Paul Owens and family."  There is no other identification of the subjects although I would assume the gentleman on the the left is Paul Owens and the woman in the middle his wife with the rest being their children.  I have no idea as to the location and it appears it could be spring as several of them are wearing jackets or coats. I'm not sure how to date this photograph - my guess would be 1920's or 30's. They are all dressed rather nicely so perhaps they were on their way to church.

Update:  Due to the bows in the girls' hair I am revising my date to early 1900's.

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