Category Archives: Orphan Photos – Identified

These photographs appear to be from the same family, the Hagoods.  All of them were photographed by Reed, located in Quincy, Illinois.  More information on the photographer can be found in the post Orphan Photos #32 & #33.

The message reads: Glenella Florence Davison. Age 5 months & 3 weeks. Nov. 1, 1914 There is no other identifying information, postmark, or location.

Addressee:  Mrs. Homer Moore, Homer, Illinois Signed:  Mabel Postmark:  City not show, Washington, 26 January 1912 The message reads: Dear May: Lula’s Terre Haute address used to be 1815 N. 10th St.  I don’t know where she is now but wish I did.  She was in school at Granville, Ohio the last I heard from her but that has been several years ago.  Mabel Lots of interesting info in just this small bit!

Addressee:  Miss Gertrude Bontz, Glasford, Illinois Postmark:  Hanna City, Illinois, 19 September 1910 The message reads: Thomas Walter Gibbons at the age of 6 months. There is no other identifying information. It is quite possible that this is the Thomas W Gibbons found in Logan, Peoria, Illinois in the 1920 census.  If it’s him, I believe I found an SSDI listing for him as well.  Additional research is needed to determine if this it the correct person and if so, if there are any living relatives to pass this photo […]

Addressee:  Frank Trapp, Taylorville, Illinois Postmark:  Colorado Springs, Colorado, 27 Jul 1925 Signed:  Vin Postcard imprint reads: Mt. Manitou Scenic Incline At the Summit of the longest and highest incline on the globe.  You cannot afford to come to Colorado and not take this grand trip. The message reads: Sure am seeing the sights.  Look in Pike’s Peak Saturday, seeing sunset from top & coming down after dark.  Would like to put in a month out here if I could afford it.  Vin There is no other identifying information.  Oddly […]

The message reads: For her Great Grandmother Tower From Ruth Evelyn Tower Taken when she was 10 weeks old Born June 6, 1913 Glendale, Calif. Lots of interesting info here! According to the 1910 census, it appears that Ruth Evelyn Tower is the daughter of Aplunso[?] and Pearl Tower.  She’s listed as living in Glendale at the age of 6.  Both parents were born in Indiana. I find a Ruth Tower Hodgson in the California Death Index (Ancestry) with the same birth date as that listed on the postcard.  I […]

Addressee:  Josefa Erjavec, 1011-13 N. Chicago St., Joliet, Illinois Postmark:  unreadable The message is written in I’m guessing Slavic, as the stamps appear to be from Slovenia. UPDATE 11/26/12 – This postcard was reunited with the granddaughter of the addressee.

This gentleman probably looks familiar.  I blogged about him a few weeks ago in Orphan Photo #38. It appears to be another photo of Carlton E. Taylor. The back reads nearly identical to the other photo, except that this time, there is the suffix “LL. D.” added to his name.  It appears Carlton was “doctor of law.”