Category Archives: Orphan Photos – Unidentified

A lovely lady.  I believe the photograph’s imprint reads:  A. P. Webb Co., 141 & 143 W. Federal St., Youngstown, Ohio.  According to the book Ohio Photographers: 1839-1900, there was an A. P. Webb in Youngstown from 1888-1897.1 Sources 1.  Gagel, Diane VanSkiver, Ohio Photographers: 1839-1900, Nevada City: Carl Mautz, 1998, p. 105.  A preview version available through Google Books at http://books.google.com/books?id=LChcvLOmf-UC&source=gbs_navlinks_s.

Someone’s jumping for joy!  Too bad we don’t know who they are or what the occasion is.

Love this!  I wonder who she is.  The photographer’s imprint is nearly impossible to read, but I think I can make out “Ft. Way”, so I’m guessing Ft. Wayne, Indiana.

Looks like a graveside photo with a portrait of the deceased.  On the back it reads:  “A likeness of my dear boy for a christmas present aunt Delia the flowers on his grave funeral day.”

No idea who these cute little babies are, but I suspect they’re twins.

The imprint on the back of this CDV reads:  Photographed by Burke. No. 60 Fifth Avenue, Dispatch Building, Pittsburg, PA.  Specialty. Pictures in India Ink, Oil, or Water Color.

The CDV of this little girl was taken by G. F. Marvin in Mineville, Essex, New York.  G. F.  is probably the George F. Marvin, photographer, found living in Chesterfield, Essex, New York in the 1892 New York state census.1 Source 1.  1892 state census, Chesterfield Ward 1, Essex County, New York, p. 10, line 777, George F Marvin; digital images, FamilySearch (familysearch.org : accessed 1 October 2012).

This CDV was taken by P. D. Ketchledge in Belvidere, New Jersey.  It’s most likely Peter D. Ketchledge, who is found living in Belvidere, Warren, New Jersey in the 1880 census, listed as a photographer.1 Source 1.  1880 U.S. census, population schedule, Belvidere, Warren County, New Jersey, enumeration district (ED) 190, p. 16, dwelling 148, family 167, Peter Ketchledge; digital images, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : accessed 1 October 2012); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T9, roll 799.