Category Archives: Who Will Tell Their Story?

This is actually a portrait, measuring 20” x 16”.  It looks like it may have been done in charcoal.  A friend of a fellow DAR member found it in a frame on the side of the road.  The friend salvaged the frame for herself, and gave the portrait to my DAR friend in hopes of finding a home for it.  My friend turned it over to me knowing I collect orphan photos and try to reunite them with family.

On the back of this photograph it reads “Ella Lander.”  Unfortunately with no location, it’s hard to figure out who Ella is.

Update 10/26/10 – These photos have been reunited with family! These two cabinet cards were taken by Bowman in Ottawa, Illinois, and appear to be a husband and wife from LaSalle County, Illinois.  I am pretty positive that these are the photos for Josiah and Ellen (Jones) Bagley.  Since only the husband’s name is listed on the photos, I started with a census search for Josiah Bagley in and around Ottawa, LaSalle, Illinois.  I found Josiah and Ellen in the 1880 census, living in Serena, LaSalle, Illinois, and traced the […]

It’s been a few weeks since I have posted a new orphan photo.  Don’t worry, I haven’t gone anywhere, I have just been really busy with many things and haven’t had enough time to dedicate to the orphan photos.  I hope to get some new ones posted within the next week or so. In the meantime, why not check out another orphan photo blog?  Forgotten Old Photos was introduced to me through a comment on this blog.  This person does about the same thing I do with orphan photos, so […]

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.

This photograph is unidentified.  The photograph is Reed, located in Quincy, Illinois.  More information on the photographer can be found in the post Orphan Photos #32 & #33.

This photograph is cut in an oval and mounted on a board measuring 4-1/4” x 6-3/4”.  The imprint reads: “DB Marais, Woonsocket, R.I.”  There is no identifying information for this lovely woman.

What a lovely family!  Unfortunately there is no identifying information for them.