Category Archives: Who Will Tell Their Story?

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

Today I stumbled upon another orphan photo blog, Unclaimed Ancestors.  This blog, started earlier this year in April is put together by Jodi Bash. Jodi’s mission is “connecting old photos and memorabilia with the families searching for them.”  Kudos to her for starting her blog! […]

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.”

After nearly two years, this real photo postcard has been reunited with family!  To see the back of the postcard and the original post, click here.

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, […]