Orphan 0143

I have another picture from this same photographer using the same prop.  I believe they were taken at different times only because the photographer’s imprint is slightly different between the two.  Here’s a close-up of the imprint from the other photo.  See how the font for the address, both street and city/state are different?

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I wonder if it’s the same girl, first as an infant, then as a toddler, as they really look similar.

Orphan Photo #79 Orphan Photo #143
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As noted in the first post for this photographer, it is probably George Palmer, born about 1837 in England.1  He is listed in both the 1880 and 1900 censuses living in Buffalo, New York with the occupation of a photographer.2

Sources

1.  1880 U.S. census population schedule, Buffalo, Erie County, New York, enumeration district (ED) 158, p. 12 (written), dwelling 65, family 88, George Palmer; digital images, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : accessed 5 February 2011); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T9, roll 831.   Also, 1900 U.S. census population schedule, Buffalo Ward 24, Erie County, New York, enumeration district (ED) 208, sheet 98A, dwelling 280, family 273, George Palmer; digital images, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : accessed 5 February 2011); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T623, roll 1032.

2.  Ibid.