Album 2: Fobes  

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Civil War Era Fobes Family Album with CDVs (Cartes de Visites), circa 1860s.

Surnames: Fobes, Tucker, Curtis, Gilbert, Peabody, Spear, Blake, Mansfield, Bassett, Botton, Williston, Nilliston, Kimbal, Daniels, Sutherland, Schaffner, Keith, Towne, Low, Wilder, Holden, Whitemore

Locations: Massachusetts, New York, Illinois

Fobes Photo Album Main page, p2, p3, p4, p5, p6

Backs of the photos in the Fobes Album

Backs of the photos in the Fobes Album

List of photos as identified in album in period handwriting

1. Lt. Nathan Fobes, Scotland, Mass. Co. K, 3rd Regt M [?] [?], 2nd Brigade, 18th Army Coprs. 1864 [in Civil War Uniform]
2. Dr. H. A. Tucker, Clairvoyant Medium, Broolyn, NY, August 1865
3. Mr. Joseph Curtis, Boston. July 2d, 1862
4. Mrs. Joseph Curtis (62
5. Mrs. Samuel Gilbert (62
6. Mr. Samuel Gilbert 1862
7. no name, taken in Boston Massachusetts
8. Miss Sarah Peabody, Boston, 1862
9. Miss Elisa Spear
10. Miss Hannah B. Blake, (62
11. no name
12. Mr. Thomas Mansfield, Boston. Christmas 1862
13. Mr. Philander Bassett, son of Charles Bassett, Seneca NY June 1st 1862
14. Edward & Robert Botton, sons of Mr. & Mrs. J. B. Botton of Somerville. May 15 '65. Has 2Cent Revenue Stamp on verso
15. Mary P. Nilliston? Willliston? Has 3cent Revenue Stamp on verso, thus can be dated 1862-1864
16. Mrs. John Kimbal, Boston. Passed from Earth 1869, formery from Salem Mass
17. Charles B Daniels, Holbrook Mass, April 24th, 1872

Backs of the photos in the Fobes Album

Backs of the photos in the Fobes Album

1. Mr. Edward Daniel[s?][taken in Brockton Mass]
2. Miss Alice W. Sutherland, Holbrook Mass. March 25, 1881
3. Mrs. Edward Daniels, Holbrook [Massachusetts], 1873
4. empty
5. Dec. 23, 1863. Lieut. Colonel Louis Schaffner, Rock Island barracks, Ill. [taken in Civil War uniform of the 15th Regiment Veteran Reserve Corps. He is wearing the rarely seen officer version of the regulation light blue frock coat with dark collar and cuffs - which was sometimes confused with the Confederate uniform - instead of the more common dark blue frock coat]
6. empty
7. Mr. Joseph Heith/Keith, Albany September 28 '63
8. Mr. Frank H. Keith of Philadelphia, July 31st, 1863
9. Mrs. Frank H. Keith of Philadelphia, July 31st, 1863
10. Fanny Towne, Daughter of Mrs. A. K. Towne, NY, July 3rd, 1863
11. Mrs. A. K. Towne, New York, July 3rd 1863
12. no name
13. Mrs. James W. Low of Bergen NY, Dec. 29, 1856
14. Frances Wilder Holden, 1863
15. Mr. Augustus Whitemore, 1862
16. Tintype, not identified
17. 6 empty slots, you can see that photos have been removed

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