Album 73: Bowen

In 2015 I purchased 35 loose Cabinet Cards and CDVs (Cartes de Visite) that had been removed from an old photo album and were up for sale. Every photo except one was clearly identified and I had a bit of fun scanning the photos and researching the family. Most of the photos were identified.

Surnames: Williams, Jackson, Henderson, Morgan, Wells, Deniger, Night, Curtis, Dumbull, Marley, Carpenter, Ferry, Chatfield, Rider, Bowen, Smith, Diott, Polk

Locations of photographic studios were: New York, Bridgeport Conneticut, Danbury Connecticut, Boston Massachusetts, Norwalk Connecticut, Kingston Ontario, Gananoque Ontario, Davis New York, Poughkeepsie New York, Chicago Illinois, Detroit Michigan, and Lynn (Massachusetts?)

This is one of the photos. It's a really lovely photograph of two children, almost certainly brother and sister. They are labelled in period handwriting "Edmon & Fannie". This is the only identified photo that does not include a surname.

TIP: Because little Edmon is wearing a dress, we know he is a toddler and not toilet-trained, so probably around 2 years of age. 

The photo is a CDV with rounded corners and this can help date it. Rounded corners on CDVs did not begin until 1872.

Studying the photographer's mark on the verso of this CDV and finding out when M. Smith was in business, as well as studying the clothing styles, children's hair and other clues would allow this photo to be dated with some precision.

Below are the names found in this album. All scans of photos to follow.
​1. F (Front): Siegel Coooper, Chicago. V (Verso): Howard W. Williams
2. Arthur & Philbric, Detroit V= Sadie Williams, sister
3. Garland (see #6) V=Sim Williams
4. Seeley & Warnoch, Bridgeport CT V="Orlo Williams Brother" Pacific Portrait Gallery
5. "Hartley Williams" Bronson, Bridgeport CT. 
6. Garland Studio, L W Cook, Manager, Lynn V=Annie Williams
7. "Anna Jackson, sister" Vernon Gall, Br., CT formerly with W. Kurtz of Madison Square NY V=C. DeLemas Photograpic Art Studio
8. "Charlie Jackson, brother" V=Montignani... Bridgeport CT
9. V= "julia Hendreson" Betts, Br. CT
10. "Nellie Moran" Seeley & Warnock Br. CT
11. "Lillie O. Wells, sister" NY Photo Gallery
12. F= Briddgeport CT V="Frank Wells, brother"

13. Seeley & Warnoch, Bridgeport CT "joe H. Deniger"
14. Montignani Artist, Bridgeport CT V="Edwin L. Curtis, brother"
15. Montignani Artist, Bridgeport CT ​V="Emma L. Curtis, sister"16. Rev. Joseph Pumbull
17. Annie Marley
18. Grace Carpenter
19. Aunt Louisa wife (Revenue Stamp)
20. Granville Ferry
21. Uncle Lew Chatfield
22.  Hattie Rider
23. Eva Williams
24. Sam Williams25. Curtis Deniger
26. Lew Jackson
27. Thom Night
28. Uncle Fred Bowen
32. Felix Diott
33. "Compliments of H. L. Polk" on verso
34. Freman Curtis
​35. Adeline Diott
29. Ida Smith

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