It's baby Joe's mother!!

Recall cute baby Joe with his hair parted down the middle, who I had posted about on January 19th? Well, this is his mother! My cousin bought this photograph and upon looking at the back, it says Joe's mother written on it in the exact same handwriting as Joe's name on my photograph of him. Interesting, isn't it? Perhaps the family gave these pictures away and they somehow ended up in the same town.

Anyways, I don't know her name, but I'm pretty sure that this was taken at the same time as Joe's photo. I can now date both pictures to about the late 1800s because of this woman's clothing. Case solved! Well, kind of. I wonder what her name is and where their family lived...

S. J. Dixon Photography, 249 Yonge Street, Toronto

Again, this is a photography my cousin bought. S. J. Dixon Photography at 249 Yonge Street in Toronto and was founded in 1872 by S. J. Dixon. the year 1893, Dixon's wife Sarah took over for unspecified reasons (perhaps Dixon died?). By clicking that hyperlink above, you can see a newspaper advertisement put out by this photograph company stating what they do in their shop. Along the side, you can see their insignia as well as multiple other ads.

Just an extra bit of information for you: here are their listings in the Toronto directory...

• 1901
• 1903

There is no note of who the two people in this photograph are, although I believe the picture was taken in the very late 1800s or very early 1900s due to their attire.

H. E. Peagam Photography, 254 Yonge Street, Toronto

My cousin bought this when we went antique shopping. There's no name as to who this young man is, but I was able to find some information on the photographer, H. E. Peagam at 254 Yonge Street in Toronto. In fact, they have their first listing int he Toronto Directory in 1903, which can be found by clicking here. Because of this, I believe that this photograph was taken around the same time.

Miss Adrienne Augarde

Miss Bessie Rothudl
536 Lower Hursted
Smallbridge
Rochdale


Dear Bessie
Thanks for your views they are very nice. It was good of you to send them. I suppose you will have had a grand day at Rochdale today. Annie and I will come over before long. If you don't object. From your affec. friend Nellie.



Written in 1906 and costing only half a cent to mail, this postcard is from England and was bought at Raphael Tuck & Sons' Real Photographic Post Card shop. The front of the postcard sports the image of Miss Adrienne Augarde. The card says art published to their majesties the King and Queen and that they are of celebrities of the stage. For more postcards by this company with Augarde on it, click here (mine is the second from the top, as you can see).

Unfortunately, I couldn't find the address listed on the postcard.

Another Picture I Have :)

I don't know her name, but I know that it was taken in Belleville, Ontario by Clark J. Smith. Judging by the dates of other pictures Smith has taken, this picture is probably from the mid-1800s.

More Pictures! :)

Got both of these for $2 at that store in Fenelon Falls! Neither have anything written on the back, but the one of the little boy (holding the cat) looks to be from the 1920s, the one of the baby from 1890s or maybe early 1900s. :)

Awwwwwh, it's a reading baby!!

Look at how cute this baby is! They've got a book! And, like my previous post, I know absolutely nothing else about this except the fact that it's so incredible precious.

Family Portait

I'm not sure who these people are or their relationship to each other, nor do I know who took the photograph; the occasion; the location; or the year it was taken. Judging by the clothing though, I'm assuming it's the very late 1800s (after 1890) or very early 1900s (prior to 1910).

Little Joe

Like many of my other acquired photographs, I'm uncertain as to when this was taken as well as who took it and exactly how old the child in the image is. All I know is that his name is Joe. It had his name scrawled on the back of the card the photograph is attached to.

My mom actually picked this one out of a pile of pictures at the antique store the took me too (in Fenelon Falls). She loved it because of the little hair part he has in the middle of this head. Isn't it adorable? His expression is so cute, too! :)

Unknown, unknown, unknown!

It makes me so sad that I know absolutely nothing about this picture. Oh well, I thought you'd all like to see it regardless, because it's a baby and babies are so cute. Enjoy!

What a find!

I found this pretty picture of a group of ladies, seemingly having a picnic. What was best about this picture is that I know every single on of their names! From left to right they are Annie, Margaret, Allie, Mabel, Louisa, Hazel, and Edwina! According to the writing on the matte, it is "The Day of the Races". I can't make out what is written below that, except for the word "the", which is useless. The year is unknown as well, but I was so excited to see all of their names written down! Amazing, eh?

P.S. A little bit of (potentially) unreliable information regarding "The Day of the Races", AKA Columbus Day, from good ol' Wikipedia!

Now, for another photograph!

Again, I'm not sure when it was taken, though I think it was taken between 1876 - 1912. Her name is Effie Ripley and she's "Uncle Simon's daughter" (as it says on the back of the photo). It was taken at the Beverage Cottage Gallery run by a man named Maurice Beverage, also the photographer. If you have any photographs taken by Beverage, the website I found this information on requests you send any information to his email address (click here).

I'm pretty sure this is the most adorable little girl EVER! :)

I don't know who she is, where she lived, what year this was taken...nothing. I do, however, think she's the most adorable little girl ever! I tried to find the decade it might have been taken in and did so by researching different dolls of the 20th century. From what I found (combined with the style of her outfit and her hair), I think it was taken in the 1940s when dolls looked kind of creepy like this, and this, and all of these. What do you think of this picture?

The Roffée Brothers

 

Above are two pictures from the studios G. & W. Morgan (5 Market St, Aberdeen, Scotland) and Elite Studio (same address). For one thing, I'm not sure if G. & W. Morgan became Elite Studios due to the fact that they both have the same address and the Elite photograph was taken after the other, which was taken in 1890.

What I've gathered of these two men is that one's name is John, the other Alexander. They have a sister (I don't have her picture) and whoever wrote on the back of the photograph said they are "Two Brothers on Mother's side" followed by the names of the two men. At the bottom, you can see the negative number, which is 23492 and the date it was taken (1890 as I mentioned before). Because the photographer is in Scotland, I suppose that they are Scottish.

The second photo (negative number 49394) is of one of the brothers in the first picture, though I'm not sure what his name was because there is no specification as to which brother is which (name wise). The back of this one says the death dates of the men: "1919 Dead, January 2 Johnny" and "1921 Dead, July 10th Alex". Perhaps the photograph of the single man is of John, considering his death death date is written first, but I'm not sure because it could just be written in chronological order.

Again, if anyone knows anything about these two, please let me know! I appreciate any information you may have! :)

Someone PLEASE help me find out who this lovely woman is!

Of all the pictures I acquired the other day of handsome gentlemen; precious little babies; and pretty ladies in the most splendid of dresses, this is the one picture that spoke most to me.

This picture was taken in 1890 at G. & W. Morgan, located on 5 Market St. in Aberdeen, Scotland. Presumably (because of the location the photograph was taken), she is a Scottish girl. She looks young, maybe in her late teens, so perhaps she was born in  the 1870s? The negative number of this specific picture is 16635. She has a sister and two brothers; I know this because I found the following picture, which I also bought:

Quite the nice family, wouldn't you say? Anyways, the back of her photograph had nothing written on it except the print that came with the card, saying the name of the photography company as well as the negative number, as seen below (it's rather difficult to see because I've sealed the pictures in air-tight bags):

As for the back of the family photo, there is a bit of writing by the son of the boy with his arms crossed in the photo. He wrote: "Chap with arms folded is my Dad George Fordyce. His Brother Andrew + 2 sisters." ...the writing is quite messy and I'm unfamiliar with Scottish surnames, so I don't know what exactly to make of it all. Regardless, I'm assuming that the family photo consist of children all with the last name Fordyce. What annoys me is that the two aunts of the person writing on the back of the photo stay nameless! The father's name is mentioned, the uncle's name is mentioned, but what about the two women?

I've been trying so hard to find out any information about these people on Google, but nothing has come up. I can't even find a website of all the pictures taken at G. & W. Morgan to sort through them myself in order to find what I'm looking for. If anyone can decipher the writing on the backs of these cards better than I have or know who are in these pictures, please let me know! I would be so, so, so thankful!


UPDATE: The Aberdeen library emailed me back regarding information they found about this family. Click here to go to a link where a picture of the directory where G. & W. Morgan is listed. Hopefully there will be more updates to follow! :)