Because of their placement in one of the earliest scrapbooks, I think these people are either members or friends of Sarah's Cost ancestors, who lived in Cincinnati. I can't know for sure, but maybe someone out there can identify them.
"Tallie Ebbie"
Jones? Or Ames? He may or may not be a Methodist minister.
A Sweet Little Girl
Mystery Woman #1
Mystery Woman #2
Two men posing in the same style as Sarah's father, Robert James Howe. The post dated August 11, 2016, speculates on the location and situation.
Four young women, all dressed in white. Debutantes ready for their cotillion? Sisters? Cousins?
Last but not least, another image of women. This time we have names. Isabel Somerset is on the left. Frances E. Willard is on the right. Both were strong national leaders in the temperance movement during the 1880s and '90s. The Howes were strong leaders of the movement at the local and state levels and attended conventions supporting the movement. They may have met these women there, or maybe the photo was distributed or purchased at a convention.
The name of the woman in the center is not so easy to decipher. Martha Bensley Bruere was a temperance leader, but I can't match that last name with the handwriting.
Thoughts?
1 comment:
It is so frustrating when photographs are not identified, and I hope you manage to find out who the people are,. My favourite the "sweet little girl" with the huge eyes.
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