Old Texas Photos of Unknown People

Old Texas Photos of Unknown People

Old Texas Photos of Unknown People. Can you identify anyone in these photos? They are old pictures dating late 1800's to early 1900's from various Texas Counties. I recently began doing my Texas geneology and found lots of pictures in my Grandmother's belongings and would like to find out who they are! If you have Texas geneology roots....maybe you'll find someone here you know!

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Unknown Men

Unknown man #001.

Unknown Man #002

Unknown man #003. Loffler (studio) Ft. Worth TX. Cabinet card is same color front and back, square corners, a gray color.

Unknown man #004. A sienna brown square cornered photo, no card stock. Photo mark: White, Ft. Worth.

Unknown man #005. Round cornered card stock embossed with an alligator print in black. Back is gray. Photographers mark is hand written and says: Mahoney, Lancaster.

Unknown man #006 has no photo mark and is on gray card stock front and back with round corners.

Unknown man #007 is mounted on a round cornered card stock, black on front (tiny diamond shapes embossed) and gray on back. No photo mark.

Mr. W. M. Adams. Mounted on round cornered card stock. Black front and back. No photo mark.

Ernest Ellison

Unknown Father and Son.

Unknown man in field. Probably the Ft. Worth area.

Unknown man #008 is a square cornered photo mounted on a cream color, round corner card stock. A flip over cover with a embossed shield (on the front) and a cord holding the front and back pcs. togeter. The photo mark is: Walter McCallum, Wharton, Texas.

Young Man posing by wicker chair.

Vender cart at Main Street (close up).

Vender cart at Main Street (full shot)

Unknown Children

This young child's photo is mounted on cream colored card stock with very fine vertical lines embossed and round corners. The back is a slightly different color and the photo mark is: Hanson Studios, SNOHOMISH WASH

Unknown baby is mounted on black square cornered card stock with an organza texture. The back is a putty gray. It is a 5x8 and the photo mark is: Webb, Waxahachie Tex

Unknown Women

2 Unknown Women.

Three Unknown Young Ladies. The cabinet card is brown on the front with a linen type texture and gray on the back with round corners. No photograpers mark.

This is Mrs. Annie Jones, Saginaw, TX. The photographers mark is: Simpson, 403 Main St. Ft. Worth. The cabinet card is black on the front and a grayish color on the back with round corners. No date.

This is a post card photo from Augusta Davis sent to Grandma Alexander.

This is Daisy Odell Davis Gilmore on the left. The woman on the right is unknown. This photo was most likely taken in Ft. Worth Texas.

This is Marie _______
There is no photographers mark. The border around the photo is embossed silver with corner tabs on a putty/gray color card stock and then mounted in a chocolate brown envelope.

Unknown girl in unusual triangle cabinet card.

Unknown woman with the big hat. Dark colors have that "negative" shinny look (hair and skirt). Photographers mark: Swartz, Ft. Worth. Mounted in a cream colored envelope type card stock.

Unknown woman #001 is mounted on black round cornered stock with a gray back. It is 7 1/4" long x 5 1/4" wide. Photo mark: Simpson, 403 Main St. Ft Worth

Unknown woman #002 is mounted on round cornered cream card stock and has a shield embossed and no photographers name. It is about 3" wide x 8" long. Back is gray. All dark colors have a "negative" shine.

Unknown Groups

Unknown Family Portrait

2 men flying in Ft Worth.

5 men flying Ft Worth

Baseball group, Stockyards, Ft. Worth

This is Daisy Odell Davis Gilmore in the front. The others are unknown. This photo was most likely taken in Ft. Worth Texas.

Unknown Places

I have no idea where this Post Office is or a guesstimate of it's date. (maybe 1880-1900)
The sign above Post Office says:
Cheap Cash Store Dry Goods Groceries
There are horses behind the men and a wagon that you probably can't see. The original photo is very large and was found in Waco TX with the Gilmore/Peal/Davis/Alexander family photos.

Tips for dating old photographs

1860's
Women are in large dresses and young women are just starting to have hai styles that show their ears.

1880-1890's
Painted backgrounds.
Ladies clothing has lots of button down fronts. Hair is up and ears showing.

1890's
Cabinet cards are larger photos and are photos backed by heavy card stock.

1900's
Square corner card stock-plain backs

1905-1915
The skirt and blouse have largely replaced the one piece dress for everyday wear.

1910
Women wore large hats and lacey dresses.
Postcard backed photos.

1920's
Post card backed photos.

Note: I have a few pictures taken by the photographer "Webber" of Lancaster, Texas. His work dates around 1902.

Other photography resourses

Here are some really good sites to learn alot about dated photograpy. Best wishes....Donna

Helpful tips to identify dates of POSTCARD backed photos.
http://www.playle.com/realphoto/index.html

Dating Photos:
http://www.acay.com.au/~gsm/DatingPhotos.html

DATING CARD MOUNTED PHOTOGRAPHS:
http://www.vintagephoto.com/reference/dating.html

Popular history of photography:
http://www.citygallery.com/learning/