Portrait taken by A. M. Thompson in Brownsville, PA with 'E. E. McGill' on the back. From a box of old portraits related to Baglins of Washington County, PA, from a garage sale in Westfield, NY.
Portrait photographs and paintings of our loved ones and ancestors.
Before photos we had paintings of family members - most usually these were reserved for the well off. The era of modern photography began with the daguerreotype, in 1839. Since the advent of photogr...