This tintype photo was accompanied by the text "George and Susan (Krape) Day shown with their children. On left is Henry Hudson Day, others unknown. George and Susan are the maternal grandparents of Susan L (Rankin) Gulick."
Susannah had a total of 13 children, 4 of whom died, 3 as infants and 1 at age 2.
Tintype photos, also known as ferrotypes, are a type of early photographic process that was popular in the mid-to-late 19th century.
They were photos made on thin sheets of iron, not tin, that were coated with a dark enamel and were widely used from the 1850s through the early 1900s, especially in portrait studios, fairs, and by st...
Ain't they cute? Look at these cute baby photos taken over the past 150 years.
From birth to 3 months, babies learn to smile, raise their heads and chests, and track objects and grip them. From 4 to 6 months, they can roll over, babble (no real words yet), sit up, laugh, and gr...