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Elizabeth Keckley- dressmaker to Mary Todd Lincoln. She was born into slavery and became a successful seamstress, civil activist, author and dressmaker to the First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln.

Bertha M. (Patenaude) Meade

This is a photo of the Head of Statue of Liberty on display in a park in Paris added by Ancient Faces on January 11, 2012.

The Statue of Liberty was conceived in 1876 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the American Revolution. She faces East, greeting incoming ships while also looking back toward her birthplace in France. Nearly a quarter-of-a-million onlookers lined Battery Park, while hundreds of boats pulled into the harbor to welcome the Isère when she arrived with the statue.

President Grover Cleveland, a former New York governor, dedicated the statue on Oct. 28, 1886, before tens of thousands of spectators.

A photo of Lillian (Rosen) Conn

This photo was taken at Aunt Isabel's wedding. She married Nasri Fuleihan. My father was eight years old at the time. This is at the Oussani mansion "Hastings on the Hudson" New York 1925.

Wedding of Mary Black and Walter McGuire, circa 1918: Valentine Brunner top row, left corner. Bride's mother (seated, front row, 3rd from right) is Julia Brunner Black, sister of Valentine and daughter of Charles Brunner. George Brunner II is in the top row, at the far right corner. His father, George Brunner (not pictured?) was brother to Valentine and Julia Brunner. Other family names in the photo are Edward Kafka, Tess Black Kafka, Anna Kafka, Helen Kafka Brunner, Margaret (Peggy) Brunner Riedel, William (Bill) Mahaffy and Julia Black Mahaffy or Mahaffey, Helen Van Houten, Sally Black Mundy, Ronnie Black, Charles Black. Wedding may have taken place in Harrison, NY (Westchester County) or somewhere in the New York metropolitan area.

I don't know the exact year of this photo but believe it to be right after WWI
People in photo include: Charles Brunner, Valentine Brunner, Julia Brunner Black, Mary (Black) McGuire, Julia (Brunner) Black, Helen (Kafka) Brunner, Edward Kafka, George Brunner, Margaret (Donaldson) Brunner, Maggie (Donaldson) Brunner, Walter McGuire, Helen Van Houten, Margaret (Brunner) Riedel, Julia (Black) Mahaffy, Sally (Black) Mundy, Ronnie Black, William Mahaffy, Anna Kafka, and Anna Kafka

This is the earliest photo I could find of the talented actress Agnes Moorehead. If you have any details about this photo like when it might have been taken please leave a comment and I'll update the description.

2020 Update: Thanks to some sleuthing by Peter Nosko the photographer seems to be Irving Chidnoff who was a celebrity photographer in New York City that was active between the years 1925-1948.

Given that Agnes was born in 1900, I'd say this photo was likely taken around 1925-1930.

A photo of Mary Lillian Coe as a young child. Mary was daughter of Charles Henry Coe (1865-1936) and Ida May Wood (1871-1933) of Union County, OH. She married Herbert Condon Wright of Granville, Licking County, OH in 1922.

This is a photo of my dad, Sol Baum, age 10, with his older half-sister, Lilly Baum Broza, daughter of his mother (my grandmother) and her first husband. Lilly was born in Austria, I believe, and was left there with HER grandmother for a few years, while her mother (my grandmother, Fannie Apfelbaum), came to New York. There, Fannie met and married my grandfather Abraham (who also had been married before), They had one daughter, named after my great-grandmother, Devora. This little girl, Deborah, died at a young age. My middle name, Diane, is to honor her. (As her name, Deborah, was to honor Devora). My father was born a few years after Deborah died.

Norma Shearer

Robert Sherman Stewart and Orson Pratt Stewart in Duncan Arizona in 1913. Robert Sherman Stewart, is in the center of the picture.

Bredhoft or Bruns relatives from Germany? This photo was found in grand aunts possessions, we assume it is a good bye or voyage photo because of the cloth and twig in hands. Does anyone recognize outfits?

Recognize the clothing? German?

Other photos found with this one marked 1920s/1940s Iowa

A photo of Elia Terenzi, making wine, Brooklyn, NY

Cora Hulcher

This is a photo of Elsa Lanchester added by Amanda S. Stevenson on June 6, 2020.

A photo of Phineas Gage in 1850, holding the tamping iron that caused his brain injury. He was a construction foreman (in charge of blasting) on the railroad, age 27, when an accidental early explosion occurred. The explosion drove a tamping iron (large iron rod, 1.25 inches in diameter) into his head. A large part of his left frontal lobe was destroyed.

After the accident, with the bar still in his head, it is reported that he sat up, talked, and walked to a wagon. Sitting in the wagon for the 3/4 mile ride into town, he was seen by a doctor. The doctor said:

"When I drove up he said, "Doctor, here is business enough for you." I first noticed the wound upon the head before I alighted from my carriage, the pulsations of the brain being very distinct. The top of the head appeared somewhat like an inverted funnel, as if some wedge-shaped body had passed from below upward. Mr. Gage, during the time I was examining this wound, was relating the manner in which he was injured to the bystanders. I did not believe Mr. Gage's statement at that time, but thought he was deceived. Mr. Gage persisted in saying that the bar went through his head. Mr. G. got up and vomited; the effort of vomiting pressed out about half a teacupful of the brain [through the exit hole at the top of the skull], which fell upon the floor."

The doctor removed some coagulated blood, some of the protruding brain, and some skull (bone) fragments, then bandaged his head and cheek.

Gage survived but his personality and temperament were changed. Later in his life, some social skills and personal skills returned and he worked as a stagecoach driver in Chile and later as a farmworker in Santa Clara County, California.

He died of an epileptic seizure (which was being treated by bleeding) in San Francisco, CA on May 21, 1860 at age 37.

A photo of Bette Davis

I’ve “rescued” two old photographs belonging to the FINLEY Family of Bradford, MA. The first is a photograph of Effie Maude FINLEY which was taken at the Willoughby Studio in Haverhill, MA. The photograph appears to have been taken in the 1890’s with Effie likely in her 20’s at the time it was taken. The second photograph is identified as Florence Gertrude FINLY and was taken at the same studio in Haverhill, MA. This photograph also appears to have been taken at the same time in the 1890’s with Florence appearing to be about 10-12 years old at the time it was taken. Based on limited research I was able to gather the following information regarding these two and their family:

Effie Maude or Maud FINLEY was b. 17 Sept 1872 and died 12 Dec 1968 in Haverhill, MA and is buried in the Walnut Grove Cemetery in Danvers, MA. Florence Gertrude FINLEY was b. 4 Mar 1883 and d. 4 Nov 1978 in Haverhill, MA and is buried in the Walnut Grove Cemetery in Danvers, MA. The two were sisters and are buried along with other FINLEY Family members including their parents John W. FINLEY; Marietta RADDIN (wife of John W. FINLEY); Margaret FINLEY; Margaret Anne FINLEY; and Robert FINLEY.

Census records provide the following details:

1880 census of Lynn, MA:

John W. FINLEY, age 34, Works in Shoe Factory, born MA
Marietta FINLEY, wife, age 34, Housekeeping, born MA, parents born MA
Isabella S. FINLEY, dau, age 8, born MA
Effie M. FINLEY, dau, age 7, born MA

1900 census of Haverhill, MA:

John W. FINLEY, age 54, born Jul 1845, married 31 years, born MA, parents born Canada, a Sole Layer
Marietta FINLEY, wife, age 54, born Dec 1845, married 31 years, 4 children/3 living, born MA, parents born MA
Isabel F. FINLEY, dau, age 28, born Jun 1871, born MA, a Shoe Trimmer
Effie M. FINLEY, dau, age 27, born Sept 1872, born MA, a Milliner
Florence G. FINLEY, dau, age 17, born Mar 1883, born MA, at School

1910 census of Haverhill, MA:

John W. FINLEY, age 64, married 39 years, born MA, parents born Scotland, a Shoe Factory Laster
Marietta FINLEY, wife, age 64, married 39 years, 4 children/3 living, born MA, parents born MA
Effie M. FINLEY, dau, age 37, born MA, a Dry Goods Store Milliner
Florence G. FINLEY, dau, age 27, born MA, a School Library Librarian

1920 census of Haverhill, MA:

John W. FINLEY, age 75, born MA, parents born Scotland
Marietta FINLEY, wife, age 74, born MA, parents born MA
Effie M. FINLEY, dau, age 47, born MA, a Dept. Store Saleslady
Florence G. FINLEY, dau, age 35, born MA, a Public Library Librarian

1930 census of Haverhill, MA:

Effie M. FINLEY, age 72, born MA, parents born MA, a Dept. Store Milliner
Florence G. FINLEY, sister, age 46, born MA, parents born MA, a State College Librarian

1940 census of Cambridge, MA:

Florence FINLEY, age 57, born MA, a College Librarian
Emily TAYLOR, partner, age 61, born MA

I am hoping to locate someone from this family so that the photograph can be returned to the care of their family. If you are a member of this FINLEY Family, or you know someone who might be, please contact me.

Thanks,
Shelley