Saturday, March 18, 2017

An Ebay purchase from Portland, Oregon. 

The family is unidentified. On the back is written July 5, 99. The father sits on a wooden straight-back chair while the mother sits on an elaborate wicker chair.

Boswell, Artist, TRAVERSE CITY, MICH. 

The printed back-drop has not been seen in other Boswell photographs.

Although the people are unidentified, having a date for the photo is great because it reveals what clothing and hairstyles were being used by people in the Grand Traverse area in 1899.

Thursday, March 2, 2017

An Ebay purchase from Monson, Massachusetts. A wedding photograph from the Smith & Price Studio of Traverse City, with the handwritten note below the image "Laura Christine Geo. Cook Mark Chaplin"



Familysearch.org provided the record of this marriage. George F. Cook was married to Christine Anderson on 14 November 1904 at Leland, Leelanau County, Michigan. George was 32-years-old, a native of Michigan, worked as a fisherman, and was the son of Fred Cook and Aurora Lundgren. Christine was 21-years-old, a native of Michigan, did housework, and was the daughter of John Anderson. Justice of the Peace William C. Nelson conducted the ceremony, which was witnessed by William Anderson and Laura Bartlett. It seems likely that the name "Mark Chaplin" is incorrect and that instead the man is William Anderson.

An online family tree indicates George Frederick Cook was born on 8 October 1872 and died on 30 August 1965. Christine J. Anderson was born in 1883 and died on 13 September 1959. The couple is buried in the Beechwood Cemetery in Leland, Leelanau County, Michigan.