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Title: Very Old Photo 1800's? With Manison In Background,Could be Someone Famous
Post by: susiecat on December 19, 2017, 05:40:06 PM

I've had this photo over  20 years,I can't find out who this family is,there's a large home in the background like a mansion,do anyone know the people on this photo,could be somebody famous

Title: Re: Very Old Photo 1800's? With Manison In Background,Could be Someone Famous
Post by: mart on December 19, 2017, 06:22:22 PM

Looks more like a government or public building to me !! Look at the number of windows and the plain front !!

Title: Re: Very Old Photo 1800's? With Manison In Background,Could be Someone Famous
Post by: susiecat on December 19, 2017, 07:09:59 PM

Mart I was thinking president but haven't found nothing in all these years.This photo is very thin like paper,it was hidden behind a painting

Title: Re: Very Old Photo 1800's? With Manison In Background,Could be Someone Famous
Post by: KC on December 19, 2017, 09:27:59 PM

Almost reminds me of pictures you would see taken of families having picnics at city parks or promenades!

Title: Re: Very Old Photo 1800's? With Manison In Background,Could be Someone Famous
Post by: ghopper1924 on December 20, 2017, 09:56:23 AM

I'll go out on a limb and say that this is a university building, and that it's a faculty family having a picnic in front of it, possibly the chancellor or president. Looks like it's ca. 1900-1915.

Title: Re: Very Old Photo 1800's? With Manison In Background,Could be Someone Famous
Post by: mart on December 20, 2017, 07:21:28 PM

Thats a thought Ghopper !!  I thought about the same time period as you did !!  It does not look like a residence !!