Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Unknown Tintype


Today, I'm featuring a tintype I found in a pile of family photos my Uncle Jim had when he died.  I do not have a positive identification on her yet, but I think she may be Della Mariah Fowler Benton (1845-1899), my great-great-grandmother.  If it is her, it would be the first older photo I've seen of her.  She died in 1899 of the flu, contracted when she went to care for the family of her sister-in-law near Cummings, Kansas.


3 comments:

Judi said...

I wonder how you can ever find out if it is her. Do you suppose there is an APP where you can change a young person photo into how they will look in old age? That would be kinda a cool App.

Brett Payne said...

To me, this looks like it was taken in the mid-1870s ... ish. The subjuect looks to be at least in her late 40s, perhaps 50s, which suggests a birth date of the late 1820s or earlier. I think it may be someone other than Della Benton.

Sarah Saad said...


دار السلام اهم شركة نقل عفش بالطائف وكذلك اهم شركة نقل عفش بمكة وجدة والمدينة المنورة تقوم الشركة بنقل العفش بحفر الباطن وتبوك وجازان وتقوم بنقل الاثاث بالقصيم
شركة نقل عفش بالطائف
شركة نقل عفش بالمدينة المنورة