This small photo is from Donald G. Schnabel's family album. Most of the photos are from Ohio, mainly Lima. I have no information about the subjects of this shot. Mother and daughter? Sisters? We'll never know.
The photographers were the Van De Grift Brothers and their studio was called the Cottage Gallery. I have not found any information about the brothers other than one was named Hume and they were from Lima, Ohio. That's it. Dead end. Perhaps someone else will have some information.
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UPDATE: Thank you Mike!
In 1897 W.K. Van de Grift was a secretary of a photographers association with address in Lima. From 1903 or so he was 45 miles south in Piqua, OH where he sold his studio in 1912 due to ill health. There was also another photographer in Ft. Wayne in the 1910-20s who might be the brother.UPDATE: Thank you Intense Guy!
The entire Van De Grift family were photographers.
Father Cyrus W/H Van De Grift (b. 1834) apparently owned the "Cottage Gallery" and may have moved it to Chillicothe, Missouri in 1891.
Sons, Harry (b. 1864), William K (b. 1869-70), and Robert (b. 1877) were all photographers in Ohio._________________
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Nice portrait. Polka dots must run in the family.
ReplyDeleteIn 1897 W.K. Van de Grift was a secretary of a photographers association with address in Lima. From 1903 or so he was 45 miles south in Piqua, OH where he sold his studio in 1912 due to ill health. There was also another photographer in Ft. Wayne in the 1910-20s who might be the brother.
I wonder what W K stood for...
ReplyDeleteI found this family tree for the Schabels:
http://www.riverwye.us/getperson.php?personID=I4219&tree=Watkins
And think if you go back up in it, perhaps we can find a mother-daughter pair from the right time period (1895-ish) with the pair of close to the right age.
Thanks! I had found a few of these pages somewhere along the line. I'm guessing Betty did it because she was very involved with genealogy. I have wondered what happened to all of her files. A lot were on old floppy disks so I knew there was no sense in buying them.
DeleteThe entire Van De Grift family were photographers.
ReplyDeleteFather Cyrus W/H Van De Grift (b. 1834) apparently owned the "Cottage Gallery" and may have moved it to Chillicothe, Missouri in 1891.
Sons, Harry (b. 1864), William K (b. 1869-70), and Robert (b. 1877) were all photographers in Ohio.
Thank you. I figured you two fellas would find something.
DeleteEllen MABBEY Schnabel (wife of Donald's grandfather Charles) b. Apr 1856 d. 10 Apr 1935
ReplyDeleteand her daughter
Annabel SCHNABEL Pears (Donald's Aunt) b. 7 Dec 1876 d. Oct 1963
might be a match given the photo was taken about 1890-ish, but I've no proof.