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Queria dibujar a alguien pero nadie permanecía quieto.Mas tarde estaba retratando a un muerto quien me confeso que alguna vez leyó un proverbio hindú que siempre tuvo en mente pero solo en el ataúd comprendió."Las cosas mas importantes de la vida no son cosas".
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Description: The subject portrayed is post-mortem and was already found in such a state.
Tingids are very tiny Hemipterans, this one measured around 2mm or less. The pronotrum and forewings of the adults possess a labyrinth of paths and windows strung together, giving them their common name. Although they can bite, the pain is a minimal nuisance and they do not transmit any diseases. Generally, they are host specific, piercing the epidermis of the plant tissue and sucking the sap out of it; this usually empties the cell and leaves a bronzed or silvery wound. Usually, they never leave their host plants which means that encountering this one on a lamp, possibly attracted by the lights in which I had no intention of happening, suggests it never found its host plant, died of age or hunger. It seemed to be dead for quite a while after I found it.
They usually have two generations per year, but some species are able to have many. Some Tingids undergo incomplete metamorphosis in which the immature stages resemble the adults, but are smaller and wingless. After the second and third instars the wing pads appear and they increase in size. They may undergo from four to five instars, depending on the species.
Tingoidea's phylogeny is not very well established and many authors treat the families, subfamilies and tribes differently. Bug Guide, for instance, treats the superfamily as Miroidea (bugguide.net/node/view/2723/tree).
As for the genus Gargaphia, I'll quote a source I'll provide below:
"This genus may be distinguished from all others of the family by the sinuous transverse carina interrupting the rostral groove between the meso- and metasternum. In general it may be characterized as follows: Head small, black, more or less shiny, with five prominent spines, three of which are on the front between the eyes and two at the base of head, one on either side. These basal spines may be erect or decumbent and reduced to mere threads. The frontal spines may be reduced to mere stubs. Antennae long, first and second segments stout, the first at least three times the length of the second, and about equal to the fourth in length, segments more or less hairy. Pronotum with a hood, varying in size with the species but never entirely covering the head, three longitudinal membranous carinae, and a wide membranous lateral margin which is more or less flaring and angular in some species. A transverse sinuous carina interrupts the rostral groove between the meso- and metasternum. Elytra lacy, with hyaline areoles at least in the costal area. Various areas of elytra well defined. Elytra narrowed at the base, never.
The following list of food plants is given merely as an aid to
identification. It is as complete as possible with the data at
hand, which was taken from various publications and insect labels. All use subject to about.jstor.org/terms
EDMUND H. GIBSON
Amphiachyris species
solani (Heidemann)
Basswood (Tilia pubescens)
tiliae (Walsh)
Beans
angulata (Heidemann)
Coffee Weed (Cassia species)
solani (Heidemann)
Cotton (Gossypium species)
solani (Heidemann)
Dahlia parryi
condensa (Gibson)
Dahlia spinosa
opacula (Uhler)
Egg plant (Solanum melongena)
opacula (Uhler)
solani (Heidemann)
False Indigo (Amorpha fruticosa)
amorphae (Walsh)
Horse Nettle (Solanum carolinense)
solani (Heidemann)
Mallow (Malva species)
iridescens (Champion)
New Jersey Tea (Ceanothus americanus)
angulata (Heidemann)
Night Shade (Solanum species)
iridescens (Champion)
solani (Heidemann)
Potato (Solanum tuberosum)
solani (Heidemann)
Ragweed (Ambrosia species)
iridescens (Champion)
Sage (Salvia pitcheri)
solani (Heidemann)
Sand Nettle
iridescens (Champion)
White Horse Nettle (Solanum elaeagnifolium)
solani Heidemann
Wild Cherry (Prunus serotina)
tiliae (Walsh)
Willow (Salix species)
opacula (Uhler)"
Source: www.jstor.org/stable/25077010?seq=2#page_scan_tab_contents
The previously quoted morphology is for the genus in general, but the appearance of Gargaphia changes between species, and due to this I can't be 100% certain of the genus, but there is more certainty than doubt.
Maternal care has been observed in a few species of Gargaphia as well as a few species of Tingids in general. Gargaphia's behaviour often include the aggressive protection of the eggs.
Special thanks to Tyler Katz (www.facebook.com/tak11123?fref=search) for suggesting the genus Gargaphia and going even further as to risk the species Gargaphia tiliens, although there is no 100% certainty of anything here.
Other sources include the Wikipedia article for Tingidae which I'll mention below. Other sources can be found in the text itself.
Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tingidae
Scielo: www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0085...
PROJECT NOAH (Português): www.projectnoah.org/spottings/1992305757
2010 Steve Kelley
View North-West from the Brooklyn Bridge of an abandoned champagne bottle and cork left most likely by a New Years Eve celebration.
To view all images in larger sizes and to download, purchase, or license please click here: Images of bridges in New York City...
HDR - Nikon d300
© Ann Longmore-Etheridge Collection
A detail shot of her face is here: www.flickr.com/photos/60861613@N00/12060546904/
Written on the reverse is "July 1st/62." This lovely, smiling teenager seems anything but distraught with her loss.
This half plate ambrotype shows three young girls, certainly sisters, in matching dresses. The oldest sits on a carved chair holding a sleeping kitten in her lap. (No, I will not consider it a postmortem of the feline!) I have posted a close up of the sleeping kitten. The second oldest girl kneels on the floor with her hand resting on the kitten.
The dresses are trimmed with fringe and tinted in a variegated peach and blue-green color. I am not sure if the coloration results from age changes to the applied pigments. The center girl rests her feet on and multisided footstool. I think the lace of her pantaloons that peek out adds a nice touch.
This is the tintype we bought yesterday with the mat removed. It was rather crudely cut down from a larger wet collodion tintype plate. You see that the so called "hidden mother" is not only covered by the paisley cloth but her face has been scratched out on the plate. We think that this supports the theory we have heard that most "hidden mothers" were actually assistants of the photographer who helped prepare the women and children for their photographs and held the children when needed. The theory of one photographic historian we met is that if it was the mother there would be no need to hide them and certainly, as in this case, to block out the face.
A close up of the baby, and a view of the back with the revenue stamp follows.
Sad snapshot postmortem photograph of a young child in a coffin displayed outside. Found in Indiana. Date, location and photographer unknown. In general, postmortem photography declined as a common practice during the first few decades of the 20th century as the availability of the snapshot camera increased. The availability of snapshot cameras allowed families to have more photographs of their loved ones, especially young children, thus negating the need for postmortem photographs to remember loved ones by. This example dates to around 1920.
This sad, proud widow peers at us through what seems to be a hole in time. This is before conservation by Casey Waters. Here she is after that process: www.flickr.com/photos/60861613@N00/14155000700/.
The plate has the hallmark "40," and nothing else. That number indicates that the plate is 1 part silver to 39 parts copper.
Part of: "Trove" and "postmortem - a cemetery for the anonymous - ein Friedhof der Namenlosen" .
Ein Osterspaziergang, Lange Lacke,
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"W. J. Moulton, Photographer, 116 & 118 Water St., El Mira, N.Y." To see detail shot where you can see her delightful smile, replete with teeth:
www.flickr.com/photos/60861613@N00/6380091443/in/photostream
Helen M. Wisner (1838-1920) was the daughter of Chemung County, New York, Judge John Wheeler Wisner (1801-1852), of which much can be read here: www.joycetice.com/books/1879b283.htm, and Mary Ann Butler (1812-1870). The couple had married in 1835. Helen was the Judge's second child, having an elder half-sister Frances E., and a younger sister, Eliza (b. 1845), as well as a younger brother, Gabriel (1847-1889). The Wisners were descendants of Henry Wisner, and general in the Continental Army during the American Revolution. Helen's grandson, Lawrence Muller Hunter, would go on to apply for membership in the Sons of the American Revolution in 1927, citing his pedigree back to Henry.
(As an interesting aside, Frances Wisner married Henry Loftie in 1861, who is renown as a maker of fishing lures. You can read about him here: www.oldfishinglure.com/henryloftielures.htm.)
Helen married the lawyer William Thomas Lawrence Muller (19 Jan 1841-5 Jan 1891) on 8 December, 1858, in Elmira, New York. He was the son of Adrian Herman Muller (1792-1886) and Catharine Schermerhorn Abeel (1799-1894).
Helen and William had two daughters, Ida Mary (1865-1946), and Kate (b. 1869).
Muller went on to become a judge and a commissioner on the New York Court of Claims and, his obituary notes, "was a close personal friend of the governor, and was his ally and advisor." The obituary states that he died of a blood clot traveling to his brain. He was buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn. One must assume that Helen is also buried there. She appears to have outlived him, but is not mentioned in his obituary. She also does not appear with the family on the 1880 census, and I cannot as yet locate the family on later censuses. Also unknown is for whom Helen is wearing deepest mourning in this image. It would have to be a very close relative.
This sad image of a Civil War-era mourner features a blue tax stamp on its reverse, dating it to the year 1864.
Written on the reverse: "Kate Cornell. New York City."
J. N. Brengel, Ferrotype Gallery, 391 Canal Street, New York."
Unfortunately there are multiple Kate Cornells in New York City at this time who might be this woman. Without further information, I have no direction to follow to the correct one.
Partial human remains found in the Superstition Mountains east of Phoenix, Arizona. These remains are likely those of someone who perished sometime before 1900 while searching for gold in the rugged mountain range and were bleached white after years of exposure to the desert sun. Today, the remains repose under glass along with an assortment of other items found on the desert floor....
A young woman in a cap and nightdress lies with a quilt and pillows. The suggestion that the subject is only sleeping is found in many post mortem photographs. The daguerreotype, in an early style octagonal mat with no binder, shows blue patches of solarization that are caused by overexposure of the plate.
We are the poster children for collection addiction! We are spending every day packing for our move, moaning about all the "stuff" we have to deal with, and making vows to stop accumulating and spend more time enjoying what we already have.
Today we decided to take a break and attend a large antique show. Not to buy, of course, since we have not found anything at the last few shows. It would be good exercise and there was not much danger of spending much.
We looked at every cased image we found but there was nothing that reached out and shook us UNTIL we picked up an image from a small stack of cased images. It was this sixth plate post mortem! It is in fantastic condition and we found it particularly haunting with the sunken eyes and the gaunt face. Oh well we will start not collecting anything more tomorrow.
* I originally posted this image as a vertical since that is the way it was viewed when the case was opened. Over time I came to agree with viewers who said it looked more natural as a horizontal.
Mourning for a man meant his best black suit and a hat with a crepe band. The width of the band indicated the level of closeness to the deceased. In this case, the wide band shows the loss was probably a near family member.
He appears to be holding a pipe.
36 Gouger Street, where the Central Market Arcade now is. The hotel was established in 1879 and originally known as the City Market Hotel but changed its name to the Langham Hotel in December 1880 and to the Hotel Langham in 1937. The remodelled building was demolished in 1968.
The photograph shows Gouger Street decorated for the visit of the Duke of York.
The hotel in 1939: www.flickr.com/photos/state_library_south_australia/27915...
The building in 1940: www.flickr.com/photos/state_library_south_australia/15007...
"A FATAL BLOW.
DEATH FROM PERITONITIS.
INQUEST ON THE VICTIM.
On Saturday afternoon, between 4. and 5 o'clock, Francis James Gunn was assaulted by John Bourke, alias John Maddigan, in Gouger street, and the injuries received by Gunn were of such a serious character that he died on Wednesday morning. Late on Tuesday evening Dr. Hynes, who was attending Gunn, informed the police that there was little hope of his recovery, and an effort was made to obtain his dying depositions. The deceased refused to say anything, as he thought his condition was improving, but he died early next morning. Acting on information in their possession the police authorities issued a warrant for the apprehension of Bourke, and he was arrested in the Overway Hotel on a charge of common assault. The acting-coroner (Mr. G. H. Ayliffe) was informed of the occurrence and decided to hold an enquiry, which was commenced at the Board of Health Office on Thursday morning. Mr. J. R. Anderson appeared to watch the case for Maddigan. The first witness called was Eliza Gunn, the wife of the deceased, who gave the usual evidence as to identification. She stated that Gunn was 50 years of age and a bricklayer by trade. Between 5 and 6 p.m. on Saturday last he was brought home in a cab and on being assisted into the house he said, ' Oh I am done.' Witness took off his coat and then he went to the sofa and asked that a doctor might be sent for. Dr. Hynes was promptly summoned and the deceased remained under his care until he died. Did not see who brought her husband home, but he stated that it was Hodge. Gunn was sober and made a statement to the effect that he got hurt in the stomach while he was talking to Hodge in the bar of the Langham Hotel. A man had knocked his hat off and when deceased asked him why he did it the man replied that he had been insulted. The man put his fist through Gunn's hat and kicked it, after which he informed the stranger that he would have to pay 10s. 6d. for it on Monday or Tuesday. The man told Gunn then that he would have 10s. 6d. worth and struck him in the stomach. Deceased said that he had been struck by a fist, and this statement was corroborated by the landlord and landlady of the Langham Hotel when witness went to see them. A man came to her house on Sunday morning, but she did not know him at the time. Her husband after wards informed him that the man whom she identified as Maddigan had offered him a sovereign as compensation and had said he would pay the doctor's expenses. Deceased refused this and after some time witness told Maddigan that if he paid £4 she would give him a clean receipt and take no action against him. She had no idea at the time that her husband was in any danger and had merely taken the money to cover the expenses in connection with her husband's illness. Had asked her husband several times if he had been kicked, but he always replied in the negative and stated that it was merely a blow at the bottom of the stomach. Gunn was not under the influence of liquor when he was brought home but he was a man who drank and when, intoxicated he was very quarrelsome. Deceased had said that if Maddigan had not been mad drunk he would not have struck him and he was deeply grieved when the detectives went to the house to take his depositions. Witness had said to Gunn, : 'If you had been drunk, Frank, nobody would have dared to strike you.' This terminated the widow's evidence, and as she left the room she turned and, shaking hands with Maddigan, said — 'I am very sorry I could not prevent this.'
Lydia Hall, the landlady of the Langham Hotel, was next called and stated that she last saw the deceased alive on Saturday after noon. Believed there were ' a few words,' and Maddigan knocked Gunn's hat off. The latter said Maddigan would have to pay 10s. 6d. for the hat, and the other wanted to 'fight it' out'- Gunn replied that he was not a fighting man, but witness did not hear Maddigan -say, 'I will kick your guts out.' He did state that he would have 10s. 6d. worth out of Gunn, and while she was away getting a hat for the deceased to wear home Gunn received an injury. She found him in the stable-yard ; suffering great pain and sent him home in a cab. Before Maddigan, who was a little the worse for drink, knocked Gunn's hat off the latter had said nothing to him. Previous to the assault Maddigan was having ' a few little words' with another man in the corner of the room. Maddigan was a very excitable man. The only blow she saw him strike was when he-knocked the hat off. Gunn did not defend himself in any way. Deceased was sober, but Maddigan was so drunk that her husband had refused to supply him with liquor. William Gerling, a laborer, living at that street near the bottle factory with a German named Fred,' said he was present at the time of the assault and saw Maddigan knock Gunn's hat off. About two minutes later, Maddigan made a rush at Gunn and struck him with his fist. 'I could not tell you how the blow was struck,' continued witness, 'as I was three sheets in the wind. Gunn did not appear to be injured and went out in the direction of the Metropolitan Hotel. I then went to the Metropolitan and had a beer, I was not in a fit condition to know exactly what was going on I had the shakes and that was bad enough.' Examined by Detective S. Jones witness said ' A man named Harris who knew I was to give evidence said he would punch me because he said I knew nothing about the case. Harris is supposed to be a brother in-law of Maddigan. James Richard Meadows was at the Langham Hotel on the occasion in question. He had been working hard all day and ' had a few beers in him" He was sober. There was 'a bit of a barney' and then Maddigan knocked Gunn's hat off.' Gunn had said nothing to Maddigan prior to this and after the blow was struck he did not open his lips but stood as ' quiet as a lamb.'' A few minutes later Maddigan struck Gunn's hat out of his hand and kicked it around the bar, after which he said 'I'll kick your stomach out.' Did not know whether this was addressed to the deceased, or himself and left the hotel. Before, he left he saw Maddigan kick at Gunn, but could not say whether he kicked the man or the hat. Henry Powell, a ''clicker’' was in the Langham Hotel on Saturday afternoon between 4 and 5 o'clock. There were musicians playing in the bar and he went in to see what was going on. Maddigan came into the bar shortly afterwards and called the witness Meadows a 'cadger.' Deceased turned around and said— 'The man who calls him that is a thing.' Maddigan then knocked Gunn's hat off and witness picked it up and returned it to deceased, saying at the same time to Maddigan 'Stop it, Jack, there is nothing in doing that.' Could not remember whether Gunn said anything beyond, 'You will have to pay 10s. 6d. for that.' Some words did pass between, the owner of the hat and Maddigan, but he did not know what they were. Witness saw Maddigan strike Gunn low down on the body, and then the latter walked out of the hotel. He did not see Maddigan kick the deceased, nor did he think, Maddigan could have kicked Gunn without him seeing it. Witness thought Gunn was drunk, and when he left the hotel his body was a little doubled up. Walter William Riley, a laborer, corroborated the evidence given by Powell. John Crown, ostler, at the Langham Hotel, stated that he found a man lying in the lane near the hotel on Saturday afternoon. When asked if he was drunk the man, who was the deceased, replied, that he 'was not, but had been struck, on the stomach in the bar. He requested witness to get a cab and take him home. Mr. Hodge, a mason, got in the cab with deceased and they drove away together. Dr. Hynes said he was called on Saturday, November 23, to see Gunn, who complained of a sharp stinging pain in the abdominal regions. He said he was very ill, and he looked it. He was collapsed, had an anxious expression, and every movement aggravated his sufferings. He was immediately treated with a view to relieve pain, lessen shock or collapse, and prevent inflammation. Although he rallied somewhat on Sunday and during the forenoon of Monday symptoms of inflammation (peritonitis) showed themselves and quickly developed: Gunn rapidly became worse, and died on Wednesday morning about 8.30. A post-mortem examination was made by witness on Wednesday afternoon at 4 o'clock, and an inspection of the body showed no signs of bruising and no contusions were seen. In the abdominal cavity a large quantity of limpid peritoneal fluid was found. There was diffusion of blood, but no blood clots in the cavity. The spleen, kidneys; liver, and bladder were found normal in their positions and structure. The intestines were much swollen and their glistening appearance was gone, showing, signs of the inflammation. The intestines were united with fresh adhesions. The thorax was opened and its contents examined. The heart and lungs were found healthy, and no fluid was in the pleural cavity. The intestines on dissection showed no inflammation on their mucous surfaces, and the walls of the 'stomach - were not inflamed. From his treatment of the case and postmortem examination he was of opinion that the cause of death was peritonitis. When the patient was first brought to him he examined him carefully over the seat of the pain, and found no marks of violence. He questioned the deceased as to the cause of his illness, and he told witness that he had been injured in the stomach. He did not say how he was injured, but witness was present when his wife explained the cause of the illness. In indicating the precise locality of the pain deceased pointed to the region of his spleen, but he mentioned, that his injury was at a lower level and nearer, the navel. While Gunn was conscious, and in his presence, his wife made a statement similar to what she had made in her evidence. A blow on the upper or middle portion of the abdomen might be so severe as to cause immediate death by shock or result fatally some days later, and the violence might be so slight that no ecchymosis or contusion could be noticed on the skin. The symptoms and subsequent termination of the deceased's case could be brought about by a blow of a fist Cross-examined by Mr. Anderson, Dr. Hynes said people were more liable to inflammation of the bowels in hot weather than during the winter months. The weather was very hot on Saturday and Sunday, and a chill might have set up such inflammation as he found in the case of the deceased. Questioned by a juror the witness said the inflammation could not have been caused by drink, as the walls and internal coating of the stomach were not inflamed. Mrs.Hall, recalled, said she noticed nothing wrong with the deceased's health. He appeared to be a strong man. He drank beer on the afternoon in question but, although the cellar was cool she did not think the beer was excessively cold. Detective Jones, gave evidence as to the arrest of Maddigan on a charge of common assault. Told him the charge; cautioned him. Maddigan said-' Is he dead ? I did not think a blow like that would kill a man. I gave them £4. They seemed to be satisfied, and promised to pay the doctor's expenses. When prisoner said, 'Is he dead?' witness replied, ' Yes, and you may be tried on a more serious charge.' Maddigan appeared to be recovering from the effects of drink. This concluded the evidence, and the coroner informed Maddigan that he could make a statement if he desired. On the advice of his counsel Maddigan reserved his defence. The coroner summed up at length, and the jury returned a verdict 'That, the deceased, Francis James Gunn, came to his death through a blow delivered by the prisoner, John Bourke, commonly, known as John Maddigan, without any provocation. The jury unanimously agreed that the said John Bourke is guilty of manslaughter. The jury wish to emphasise—their opinion that the evidence given by William Gerling, H. Powell, and. Walter W. Riley was unworthy of credence, and the jury desire the coroner to censure them for the manner in which their evidence was given. In answer to a question from the coroner the foreman (Mr. D. M. Sayers) stated that the jury were of opinion that the blow was not struck with malice. Detective Jones, at this stage, informed the Coroner that a woman outside had threatened to lay the witness Meadow's head open with a 4lb weight. The coroner said that as the threat was not made in the precincts of the court he had no jurisdiction in the matter, but the witness could apply to a magistrate or police protection. The witnesses Riley, Powell and Gerling were called in and censured, and Bourke was committed for trial. "
Chronicle, Saturday 30 November 1895, page 15
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My husband found this little CDV at the local antique dealer. It is almost faded away. This is the best we could do to preserve it digitally.
On the reverse is written notes that must pertain to an artist using this image to create a painting for the child's family. They read: "William E. Kern, Allentown Road, 1 4/4 color wf 4.00, blue grey eyes. Brown hair, white dress. Open the eyes. Oct. 20."
"S. S. Dengler, Photographer, Slatington, Pa."
I looked at the 1860 and 1870 censuses in the hope of finding this little boy on it, but it was a long shot that did not pay off. I did find what is surely his family, however. There were several William Kerns in Slatington at the time. This baby boy must have belonged to one of them.
The reverse is here: www.flickr.com/photos/60861613@N00/6783881275/in/photostr...
"Fredk. G. Smith. 78, High Street, Stony Stratford." The mother looks stunned by grief. The dead child lays in her lap with crossed hands, dressed in its Christening gown.
"Mundy & Williams, Photographic Studio, No. 12 Tibbit's Block, Entrance bet. 79 & 81 Genesce St., Utica, N.Y."
Written on Reverse: "Mrs. Henry Strong"
"W. H. Jennings, Photographer, cor. Main & Shetucket Sts, Norwich, CT."
Eunice Edgerton Huntington was born 13 September, 1797, in Norwich, New London, Connecticut. She was the daughter of Joseph Huntington (1768 - 1837) and Eunice Carew (1769 - 1848). According to the Sons of the American Revolution application filled out by her grandson Frederick Putnam Gulliver in 1892, "My grandmother, Eunice Edgerton Huntington, was ... the great-granddaughter of Jabez Huntington through her father Andrew Huntington, the latter being commissary of brigadr (?) during the Revolution."
Eunice wed Henry Strong in Norwich on 7 July, 1825. Strong (1788 - 1852) Henry was the son of Rev. D. Joseph Strong (1753 - 1834) and his wife Mary Huntington (1759 - 1840). Henry's mother was the daughter of Major General Jabez Huntington (7 Aug. 1719 - 5 Oct. 1786), who fought in the Revolutionary War leading Connecticut troops, and his wife Hannah Williams.
"The History of the Descendants of Elder John Strong," by Benjamin Woodbridge Dwight, presents the following sketch of Henry:
"[He] graduated at Yale in 1806, and tutored there (1808-10).... A lawyer at Norwich, having no superior in the state in his profession. He was a man of fine native abilities, of untiring industry and of thorough integrity and honor. He was of a sanguine temperament, which was well balanced by a clear, calm judgment and a strong will. His perceptions were quick, his habits of reasoning clear and logical, and his views comprehensive. As a public speaker he had great command of language and force of manner. He was domestic and studious in his habits, rather than social, and sought not the honor which comes from men. With the exception of his reluctant acceptance of a seat in two or three instances in the Connecticut legislature, he uniformly declined all overtures of political preferment. He was invited to a professorship of law in Yale College which he also refused. Self-suspicious, and never making any profession of religion, he yet died in the hope of the gospel..... He was liberal in the use of his wealth for the good of others, and loved especially to contribute to the funds of the missionary and benevolent societies of the day and to those most whose aims and efforts were most directly evangelical. "He justly valued his ancestry; not with the vanity which attempts to build a reputation upon distinguished names, with little admixture of personal worth; but for the real advantages which it afforded him for the attainment of personal excellence."
Nineteenth century biographer F. B. Dexter presents this portrait: Strong "was a first cousin of his classmates Jabez W. Huntington and John McCurdy Strong; and a third cousin of his classmate John Strong. He was prepared for College by his father, and spent a portion of the first two years of the course at home. At graduation, he delivered an Oration on Distinctions in Society.
"For two years after graduation, he conducted a small school for young ladies in Norwich, while studying law with James Stedman (Yale 1801). He then filled a tutorship at Yale for two years; and meanwhile completed his law studies with Judge Charles Chauncey. He was admitted to the bar in New Haven in November, 1810, but spent his life in the practice of his profession in his native city, attaining distinction and being regarded as the equal of any of his contemporaries in the State.
"He uniformly declined all overtures of political preferment, and only reluctantly consented to serve as a State Senator in 1840 and 1841, and again in 1845 as a Representative in the Legislature. As Senator he was ex officio a member of the Yale Corporation in 1841-1842. He also declined to be considered as a candidate for a professorship in the Yale Law School. The honorary degree of LL.D. was conferred on him at Yale in 1848."
Eunice and Henry Strong had three children, the eldest of whom was Mary Eunice, born 27 October, 1827. A son, Henry Ellsworth, was born 15 March, 1829, and died sixteen days later on 31 March. A second daughter, Henrietta Huntington, was born 13 September, 1833. She lived until 27 May, 1838, dying at age five.
Henry Strong died 12 November, 1852, in Norwich, "after suffering for many weeks in an almost helpless state from a paralytic affection," notes Dexter. "A Discourse by the Rev. Hiram P. Arms on the occasion of his death was afterwards published. An engraved portrait is given in the Strong Family Genealogy and in the History of Norwich. His argument in defense of Miss Prudence Crandall, of Canterbury, for teaching colored persons not natives of Connecticut, is printed in the Report of the Trial. Brooklyn, 1833." (To see engraved portrait: www.flickr.com/photos/60861613@N00/11889380764/in/photost....)
Mary Strong married Boston native Daniel Francis Gulliver (29 May 1826 - 22 May 1895), son of John and Sarah Putnam Gulliver, on 16 September, 1852--only a few months before the death of the bride's father. David Gulliver was a physician who had gradated from Yale in 1848, and from Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia in 1852. He was also Deacon of the First Congregational Church, Norwich, from 1867 to 1873, and of the Broadway Church in Norwich from 1886 until 1895.
The couple had eight children: Henry Strong, born on Halloween 1853 (d. 1923); Arthur Huntington (13 Dec. 1856 - 1942); Gertrude Putman (27 Nov. 1858 - 1 Jan. 1862); Charlotte Chester (11 Sept. 18601 - 1927); the aforementioned Frederic Putnam (30 Aug. 1865 - 1919); Eunice Henrietta (13 Sept. 1867 - 1936); Benjamin Wolcott (2 July 1869 - 30 Jan. 1906), and Robert Joseph (7 June 1872 - 23 June 1894).
Eunice Strong survived her husband by somewhat more than a decade, dying at age 67 on 19 June, 1865--but a few years, at most, after this CDV was taken. She is buried at Yantic Cemetery, Norwich. Her daughter, Mary Strong Gulliver, died 1 April, 1903. The entire Gulliver brood is also buried in the same plot. The location of the grave of Henry Strong would be expected to be there, but there is no listing of his interment at Yantic that I can yet find.
This CDV of Eunice may portray her in mourning for her granddaughter Gertrude, who died on New Year's Day, 1862. Her wealth is clearly displayed in the fine fit of the gown, which is properly stripped of all ornamentation save for a mourning brooch that presumably holds the hair of the deceased, and which appears to be made of the finest materials.
On the reverse is written: "Sarah Whitmarsh." Sarah is dressed what appears to be mourning clothing typical for children of this decade.
"Photographed by Purivance, Cor. Fifth and Wood Sts., PIttsburgh." William T. Puviance (1829-1905) had studios in Pittsburgh and Philadelphia. In 1867, he was designated as the official photographer of the Pennsylvania Rail Road.
© Ann Longmore-Etheridge Collection
"Geo. Kopman, Waseca, Wis."
Written on reverse: ""Grandma Lillie Loken, Wife of Andrew Loken."
Lillie Sophia Loken was born 24 May, 1890, and died 29 November, 1918.
She was baptized 19 July, 1890, in New Richland, Wasca County, Minnesota, at the Le Suer River Congregation Church, the daughter of immigrants Olavus Olsen Sunde and Mathilde Sophie Johnsen. Olavus was born 20 December, 1856, in Buskerud Fylke, Norway. He was the son of Ole O. Hansen Laugerud Sundet (1816-1903) and Anna Margethe Sorensdottor Kongsgarden (1810-1886), who brought Olavus and his siblings to America in the mid-1850s. Mathilde Johnsen was born 28 January, 1856, in New Richland. (Mathilde's father was Berent Johnsen 1825-1903).
Olavus was a dry goods salesman. Lillie had two brothers Oscar B. Sunde (b. 1881) and Clarence (b. 1889), and a sister, Cecelia M. Sunde (1882-1961).
Lillie was the wife of farmer Andrew Julius Loken (b. 21 June, 1886), whom she married 20 March, 1917, in New Richland, Waseca County, Minnesota.
At the time Andrew Loken filled out his World War I draft card, he and Lillie had been married for only three months. The record describes him as of medium height, stout, with brown eyes, and dark hair. He was partly bald.
Lillie gave birth to their only child, Paul Robert, on 10 April, 1918, at 407 E. 7th Street, Albert Lea, Minnesota, which was apparently the residence of the family for many years. The infant was baptized in the same congregation as his mother on 19 May. Despite this auspicious start, less than a year later, just after Thanksgiving, Lillie died of unknown causes.
The image I own shows Lillie Sunde Loken laid out at her Albert Lea, Minnesota home in what was almost certainly a white casket placed by a window hung with evergreens. The beautiful floral tributes on the coffin include a harp of white lilies, a white dove, white mums, and roses, probably pink or blush red. Lillie's body appears to show some decomposition already discoloring the face.
She was buried on 2 December, 1918, in her father Olavus's plot at Saint Olaf Cemetery, New Richland. Lillie's mother Mathilde died 11 Febraury, 1927. Olavus died in 1930. Lillie's husband, Andrew, outlived her by many years. After his death in 1950, he was buried by her side.
Paul Loken served in the U.S. Army during World War II. He enlisted 13 January, 1943, and was sent to Camp Dodge Herrold in Iowa. His records note that he had two years of college education and was a semiskilled worker in a machine shop. He served as a private during the duration of the war.
Paul married Catherine Elizabeth Frederickson (1923-2009). The couple lived at times in Freeborn, Minnesota, and Des Moines, Iowa. Paul Loken died 29 January, 1990. Both he and his wife were buried in the same cemetery as his parents. The couple appear to have had a son named Paul R., who was living at the 407 E. 7th Street, Alberta Lea address during the years 1993-1995, according to U.S. phone directories. There may be two other children possibly still living.
A small girl (since the part in the hair does not show it might be a boy) is propped up in a chair. This and the patterned curtain behind her suggest that it was made in the home and not a studio. A strange note is the string wrapped around the chair arm on the left side and stretching across the lower portion of the image. Since it did not appear to be holding the child in place we wondered about its purpose. On examination we wonder if the chair might be a rocking chair and the string was used to keep it from moving during exposure.
It was so startling to be looking through boxes of photos and albums at an estate sale and come across this one. The little boy seems to be only two or three years old. What happened to him? Was he ill or was there an accident? Once upon a time, he was running around his house as children do, playing with his toys, being hugged and kissed by his family. We see him only in repose with no sign of his smiles, his toddler tantrums, his talking and singing and his happiness at having his favorite cookies. He was once his mother's pride and joy. We can see him and know that he lived, though only for a short time. We can know that his life was important to his family and for the moments that we look at him, he is remembered. I think it would please this mother to know that although almost a hundred years have passed, her little boy is being thought of with tenderness as we gaze at his sweet face. There's no information about him on the photo, only that the studio was in Seattle, Washington. The only thing I could find on the photographer were some high school portraits taken in 1933-35. The silvering almost makes the coffin look like it's floating in a heavy mist.
Carte de visite by G.N. Grannis of Waterbury, Conn. It is difficult to determine if the infant in this carriage is alive or deceased. It is possible that the child is asleep, which allowed the photographer to capture the babe in perfect focus. It is also possible that this is a post mortem portrait. The wrinkled skin on the infant's hand appears rigid rather than supple. The lower lip is unusual—two evenly-sized dark spots may be a cosmetic added by a parent or the photographer. Upon close inspection, the spots were not added after the print was developed.
The edge of the wheel shows slight signs of wear, a suggestion it was not used for very long before this image was taken.
I encourage you to use this image for educational purposes only. However, please ask for permission.
© Ann Longmore-Etheridge Collection
This older woman in mourning is wearing a memorial hair brooch with a clearly visibly braid in the viewing compartment, as well as a wonderfully detailed black collar.
We just returned from the annual Daguerreian Society Symposium in Atlanta. As always it was an enjoyable and educational experience. My birthday was the week before and I said I wanted to find my gift at the symposium trade show. OK, I accept that it is more than a bit creepy that I picked a sixth plate daguerreotype of an elderly nun in her coffin.
There were many beautiful daguerreothpes that I would have loved but post mortem and memorial images seem to be our current emphasis.
This is a lovely example of mourning brooches in original photographs from the era. Also of interest--a female photographer.
"Mrs. W. A. Reed, Artist, No. 81 1/2 Hampshire Street, Quincy, ILL."
From the Illinois Women Artists Project: "Candace McCormick Reed was born in Crab Orchard, Tennessee on June 17, 1818 and moved to St. Louis as a young girl. She married Warren Reed in 1842 in St. Louis. Leaving Missouri for Quincy, Illinois, the Reeds opened a daguerreotype gallery in 1848 on the southeast corner of the downtown square, now Washington Park. When her husband died ten years later in April of 1858, Candace Reed became the gallery owner and used her acquired expertise as a daguerreotypist, ambrotypist, and photographer to support herself, two young sons, and her mother-in-law.
As a forty-year-old widow she met her financial obligations by selling their former business location and opening her own Excelsior Gallery. Within five months of becoming a widow, Mrs. Reed advertised the opening of the Excelsior Picture Gallery at 103 Hampshire Street. She was assisted by her sister, Miss Celina McCormick.
In 1862 the Excelsior Gallery moved to another location on the public square. Typically working under the name Mrs. W. A. Reed or Mrs. Warren Reed, she advertised in the Quincy Whig & Republican (January 4, 1862) promoting her new stock of camera equipment “to surpass everything in the line of her art.”
For more this remarkable women: iwa.bradley.edu/node/842