Five more photos. Can I identify them?

A photo from the D. J. Ryan studio of Springfield, Illinois. The bottom of the photo has been trimmed, probably to remove the studio name from the front. On the back in pen is "Hector & Late Talpin." Springfield is in Sagamon County, Illinois. I could find nothing about these people. There is not a single entry for a Hector Talpin or Hector Talpen on Ancestry or newspapers.com.

Hector and Late Talpin. 

A photograph from the Flowerday studio at Court Street in The Dalles, Oregon. On the back is written "Peter L. Jensen" in ink. The Dalles is in Wasco County, Oregon. The Flowerday studio was operated by George R. Flowerday in The Dalles from 1892-1894. I was not able to find a man by this name in the area of Oregon.

Peter L. Jensen.

A photo from the Grossman sudio of 150 State Street, Rochester, New York. On the back in ink it says "Lois Laburnmen Atkinson 1 yr. 8 mo. Oct. 1895." Rochester is in Monroe County, New York.

I searched Lois Atkinson in Ancestry Family Trees and found Lois L. Atkinson, born in February 1894 in New York, daughter of Thomas Walter Atkinson and Clara Young. She lived in Rochester in 1900 through 1915. She was married to Pierre John Costich, Sr., on 30 September 1915. She died in December 1988 in Mount Dora, Lake County, Florida. She is buried in Mount Hope Cemetery in Rochester.

Lois Laburnmen Atkinson.

A photograph from the J. E. Smith Arcade Studio, Mexbro. On the back is written in ink "Cousin Lillie Bramer Hage." I could find nothing on this person. Mexbro may be an abbreviation of Mexborough, a community in South Yorkshire, England.

Lillie Bramer Hage.

A photo from the H. Rothberger studio, 1539 Arapahoe St., Denver, Colorado. On the back in ink was written "With Love to Aunt Annie from Claude J. Gilbert. XXX." I could not find a Claude Gilbert who lived in Colorado.

Claude J. Gilbert.

 

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