Identifying Thrift Store Photographs

Five photos found in Alpine, Texas. Matt and I sorted through a huge bowl filled with cartes de visite photos and found the first four. 1). No studio mark. On the back in pencil is "Hiram Doe (?) mother's uncle." Hiram Doe. 2). On the back "CARTES DE VISITE BY MRS. H. BOYCE, Atwood Block, Willimantic, Conn." On the bottom back written in pencil is C. Kenton. C. Kenton. 3). On the back is printed "Henry Barrett, Natick, Mass." In blue ink is "(her handwriting on front) E. Isabel Currier Towle. She was Mrs. George C. Towle" In pencil is "George J. Lytle14 Lonsdale Rod, Dayton, Ohio 348 8806." On the front in blue ink is "E. Isabel Currier Towle." E. Isabel Currier Towle. 4). On the front the studio name is "WHIPPLE, 297 Washington St., Boston." And on the back in pencil is "Nathan Barrett." Nathan Barrett. 5). The studio mark on the front is "Alex. de Anquinas Nashville, Tenn." Also on the front...

Back in 2022 I found photos of an extended family including several Jorgensens . Recently I returned to the antique store and sorted through another pile of photos and found three more. Two were taken at the same time, the same woman. On the back of the first one is: "Caroline Hansena Jorgensen 18 or 19 yrs of age." There is a studio mark: Myklebrost, Eagle Grove. Caroline Hansena Jorgensen The second photo has written in ink on the back: "Caroline Jorgensen Braumann [and] Mother of La Vonne." Caroline Jorgensen Braumann The third photo has written on the back: "Roy & Pearl Jorgensen [and] April 12, 1945." Roy and Pearl Jorgensen, 12 April 1945. It took me a while to track down Caroline, whose name was sometimes spelled Carolyn. I eventually located it by searching for a Braumann who died in Tucson and her husband Walter showed up. Caroline Hansena Jorgensen was born on 16 September 1901 in Moville, Woodbury County, Iowa, the daughter of John Jorgens...