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Can I identify these women? Photo number 1 is from the L. N. Wade Artist, Lapeer, Michigan.  In red pen on the front is "Your friend Mate M. Royall" and on the back H. C. Selleck, Utica Mich. I checked on the historic Michigan photographer website to see when L. N. Wade was in business. Lucius N. Wade operated his studio in Lapeeer from 1866 to 1875. Lapeer is in Lapeer County. Utica is in Macomb County. Mate M. Royall. I then searched the 1870 census for Michigan for the surname Royall. Only one person by that name was listed, a 12-year-old boy named Douglas Royall. I then searched for the name Royal. None of the 24 entries seemed likely and none were from either Lapeer or Macomb Counties. I also looked at Selleck and did not find anyone with the same exact initials. The second photograph is the B. L. Johnson Photographer studio, Goderich and Lucknow, Lucknow Branch, Two Doors East of the Whitely House. On the back in pencil is "Mrs. Kenneth Hunter." A search for ...