The Elders


Cabinet photo, no writing on reverse.

Studio stamp is from C.H. Phelps, Sidney NY - "The Elite Studio."

Found in "The Holy Bible" published by Kimber and Sharpless, Philadelphia. No date indicated, circa 1830.

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5 comments:

  1. geneabloggersJanuary 25, 2011 at 12:19 PM

    Any information in the Bible? Was it a family bible with genealogy information? I'm up for trying to identify the photo if I have more clues.

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  2. Michael PopekJanuary 25, 2011 at 12:20 PM

    If you click on the link, it will go to today's bookperdiem listing. There's a photo of the family history page.

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  3. dulcigalJanuary 25, 2011 at 12:42 PM

    Years ago, I bought a huge, old, very cool Bible at an estate sale held by a professional - apparently no family members could be found. There was so much info on the Births/Deaths page that I was able to locate a branch of the family and gave them the Bible (and the name of the estate sale company.) It was a really rewarding thing to do!

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  4. Blondi BlathersJanuary 25, 2011 at 7:37 PM

    It breaks my heart to see old family photos like this, unclaimed.

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  5. Matt MaldreJanuary 23, 2013 at 3:34 PM

    Seeing their photo, it makes me wish even more that they had marginalia and notes in their Bible by specific verses.

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