The biggest story is the search for the parents of Benjamin Kingman Curtis. The search began during the 1930's by his own children. This blog will document the search both past, present, and future...
Antique Photograph Album, image #20 The children in this photograph were identified as "George, Leo, and Harvey Curtis - grandma's brother George's boys." Details of this family include the father, George Leslie Curtis and mother Emily Faith Ash. Their children were:
Antique Photograph Album, image #29 - No photographer's imprint. Cabinet card was dark brown/black with gold edges. The same chair and background was also found in several other pictures in this collection. Note that there appears to be the skirt of a dress behind the chair. It's likely the mother of the baby is helping the child to sit up for the photograph. The baby's name was Harvey Benjamin, and he was about 6 to 9 months old at the time this photograph was taken. This would date the photo to about 1889. Parents of the children were, George Leslie Curtis (son of Benjamin Kingman Curtis) and Emily Faith Ash. This couple had five children, the first three are pictured in this photograph:
The name "Leo Curtis" was written on the album page, not the photograph. The carte de visite style card was dark brown/black with gold edges. The chair the child was seated in is the same chair seen in several other photographs in this Curtis family album. The photographer was the Cardon Art Gallery in Logan, Utah, T. B. Cardon, Prop'r.
