Wednesday, July 17, 2013

What's Your Name?

Photo likely taken between 1870-1872.



Sources: 
  • Pioneer Photographers of the Far West: A Biographical Dictionary, 1840-1865, by Peter E. Palmquist and Thomas R. Kailbourn 
  • Young Frank Grace photo courtesy Kitty Curtis-Martin

What I know:

This photograph came from the Agnes Grace Ferrer collection. Because it is marked in Vallejo, California, we presume this is a Grace ancestor since several headed west during the end of the 19th century.

The Perkins, Photo. mark is likely that of Alfred Judson Perkins Sr (1838-1900). Perkins operated a photography studio at 182 Georgia Street from 1870 to 1872. 

With those dates in mind, we're eying either Frank or Joseph Grace as prime suspects. Although it's unclear when Joseph headed west, Frank was well established in the Washington Territory by the early 1890s. He stopped for some length of time in Sacramento, California, where his daughter Pearl was born. Since that's only about 60 miles from Vallejo, Frank is our most likely candidate.

The photo below is a confirmed image of Frank Grace at a much younger age:


The hooded eyes, ears, chin, hair line, all seem similar, but we aren't certain.

Do you know who this is?

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