Description: Baby age 1-2. Dark hair with curl on top of head. Seated in chair with fringe. Wears short light colored dress with plaid sash around waist. White stockings and high black boots.
Description: Girl age 4-8. Dark hair parted in the middle and pulled into bow, hangs down in back. Knee length dress with dark skirt and arms hemmed in plaid. Plaid also on bodice with double row of buttons. Lace collar and black stockings. Seated on steps with railing behind in photographers studio. Cheek color added.
Description: Marked Great Grandmother Walter. On back writing not readable appears to be A. J. Walter. Heavy set woman age 60-70. Dark straight hair parted in middle and pulled back. Wears plaid dress with gathers on bodice. Simple white round collar. Brooch at neck. Not in original frame, oval mark left on surface. Small hole punched in upper right hand corner. Presentation folder included with tintype.
Description: Thaddeus Shepley Somes age 40-50. Hairline receding, hair brushed back. Neatly trimmed beard and mustache. Wears heavy dark coat unbuttoned with dark vest underneath buttoned to top and white collar. One hand on knee the other on table. Color added to cheeks. Emulsion pealing from edges.
Description: Man age 30 -40. Straight dark hair brushed to left side, part on right. Dark mustache. Wears dark coat, buttoned to top. White collar and white tie with dark striped under coat. Some deterioration of image on left side. Bent in places.
Description: Emilie Clarissa Meynell Somes, wife of Thaddeus Shepley Somes. Seated turned to left. Dark hair pulled back into large bun at back of head. Wears band in hair and long beaded earrings. Black fitted dress with simple white collar. Holds book, perhaps photo album.
Description: Harriet Emma Somes Sanderson with friend. Woman standing on the left age 20-30. Hair pulled back with short curly bangs over forehead. Wears dark blouse and skirt. Blouse has effect of tailored jacket with ruffled shirt underneath. High neck and puffed sleeves. Wide ruffle on bottom of straight skirt. Woman on right seated age 20 -30. Hair pulled back bangs slightly less curly. Lace edge run diagonally across bodice, high collar and puffed sleeved. Simple skirt. Brooch at neck and on bodice. Her hand rests on chair with carved back and fringe on arm. [show more]
Description: Adeline Freeman Somes. Hair parted in middle and pulled back tighly. Dark dress with gathers at waist making bodice pucker. Small white collar with brooch at neck. Hands folded on lap. Marked on back, “Adeline Freeman Somes mother of Thaddeus, Emma Francis, [Lot?] and Pearl Somes; wife of Abraham III Somes, born in Pretty Marsh.”
Description: Boy and girl. Boy, on left, wears hair parted on one side and combed to the other. Dark coat buttons down front with round white collar which lays flat on shoulders. Arms folded in front. Girl on right wears hair parted in the midlle and pulled back. Striped dress with dark shawl and white collar. Hands folded on lap. Marked on back, “Emma Frances and [illegible?].
Description: Thaddeus Shepley Somes and Pearl. Thaddeus on left wears hair combed down and parted on one side. Dark suit, one button done, white shirt and large silk bow tie. Hands folded in lap. Perarl wears short hair parted on one side and combed to the other. Wears black coat buttoned down front with round white collar laying flat on shoulders. Some kind of border on image, but note that original was tintype.
Description: Unknown woman with hair parted in middle and pulled back. Wears dark shawl or cape and white blouse. Marked on frame: "Potter’s Patent March 7, 1865."