Unidentified Portraits with East Acton Connections
The Acton Historical Society received a large collection of portraits, almost all taken by photographers in the local area. Only a handful of the pictures were labeled; these included Florence H. Flagg, Harland Wetherbee Flagg, Mr James Wetherbee, and Lois and Allen Wetherbee. The few dates on the backs of the photos were from the 1880s and 1890s. Can you help us identify the people in the photos? They probably come from an extended family group, with friends and neighbors included. The photos identified so far are a group of women from the Acton High School Class of 1887, (Ernest Wetherbee was a member of that class), and a portrait of Fred L. Robbins of East Acton. We have found some identical pictures, one in a collection from the Rouillard family and one in a Billings family album, also of East Acton.
The photographers and their addresses are listed below.
The photographers and their addresses are listed below.
Photographers in the Collection
All Massachusetts unless noted:
Cassey & Whitney, Lansing, Michigan
Elmer Chickering, 21 West Street, Boston, 1890 or after
Chickering Photo Co., 43 Winter Street, Boston
Conly, 465 Washington Street, Boston
Davis & Howard, 352 Washington St., Boston, dated 1894
Emerson, Concord
Emerson, Puffer's Block Bridge Street, Lowell
M.W. Emerson & Co, 118 Merrimack Street, Lowell
Freeman, Hildreth Building, Lowell
Hanlon, 377 Main Street, Worcester
Hardy, 493/523 Washington Street, Boston
Hastings, 147 Tremont Street, Boston
Hayden, Lowell
HF Holland, 10 Temple Place, Boston
Holmes, Maynard & Ayer
Holmes Bros., 19 Main Street, Charlestown, dated 1886
Horton Bros, 87 Westminster Street, Providence, Rhode Island
Lewis, Hudson
Litchfield, Arlington
Lothrop & Cunningham, 112/182 Merrimack Street, Lowell
Morrill, Central Block, Lowell
Moulton, 368 Main Street, Fitchburg, dated 1882
Newell & Dow, 352 Washington Street, Boston
Notman Photo Co, 480 Boylston St. and 3 Park Street, Boston
Ocala Photo Co., Ocala, Florida
Pach Bros., Cambridge
Ritz Portraits, 58 Temple Place, Boston, 1881 or after
Shew's Photographic Art Studio, 523 Kearns Street, San Francisco, California
C. Smith, 75 Middlesex Street, Lowell (Miss C. Smith Photographer, New Number 157)
F. G. Smith & Co, 247 Main Street, Danbury, Connecticut
Strout Photo Artist, Woburn
P.W. Tennant & Son Artistic Photographers, 69 Merrimac Street, Haverhill & Post Office Building, Lowell
Thatcher, Perkins Block, Wakefield
Warren, Post Office Building, Lowell
Cassey & Whitney, Lansing, Michigan
Elmer Chickering, 21 West Street, Boston, 1890 or after
Chickering Photo Co., 43 Winter Street, Boston
Conly, 465 Washington Street, Boston
Davis & Howard, 352 Washington St., Boston, dated 1894
Emerson, Concord
Emerson, Puffer's Block Bridge Street, Lowell
M.W. Emerson & Co, 118 Merrimack Street, Lowell
Freeman, Hildreth Building, Lowell
Hanlon, 377 Main Street, Worcester
Hardy, 493/523 Washington Street, Boston
Hastings, 147 Tremont Street, Boston
Hayden, Lowell
HF Holland, 10 Temple Place, Boston
Holmes, Maynard & Ayer
Holmes Bros., 19 Main Street, Charlestown, dated 1886
Horton Bros, 87 Westminster Street, Providence, Rhode Island
Lewis, Hudson
Litchfield, Arlington
Lothrop & Cunningham, 112/182 Merrimack Street, Lowell
Morrill, Central Block, Lowell
Moulton, 368 Main Street, Fitchburg, dated 1882
Newell & Dow, 352 Washington Street, Boston
Notman Photo Co, 480 Boylston St. and 3 Park Street, Boston
Ocala Photo Co., Ocala, Florida
Pach Bros., Cambridge
Ritz Portraits, 58 Temple Place, Boston, 1881 or after
Shew's Photographic Art Studio, 523 Kearns Street, San Francisco, California
C. Smith, 75 Middlesex Street, Lowell (Miss C. Smith Photographer, New Number 157)
F. G. Smith & Co, 247 Main Street, Danbury, Connecticut
Strout Photo Artist, Woburn
P.W. Tennant & Son Artistic Photographers, 69 Merrimac Street, Haverhill & Post Office Building, Lowell
Thatcher, Perkins Block, Wakefield
Warren, Post Office Building, Lowell