Not My Family Photos - Antique Images I Bought at a Flea Market

Not My Family Photos - Antique Images I Bought at a Flea Market In about 2005, I asked the price of a photo at a flea market in Oak Ridge, TN. The seller said, "How much would you give me for the whole box?

I've been carrying these around for years and they never sell." I gave him $50 and took them home.

This is labelled "Aunt Laura Heston" on the back. I did some research and found only one candidate that would have been ...
05/10/2022

This is labelled "Aunt Laura Heston" on the back. I did some research and found only one candidate that would have been the right age in that area at the time of this photo, abt. 1892. She was Laura Matilda Riley Heston (1834-1917), making her in her mid-fifties at the time this was taken, which seems just right.

Born to Matthew and Hannah Rothwell Riley in Pennsylvania, Laura grew up in the Blockley Township area, which is now West Philadelphia. She married William Davis Heston (1828-1910) in 1853 and they had three (known) children, Elizabeth F. "Lizzie" Heston (1855-1890), Henry Matthew Heston (1860-1914), and Laura L. Heston (b. 1869). "Aunt Laura" is buried at Westminster Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA.

Find a Grave Memorial for Laura Heston:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/190218025

Some information on the photographer, Harry A. Webb, can be found on the site of the Library Company of Philadelphia. It states that the photographer was located in a studio at 112 & 114 Nth. 9th St. from 1888-1892. As I believe this photo is later rather than earlier than that period and is definitely early 1890s, that would date this photo about 1892.

Here's the Library Company of Philadelphia information about Webb:
https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/Islandora:6904

I bought this photo with others at a flea market in Oak Ridge, TN in about 2005. If you are a descendant or family member of this person, I'd be willing to part with this item.

Here's my Flickr Album for this photo:
193756168@N05/albums/72177720298817307" rel="ugc" target="_blank">https://www.flickr.com/photos/193756168@N05/albums/72177720298817307

Here is Edward Christopher Buckingham (1882-1935). This photo was taken around 1900 by Kiefer & Kirsche, Lawrenceburg, ...
05/01/2022

Here is Edward Christopher Buckingham (1882-1935). This photo was taken around 1900 by Kiefer & Kirsche, Lawrenceburg, Dearborn, Indiana.

Find a Grave Memorial:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/22502944/edward-buckingham

I bought these photos as part of a lot at a flea market in Oak Ridge, TN in about 2005. If you can explain your relationship to Mr. Buckingham, I would be willing to part with this item.

These photos were taken in early December 1907 by an unknown photographer, probably located in Washington, DC where the ...
05/01/2022

These photos were taken in early December 1907 by an unknown photographer, probably located in Washington, DC where the family lived at the time. They are of the eldest three children of George and Jeannie Stickney Sheriff Scharf.

The label on the back reads as follows:

John G. Scharf 2nd.
7 years

Elizabeth S. Scharf
4 years 3 mos.

George L. S. Sharf
3 1/2 mos. old
weight - 21 lbs.

John Gustav Sharf (1900-1993)
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/186297346/john-gustav-scharf

Elizabeth Schary Sharf Sommers (1903-1954)
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/88244626/elizabeth-sheriff-sommers

George Lewis Sheriff Sharf (1907-1984)
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/186288370/george-lewis_sheriff-scharf

The grey card these photos are displayed in is one I haven't seen the likes of before. No identifying marks, neither card manufacturer nor photographer, appear on it.

I bought these photos as part of a lot at a flea market in Oak Ridge, TN in about 2005. If you can explain your relationship to the Sharf children, I would be willing to part with this item.

This photo was in a box of hundreds I bought at a flea market in Oak Ridge, TN in about 2005. It measures about 2.25" x...
05/01/2022

This photo was in a box of hundreds I bought at a flea market in Oak Ridge, TN in about 2005. It measures about 2.25" x 3.25". It shows a little girl, whose face is turned away from the camera, looking up at a baby in a stroller.

It is labelled with the names Betty Roberts Stiles and Helen Brooke Stiles. I was able to find these two sisters' information online. Betty, the elder sister, was Elizabeth Roberts Stiles Livergood (1911-1980). Helen, the baby, was Helen Brooke Stiles Campman (1916-1971). Both were born in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania to Richard and Elizabeth Roberts Stiles.

If you can explain your relationship to the sisters, I would be willing to part with this photo.

Betty's Find A Grave Memorial:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/17089413

Helen's Find A Grave Memorial:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/17089602

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