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Lost Faces
Civil War Era Photo Album Spencer and Kilman Families of Niagara area Ontario Canada
This is a beautiful civil war era photo album from the Niagara area of Ontario Canada
Inside are 50 (fifty!) Civil War era cdvs (early photos), Amost aLL have names written under them! The photos are of excellent quality and are crisp and clear, what a treasure for a descendant.
This album is a little unusual in that it has ink names in the album under the photos, plus penciled names on the back (in a different handwriting) and, in some cases, spidery ink writing on the back as well (in a third handwriting)
The photos seem to start around 1860 ish and go up to the 1890s, with most being of the Civil War period.
Ancestor Photos with hand-written entries. Where a location and photographer name was found I have recorded it below:
Handwriting Front of Ancestor Photo |
Writing on Back of Ancestor Photo |
Photographer Info Back of Ancestor Photo |
- baby "Grant Spencer"
- young boy "Melvin Spencer"
- Jane Carrow
- Grandmother Kilman
- Mr & Mrs. Robert Kilman
- George Gifford & Melvin Spencer (tintype)
- Mrs. Ben. Watts
- Mr. Andrews
- Mrs. Bullock & family
- Sam Smith & family
- Mr. & Mrs. Robert Garner
- Mr. Sternburgh
- Mrs. Sternburg. Mary, sister of Grandpa Spencer. Abbie Ward was another sister
- Mrs. Robert Spencer Srr
- Old Uncle Robert Specner & daughter
- Aunt Patty Daniels
- Elkaniah Spencer
- Tom McCall
- nothing written but looks like Elkanah Spencer
- Tom Storey (tintype)
- Belle Storey
- Alice Olds
- young girl, no name
- Lena Spencer (looks like #23)
- Teenage boy "Robert Spencer"
- Old man "Morrison Spencer
- Jane Ward
- Mr & Mrs. Melvin Spencer & Amanda Glover (tintype)
- (baby) Roy Garner
- 2 boys Civil War era, no names
- Jessie Spencer
- Lizzie Spencer
- Carrie Spencer
- Mrs. Davis
- Mrs. Hutt
- man & woman, no names
- The Carrow girls, John Carrow, Mike (tintype)
- Mr & Mrs. Henry Monroe & Della
- Mrs. Miller & family
- Mr & Mrs Stewart
- woman, no name, resembles Mrs. Miller #39
- Daniels (young boy, no first name)
- Mrs. Daniels
- Mary Palmerton
- child, no name
- Jesse Kilman
- Mrs. Jesse Kilman
- young man, no name
- Funeral Memorial Card: In memory of Lena G Killman died Feb. 13, 1877 in the 32nd year of her age, interrred in North Pelham Burying Ground
- Leslie Kilman
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- Grant Spencer (pencil)
- Melvin Spencer (pencil)
- Jane Carrow (pencil)
- Grandmother Kilman (pencil)
- Mr & mrs. Robert Kilman (pencil)
- white label on back with names
- Mrs Ben. Watts (pencil)
- Mr. Andrews (pencil)
- Mrs Bullock & family (pencil)
- in pencil "Sam Smith & family" In spidery ink "Samuel & Cynthia Smith taken in 1860/6 in May, belongs to Ellen C Smith"
- Mr & Mrs. Robert Garner (pencil)
- Mr. Sternburgh (pencil)
- Mrs Sternburg (pencil)
- Mrs Robert Spencer Sr (pencil)
- nothing written
- Aunt Patty Daniels (pencil)
- Elkanah Spencer (pencil)
- Tom McCall (pencil)
- nothing written
- label on back
- nothing written
- nothing written
- nothing written
- nothing written
- nothing written
- nothing written
- nothing written
- nothing written
- nothing written
- No ID (pencil)
- Lizzie Spencer
- Jessie Spencer
- Carrie Spencer
- Mrs Davis
- Mrs. Hutt
- nothing written
- nothing written
- nothing written
- Mr & Mrs. Stewart
- Mrs Miller & family
- nothing written
- Daniels
- Elsie, Love of E. A. C. (in pen, Victorian handwriting)
- Mary Palmerton
- nothing written
- Jesse Kilman
- Mrs. Jesse Kilman
- nothing written
- Hester Spencer (probably the person to whom the funeral card was being sent)
- Leslie Kilman
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- no photographer
- no photographer
- no photographer
- J W Edy & Co. Brantford
- no photographer
- no photographer
- Thos. E. Perkins, Norwich Ontario
- no photographer
- no photographer
- no photographer
- John England, Drummondivlle
- no photographer
- no photographer
- St. Catharines
- no photographer
- no photographer
- no photographer
- no photographer
- no photographer
- no photographer
- no photographer
- no photographer
- Hamilton - Bezanson & foster
- Hamilton - Bezanson & Foster
- no photographer
- Thorold - George Grenville
- G F Maitland
- no photographer
- Juno England - Niagara Falls Ontario
- No ID (pencil)
- Otterville. H. Eggman
- no photographer
- Otterville. H. Eggman
- Edy & Co. Brantford & Scimcoe
- no photographer
- no photographer
- no photographer
- no photographer
- Dunnvile. Logans
- Isaac Horning. Simcoe Canada West
- no photographer
- Brantford Smith & Edy
- no photographer
- Simcoe Ontario. H. McMichael
- Simcoe. Arthur
- St. Catharines. W. Craig
- St Catharines. W. Craig
- Simcoe. Arthur
- Back of funeral card has name only
- Toronto. R J Orr
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View small images of each Spencer Kilman Family photo
Purchase Your Ancestor Photo in 3 Easy Steps
Step 1: Write down the Album #. Example: #55
Step 2: Write down the Name & Number of each photo you are interested in. Example: MA-2, MA-15
Step 3: Place your order for individual quality photographic reproductions
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Sample Photos from Album
Types of Early Photographs
The type of photograph in an album helps to date the album
Daguerreotypes (ca 1839)
Photography in USA began circa 1839 but not many are found before 1854.
Ambrotypes (circa 1854)
The ambrotype was a glass negative backed with black material so it appeared as a positive image
Tintypes (ca 1855)
The Ferrotype process (tintypes) was introduced in the United States in 1855. It substituted an iron plate for glass and is one of a kind. No copies could be made from a tintype. |
Carte de Visite or CDVs (ca 1859)
CDV stands for carte de visite. CDVs replaced ambrotypes, producing a card 2.5 by 4" CDVs arrived in the United States around 1859, on the eve of the Civil War (1861-1865). On June 30, 1864 a tax on photographs, ambrotypes, daguerreotypes and other "sun-pictures" went into effect. Tax Revenue Stamps had to be placed on the backs of photographs from that date (1864) until August 1, 1866. This helps date CDVs taken in this time period.
Cabinet Cards (circa 1870)
CDV’s were replaced in the 1870s by Cabinet Cards which were on a larger 4 by 6" card. |
I am pleased to now offer individual photographic reproductions for sale! You can purchase a photographic reproduction of any family photo from my albums. I have rescued over 2500 one-of-a-kind identified family photos taken 1850 to 1900. |
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