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For some reason these 2 ladies look familiar to me but can't remember who. Also a tintype of young boy, possibly Billy the Kid, lol, not.

Thanks for all the help..

Billy D. AKA Billy the Kid

 

Well, according to this, Wright operated in San Jose between 1890 and 1907. Population was about 20,000 (which narrows identification down.)

https://cabinetcardgallery.wordpress.com/category/photographer-wright/

Debora

 

I love the Cabinet Card Gallery site... but in this case, it's interesting because there are a couple of things that could have been mentioned or improved. The Wright photo that Billy presents appears to be a carte de visite from the 1870s or early 1880s. So although the CC Gallery author found the photographer in those city directories from 1890-1907, he was obviously there before that. Also, it's mentioned that the photographer address in the city directory says he was at 24 Santa Clara St. instead of 284, implying that the 24 was the correct address. But all three photos show the address on the card as 284 Santa Clara. It is more likely that the city directories were incorrect.

This page has a photo on it that indicates that it was taken by photographer Wilbur Wright (not the famous aviator!) in 1875 while the subject was awaiting execution (near the bottom of the page):

https://truewestmagazine.com/a-bandidos-california-colt/

None of the people in the photos looks at all familiar to me. With no names written on the photos, the chances of identification are slimmer than slim.

 

This site has Wilbur W. Wright working in San Jose in 1870. It claims that both addresses are correct with 284 being the earliest.

http://historysanjose.org/wp/wp-con...dios-in-the-San-Jose-Area-circa-1856-1927.pdf

Debora

 

Interesting -- thanks! Looks like it is also based on city directories.

 

I should have noticed it is based on a few sources, including city directories. Since there are multiple date ranges listed and they went for years, I'll assume it was not a typesetting error.

 

Thanks Debora, I always appreciate your help, enjoy the rest of your evening..

 

Figtree3, great research for me. Thanks so much for all your work.

 

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My first impression was that the first picture was a man. Then I saw the floral neck piece. LOL

 

Actually it still looks like a male .. the jacket .. no sign of breasts .. HMMmmm .. hard to tell, ... Joy.