Two Cabinet Card Photographs Possibly Known?

Hello,

These two photos had individuals who looked familiar to me,
possibly a well known person of some sort.

Any help would be appreciated.
Thank you as always!
Scantic

 

The guy in the middle in the second pic has a vague resemblance to Lincoln. But I doubt this would have been taken at a date early enough to be him at the apparent age of this guy.

To his right, our left, is Matthew McConahey's (sp?) great-great grandfather.

 

Bakersgma, in the second photo the man on the left (as one looks at the photo) to me anyway bears a resemblance to John Wilkes Booth. The one difference is that the man in the photo does not appear to have hair as curly/wiry/wild as John Wilkes Booth. If you look closely it does seem that the hair on both sides of his head could be pretty wild if it had more length to it and wasn't (perhaps) heavily pomaded.

 

I think John Wilkes Booth was far better looking than that man.
https://www.google.com/search?q=joh...HzggTj14LQAw&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAQ&biw=1414&bih=858

I also think they are just three blokes looking for a shed.

 

Any photographer imprints on these?

 

Brothers. All 3 have similar facial structure - cheek bones, sunken cheeks, eyes, chins...

--- Susan

 

The first photo has no Photographer ID, but written in pencil on the back is LS 34 Washington.

The 2nd Photo is by H. O. Bly, Hanover NH

There are some names on the back written in pen, but wasn't sure when it was written or if it's actually their names. Added a photo

 

Hanover, NH is the location of Dartmouth College. I have seen mention of photographer H.O. Bly involved in photographing experiments, buildings, etc at Dartmouth back in the 1860s & 1870s. I wondered if these Wright brothers might have been students at the college; however, feel the 2 on our left may be too old for college.

An 1870 Chemistry journal, p. 200:
https://books.google.com/books?id=OzRCAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA1-PA200&lpg=RA1-PA200&dq=photographer+H.O.+Bly&source=bl&ots=sikglN1rke&sig=BnfA7NCsjUAI-cAcJRnZQh0nBns&hl=en&sa=X&ei=WOX5VJOYMeyIsQTe-ICAAw&ved=0CCYQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=photographer H.O. Bly&f=false

Another 1870 chemistry journal, p. 278:
https://books.google.com/books?id=ZumPbRrp9-UC&pg=PA278&lpg=PA278&dq=photographer+H.O.+Bly&source=bl&ots=S01IXHtihg&sig=Ryzo7chxOd2BDUd7zsm4UmNMg5s&hl=en&sa=X&ei=M-n5VLOnB-bHsQS534CIAg&ved=0CCQQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=photographer H.O. Bly&f=false

Bissell Hall a gymnasium erected in 1867:
http://libarchive.dartmouth.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/photofiles/id/19157/rec/25

--- Susan

 

Now here's a longgggggg shot. I found a Walter Wright (Dr. Walter M Wright) who was born in Hanover, NH -1846, attended and graduated from Dartmouth Medical School - 1874, a delegate to the Nat'l Republican Convention - 1896, and died in Orange, MA - 1899. On eBay at the moment is his business card noting he is a republican delegate as well as a MD. His pic is on the card with a blow-up of the card on the page. Nowwww if you use a little imagination and disregard the mustache, one might think he resembles the young man on our right in the picture.

http://www.ebay.ie/itm/Business-Card-Walter-Wright-Delegate-Orange-MA-1896-/330552673036

Short obit, last on on the page:
http://genealogytrails.com/mass/franklin/obits.html

--- Susan

 

The second cabinet card looks like a fairly early one, as these things go. The design on the back was often used on cartes de visite (CDVs) of the period also. I think the cab photo could be 1870s. This is not based on clothing, just the design of the card, which also looks like CDVs of the early 1870s.

That being said, the age of the men in the photo could be compatible with the age of the Walter M. Wright that Susan found. Also, that business card to me could resemble more than one of those men. But the man on the right is in a similar pose and I think his nose resembles what I can see of the nose in the photo here.

 

When the pics are placed side-by-side, there is little doubt they are one and the same man.

--- Susan

 

You lovely folks are absolutely remarkable! Ladybranch, you are absolutely amazing! Thank you so much for the help. They do 100% look very much the same (obvious age difference). It's great to see a young photo of the gentleman and have a bit of history behind the chap!

 

Thanks, Susan! It does help to see them next to each other.

 

You know what I find interesting. Such a well educated man, medical doctor.... and what have you... and in the obituary he died of locomotor ataxia. Which is caused by syphilis :/ lol

 

Must have gotten wild & crazy at that convention!

 

Haha, a little too crazy....

 

What a scream. A MD with a highly advanced education for that day and age, contracting VD!! Walter was married 2x. His first wife died in 1893. His 2nd wife lived to 1955. Doesn't appear the 2nd wife contracted VD. I finally found that Walter indeed had brothers named Frank and Austin. Their parents were Asa and Polly Chase Wright of Hanover. The parents were married in 1830 and had 4 children. 1 daughter Augusta who married a Tenny, Austin, B. Frank, and Walter. Mom & Pop are buried in the same cemetery with their daughter's family in Hanover, NH.

Nowwww one may wonder why I did more research on this family. I am deep into genealogy research including hosting several genealgy websites concentrating in Connecticut and Massachusetts. When I saw an obit on Walter from Bowdoin College listing his parents, it caught my interest because of his father's name and their location. I was well aware of Wrights in Ashford, Windham Co. CT in the 1700s where several of my ancestry resided. Some of these Wrights had the given name Asa and some migrated north to VT and NH soon after the Revolution. Many of the migrating men were given land in those areas inlieu of money for fighting in the Revolution.

Sure enough found an Asa Wright and Huldah Knapp Wright who migrated from Ashford, CT to Hanover, NH. They were the grandparents of Walter, Austin and Frank. I may well have a genealogy link to these Wrights - not a direct line, but possibly by an ancestor's sibling marriage. Hopefully the ones in CT were a bit more careful in their extra curriculum activity!

The following are a few online sources to the above info. These online sources are strictly tertiary and not primary. Primary sources are official civil records such a birth, marriage and death, land, etc. records Anyways, the following will give you the idea of the relationships.

Walt's grave, tombstone:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/f...=1178&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=126916142&df=all&

Walter's obit in Bowdoin College publication listing his parents:
https://books.google.com/books?id=-AQXAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA166&lpg=PA166&dq=marriage+walter+Wright+&+ella+holt+1875+weston,+vt&source=bl&ots=Daxv0VTLQU&sig=WDRrv4rC4JW0g1nNYVJi0ZlBWoI&hl=en&sa=X&ei=kCr6VMW6H-yHsQTa3ILYAQ&ved=0CB0Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=marriage walter Wright & ella holt 1875 weston, vt&f=false

First paragraph outlines this Wright family from MA, Ashford, CT to Hanover, NH. This outline only goes to Walter's grandfather who migrated to Hanover, NH from Ashford, CT. About 1/2 way down the page the grandparents are listed saying they were in Hanover by 1790. About 5 lines/people up from the start of the footnotes at the bottom of the page Walter's parents are listed, "iv. ASA7 WRIGHT" & Polly.
http://genforum.genealogy.com/wright/messages/21236.html

Scroll down to the biography section to see the listing of the Asa, Jr. & Polly's 4 children:
http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Wright-14999

--- Susan

 

Wow! I'm going to look through all of your wonderful findings right now! What a small world! That would be so wonderful with a connection like that! Thank you so much for the help!

 

Wow! This was absolutely amazing! Loved reading this all! So very cool! I was wondering, do you come across many Webb families from MA. I know that my earliest "American" relative arrived in 1628. Otis Leroy Webb was my great grandfather. He was from Vermont I don't know too much more than that. I believe we are Scottish / English! If you have seen any Webbs in your groups let me know! That would be a trip!