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Monday, April 27, 2020

The Photo - UPDATED

An earlier post presents a photo with the speculation that it may be Joseph Russell. Mike C. replied in  the comments trail that it was Henry Weber. I agree with mike. Herewith is Weber's photo as it appears in Separate Identity vol. 2. Compare photos, and I think you will agree.



Henry Weber in 1885
Photo is misidentified on web page.
The original shows this to be someone else. Not Weber.


3 comments:

jerome said...

I would agree with Mike also. The photo used in Separate Identity (from a directory of American Florists) was flipped in the earlier post so that it better matched that on the parlor wall for comparison. Those involved with the earlier article have been searching for another photo of Henry Weber with the intention of possibly adding it as confirmation. The Weber archives are at the Smithsonian, and there are Weber descendants out there. But it was an interesting exercise where speculation ultimately took researchers where the evidence led.

B. W. Schulz said...

Bernard says the second photo is not Weber.

It comes from here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/17949064110/

jerome said...

The link takes you to a page that includes text about Weber, but the actual photo in the original magazine is captioned "The late Frank Becker" and relates to another item on the same page. There is a very poor image of Weber in a group photo that may get posted at some time, but the key point is that the pic on the parlor wall appears to be him.