William Jacob Long's
Family Photo Album
Images Show Unknown Faces and Places
of Fayette County, PA in the Late 19th Century
These are old, rare photographic images from the album of William Jacob Long, son of George and Elizabeth (Minerd) Long of Normalville, Fayette County, PA. None of the identities is known, although we have a few (not many) clues. Scroll down to see these wonderful images of family and friends -- were they of the Minerd or Long families, or of William's wife's family, the McCoys. We may never know, but hopefully by posting them here, for all to study, more identifications may be made.
Above: "Dewey Photo" images made at Porter Art Studio in
Connellsville, PA
Above left and center: front and back of a "Dewey Photo" made at
Porter Art Studio in Connellsville. right: image labeled "Elite Photo"
Above: "Dewey Photo" images made at Porter Art
Studio in Connellsville, PA
Above: "Dewey Photo" images made at Porter Art
Studio in Connellsville, PA
Above left: a "Dewey Photo" image made at Porter Art
Studio in Connellsville, PA.
Center: image made at Howard's Dew Drop. Right: image taken at Keystone Gallery
Above, l-r: images taken at Kough Studio in Uniontown, PA;
Springer in
Scottdale, PA; and Lingo Studio in Uniontown, PA
Tintypes - location of studio unknown
Tintypes - location of studio unknown
Tintypes - all made by Emri Mapel.
Handwriting on the back of the
image at far left states: "Taken September the 10th 1884."
Tintypes - all made by Emri Mapel. Handwriting on
the back of the
image at far left states: "Taken September the 12th 1884. Aged 68."
Tintypes - location of studio unknown. The image at far right
is backed with pink paper.
Cartes de visite -- "visiting cards" style of
photography popular after the
Civil War. Image at left taken at S.H. Howard's studio on Pittsburgh
Street in Connellsville, PA. Image at right taken at Lingo
studio in Uniontown, PA
Left: studio unknown. Center: taken at City Photo Studio in
the commercial
block of Uniontown, PA. Right: taken at J.W. Ward Studio at 725 Pittsburgh
Street, Connellsville, PA.
Above: studio unknown
The back of this image is orange paper with the word
"Long" handwritten in pencil
This image of adults and children was taken at Cowan Studio in Dawson, PA
The location of this house is unknown.
Who is the man with the horse and buggy, and where are they?
One of many unidentified baby photographs in the album.
This one is especially important because of the rare
imprint of "C.H. Rose, Normalville, PA" who was believed
to be William Jacob Long's second cousin, Charles
H. Rose.
Copyright © 2006 Mark A. Miner