We recently found an old plastic bag at the Nellie Tyrrell Museum containing several photographic portraits. Many were taken in studios in Northville, Johnstown and Gloversville but many more were taken in Brooklyn, Vermont and farther away. 

Sadly, just a few prints identify the subject. The only clues are  the names of the studios they walked into one day long ago for a special keepsake.

Who were they? How did they live their lives?  We put them together on a poster at the Nellie museum as a way to remember them. And maybe, just maybe, someone today will recognize them.