"New" old photos from Wausau, Michigan

I recently bought a box of photos from an Ebay seller who told me that they were reproduced at the Toburen photo studio at Wausau, Wisconsin mostly during the 1960s to 1980s.

Families in the 60s to 80s took their old family photos to the studio to be reproduced, and then never came back to pick them up! I can't imagine that the studio didn't call to remind them, so I don't know why so many were never claimed! There are some great images, I'm thinking particularly of one of an older couple from possibly the 1800s where the wife is smoking a pipe! This wasn't a snapshot, but a posed photo from a studio, so the pipe must have been an object very near and dear to her! Anyway, I will start posting some of the large family photos from this lot. None of them have names, but some have order numbers. Eventually I would like to find a way to find their modern families. If anyone has an "in" with newspapers or local websites of Wausau who think this would be a good thing to post, please let me know!

Please click on the photos to see them large.

Comments

VegaPhotography said…

My family went to Toburen Studios to have formal photographs taken. The photo in the middle might be a relation.

June 16, 2012 at 4:17 AM

Natalia said…

That is fascinating! Can you post a scan of one of your pictures of this family to compare, or is there one somewhere else on the internet? Are there any of your family members who might know for sure? I will start posting more of these from that studio, maybe others will ring a bell, too. :)

June 24, 2012 at 9:41 PM

Cox, Hershey, Bickmore, Isaacks, Armistead, Kellogg, Schroeder, unknown, and Anthony families.

April 2010 Please see updated information in the comments, and I've copied some of it under the Isaacks family halfway down this post. These are all linked from Ancient Faces. To see the original entry go to ancientfaces.com and search the names. Cox family, 1927. Left to right: Marion Absolom Cox, aged 36, b Feb 26, 1899; John Larkin Cox, b Aug 15, 1895; Alva Louis Cox, b Mar 20, 1901; Gilbert Raymond Cox, b Jan 2, 1904; Mary Cox, b Oct 13, 1886; Robert Dale Cox, b Nov 2, 1909; Mary Melvina {McReynolds} Cox, b Oct 10, 1871; John 'Turkey' Cox, b Aug 24, 1859. Henry (b Feb 13, 1820) Hershey and Caroline Good Hershey (b Feb 5, 1824) family. Children are: Alvin E Hershey, b Feb 28, 1842; Mary A Hershey, b Jul 10, 1843; Malinda G Hershey, b May 10, 1845; Nancy A Hershey, b Jan 18, 1848; Benjamin Hershey, b Feb 8, 1850. UPDATE: July 2009: "Keith" writes (slightly adjusted): Just a quick note to say I love your blog and it came to a surprise while s...

Francis Samuel (Bud) Johnson and family

This is the Bud Johnson family of Pike County, Arkansas. Names are on the photo itself. One son remains unlisted. The picture is from Ancient Faces, at http://www.ancientfaces.com/research/photo/380039 I am really depressed about this poor gentleman's unbuttoned waistcoat! Imagine how humiliating it would be to get those photos back and have no option for a retake.

Gil, Pizzitoia, Underwood, Runser, Basham, and Puente families

These are all linked from Ancient Faces. To see the original entry go to ancientfaces.com and search the names. Gil family in 1914. Parents are Anastacio Leoncio "Tito" Gil, 39, b Jan 21, 1875, and Balbina Yates Gil, 31, b Mar 30, 1883. Children are: Jasper Edward Gil, 10, b 1903; Harold Jerome Gil, 8, b 1905; Grace Angelina Gil, 7, b 1906; Rudolph Muricio Gil, 4, b 1909; Viola Gil, 2, b 1911; Eva Gil, 1, b 1913. Possibly Vincena Volpi Pizzitoia's children Melissa Pairlee (Best) Underwood, daughter of William Best and Lucinda Raines, with all of her children gathered at the funeral of her husband Robert A. Underwood. front row l-r: Alfred, Carlos, Rufus, Charlie, Ernest and William. back row l-r: Ila, Oleda, Pairlee, Geneva and Kathleen Philip Runser family shortly after the youngest child, Katherine, was married. Most likely taken at the family homestead in Foxboro, Wisconsin. This is of the parents and their children without the in-laws. The parents are Philip J Runser ...

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