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19photographs from the Warren-Winter collection are not yet matched to anyone in the archive. Each is shown with its current caption and the archive’s best guess, which is a guess and nothing more. Anyone who recognizes a face, a place or a hand can send an identification through the suggestion form; the steward reviews each one before a photo is attached to a person’s page.

Three women, tintype
Three Women · IMG_5160.jpegTintype, ~1860s. Studio setting. Possibly Elizabeth Arden with sisters or friends from the Fall River / New Bedford area.Best guess (a guess, not an identification): Elizabeth Arden (1837–1873) with sisters or friends, Fall River or New Bedford.Suggest an identification →
Unidentified toddler, tintype
Unidentified Toddler · IMG_5154.jpegTintype, ~1870s. Possibly Le Roy Warren Swift as a baby, born 1869.Best guess (a guess, not an identification): Le Roy Warren Swift as a baby (born 1869).Suggest an identification →
Elderly bearded man, possibly Richmond C. Winter
Possibly Richmond C. Winter · IMG_5135.jpegOval cabinet card. Long white beard, seated with hat. If this is Richmond (b. 1839), this portrait dates to the 1890s or early 1900s.Best guess (a guess, not an identification): Richmond C. Winter (1839–1912) in old age, 1890s–1900s.Suggest an identification →
Homestead with barn and outbuildings
The Homestead. House & Barn · IMG_5099.jpgWider view showing the Cape cottage with attached barn and outbuilding. Waquoit, Falmouth.Best guess (a guess, not an identification): The neighbor’s house and barn at Waquoit, where the caretaker Fred Bury lived (note on IMG_5100).Suggest an identification →
Back of house and barn photo with Fred Bury note
The Homestead. Caretaker Note · IMG_5100.jpgReverse. “This house is where our nearest neighbor lives and has a telephone and Fred Bury lives there, the fellow that looks after the homestead.”Best guess (a guess, not an identification): The back of IMG_5099, naming Fred Bury, who looked after the homestead.Suggest an identification →
Group on bridge, backs turned, Childs River
Childs River Bridge. Backs · IMG_5087.jpg~10 people in Edwardian dress, backs to camera, wooden bridge over water. Childs River, Falmouth.Best guess (a guess, not an identification): Family and friends at Waquoit, about 1900–1910; Mama and Papa (Fanny Harrison Winter and Le Roy Warren Swift) may be among them.Suggest an identification →
Group on bridge, facing camera, Childs River
Childs River Bridge. Front · IMG_5105.jpgSame bridge, feet in water. “My grandfather’s time it was a whaling port.” “At the Childs River. During WWII it was a naval base.”Best guess (a guess, not an identification): The same party as IMG_5087, facing the camera; Mama and Papa may be among them.Suggest an identification →
Back of swimming photo with bathing description
Swimming. Back · IMG_5095.jpgReverse of the surf photo. “Things aren’t always surf like this. If it is blowing off shore, but very good bathing & indeed.”Best guess (a guess, not an identification): The back of the surf photograph labeled “Mama” (IMG_5093).Suggest an identification →
Horse-drawn carriage on road from Woods Hole to Waquoit
Carriage from Woods Hole · IMG_5098.jpgHorse-drawn carriage on sandy road. “This is the way we rode to Waquoit from the road in Woods Hole. I rode in this from the time I was 10-17 years old.”Best guess (a guess, not an identification): The carriage the Annotator rode in from Woods Hole to Waquoit, from the age of 10 to 17; the driver is not named.Suggest an identification →
Sailboat on calm water, Waquoit Bay
Sailboat, Waquoit Bay · IMG_5117.jpegTwo people on a sailboat, calm water. Waquoit Bay area. No label.Best guess (a guess, not an identification): Two of the family sailing on Waquoit Bay, about 1900–1910.Suggest an identification →
Unidentified young girl, ~1920s-1930s
Unidentified Girl · IMG_5088.jpgYoung girl ~2-4 years old, curly dark hair, ~1920s-1930s. Possibly Wall child.Best guess (a guess, not an identification): A Wall child, 1920s–30s.Suggest an identification →
Inside the round case, with the name Lotte Gützlaff
The Round Case. Lotte Gützlaff’s Name · IMG_5153.jpegInside the round case of the Rachel Warren portrait, on the backing: the name “Lotte Gützlaff.” The case’s backing carries the name Lotte Gützlaff, but the portrait itself is unsigned; Carol remembers the Gützlaff pieces as silhouettes of unknown sitters.Suggest an identification →
Warren-Winter collection. IMG_5087-1.jpg
Uncataloged · IMG_5087-1.jpgAwaiting identification.Best guess (a guess, not an identification): Another print of the Childs River bridge party (IMG_5087): family and friends at Waquoit, about 1900–1910.Suggest an identification →
Warren-Winter collection. IMG_5096.jpeg
Uncataloged · IMG_5096.jpegAwaiting identification.Best guess (a guess, not an identification): Another photograph of the back of the surf photograph (IMG_5095).Suggest an identification →
Warren-Winter collection. IMG_5106.jpg
Uncataloged · IMG_5106.jpgAwaiting identification.Best guess (a guess, not an identification): The back of IMG_5105, labeled “Front View.”Suggest an identification →
Warren-Winter collection. IMG_5140.jpeg
Uncataloged · IMG_5140.jpegAwaiting identification.Best guess (a guess, not an identification): A woman of the Annotator’s family at the beach, 1940s.Suggest an identification →
Warren-Winter collection. IMG_5161.jpeg
Uncataloged · IMG_5161.jpegAwaiting identification.Best guess (a guess, not an identification): Another tintype of three women, perhaps the same sitting as IMG_5160.Suggest an identification →
Warren-Winter collection. IMG_5162.jpeg
Uncataloged · IMG_5162.jpegAwaiting identification.Best guess (a guess, not an identification): A family home, late 1940s–1950s. No person shown.Suggest an identification →
Warren-Winter collection. IMG_5163.jpeg
Uncataloged · IMG_5163.jpegAwaiting identification.Best guess (a guess, not an identification): A girl of the generation after the Annotator’s, 1920s–30s.Suggest an identification →