This is Regina (Michels) Lillig, the family's matriarch. This is probably from the late 1890s. Until this photograph surfaced we only had one or two grainy snapshots of her. The original of this is very faded with no contrast. This is what was known as a cabinet card. They were photographs mounted on heavy card stock with the studio's name and location printed at the bottom.
Jim Davies, great-grandson of Helena, is responsible for salvaging this important photograph. One of his uncles was clearing out a house and was going to throw away a box of photographs. Jim rescued them and years later we were able to identify some of them with the help of my grandmother, Cecilia Lavery. There was a lot of luck involved at every step. More photos from Jim's box will follow.
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