Old Photographs Saved From Trash Can ~ #20 Alnie W. ROYALTY

Over the summer I took a break from posting these old photographs. Many more remain to be shared. I plan on doing at least one a week, on Thursdays.

This is a spin-off of my 52 Ancestors: #14 Albert Spencer LILLIE (1848-1913) ~ Old Photographs Saved From Trash Can blogpost in which I featured a few photos from a collection of old photographs my 4C1R Joe Rooney shared with me. I asked Joe about using the photos and he kindly wrote, “Please use them at your will.  I feel it is keeping it in the family and don’t need credit.  If anything, I appreciate your evaluations, identifications and detective work.  I’m hopeful you and yours enjoy them.  On a blog, in a book, above a cloud.”

#20 Alnie W. ROYALTY

Alnie W. ROYALTY was born 10 February 1888 in Allen Springs, Pope County, Illinois, to Charles W. ROYALTY and Lizzie M. WALTER.

Tintype portrait of Alnie in a dress

Alnie W. ROYALTY ca. 1888-89.

A piece of paper reading “Alnie Royaltey” was tapped to the reverse side of this photo.

Tintype portrait of Alnie at about the age of 5 or 6

When a little boy was too old to wear a dress he was “breeched.” In this photograph Alnie, about 5 or 6, too old to be wearing a dress, is wearing trousers with high laced up boots.

Alnie W. ROYALTY ca. 1893

A piece of paper reading “Alnie Royalty Charlie son” was tapped to the reverse side of this photo.

Alnie with his parents ca. 1895

Lizzie M. WALTER with husband Charles W. ROYALTY and son Alnie

Links to previous posts in this series may be found in Old Photographs

Joe Rooney kindly gave me permission to use these photographs on my blog.

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Joe ROONEY wrote on 15 February 2015: This collection of photographs was scanned at 300 dpi color by me. The original photos were sent by Sandra Lillie about ten years ago after she found them cleaning out a relative’s garage in Southern Illinois, finding no other takers (suckers). She believes they were a collection by L Vance Lillie. Many of the pictures seemed to be removed from frames or were in albums evidenced by fading characteristics and may have been from other’s collections. I scanned the reverse if there was laboratory advertising or writing. Some of the authors’ identification may be figured out of the handwriting matches. I did not scan the reverse of photos where there was only a three digit number that I believe to be sequence numbers on a roll of film. I didn’t spot any obvious helpful commonalities.

© 2015 Cathy Meder-Dempsey

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