Here are 30 of the fascinating historical portraits from this photo archive
If you want to explore historical portraits, check out “Dead Fred’s Genealogy Photo Archive.” This free research website is designed to help people visualize their heritage, featuring a collection of 22,927 surnames that you can scroll through for hours. Even if none of them are linked to you, you’ll find it fascinating to see how people lived and looked in the past.
The website’s founder, Joe Bott, is of German descent, and he named the project after His great-great-grandfather, Frederick III, a German Emperor and King of Prussia who lived in that era., in 1888. The archive is Bott’s way of honoring his lineage and connecting the present with the past.
Bott’s team includes Amanda Shertzer, who develops the website’s search codes, and Jeannette Balleza, who writes and edits promotional materials. Together, they work to ensure that visitors can easily search the archive and learn more about their family histories.
Discovering your family history is a great way to celebrate family traditions and embrace your culture. It can also help you avoid leaving blank spaces in your healthcare history form. Additionally, understanding our ancestors’ stories can be valuable in understanding different cultures and customs.
Whether you’re interested in portraits of Swedish mail carriers from the 1900s or French women with baguettes, “Dead Fred’s Genealogy Photo Archive” is an excellent resource for exploring the past. Why not try to learn more about your family history and heritage?
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#1 Commencement Day 1939
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#2 Guide Samson Beaver of the Stoney First Nation, his wife Leah, and their daughter Frances Louise in 1907
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#3 Protesting Brooklyn’s 1940 high school dress code, which forbade girls from wearing slacks
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#4 Laguna Pueblo, New Mexico Loti-Kee-Yah-Tede-The Chief’s Daughter. 1905 Carl E. Moon took the image
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#5 Gorgeous Bride from the 1930s
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#6 A group of women enjoying tea in the Scottish Highlands around 1910
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#7 Anne Frank, age 5, was photographed by her father, Otto, in the image
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#8 Settler Family, 1880s
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#9 Nancy Columbia, an Inuit girl, as seen in the Gerhard Sisters’ 1904 portrait
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#10 James Van Der Zee’s 1932 Portrait of a Woman
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#11 1880 Man from Fiji (Republic Of The Fiji Islands)
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#12 The image was captured in November 1909. It depicts Edmund, 12, Ernest, 8, and Cecilia, 5, of the Payro family being “photographed” by their cat
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#13 Rural Postman in Winter Outfit, 1900, Sweden
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#14 Cathy Williams, a Union soldier from 1862. She was a member of the 38 Regiment, Infantry Division, and was known as a Buffalo Soldier, although she had to pretend to be a man to enlist
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#15 Crow Nation’s “Sits Down Spotted,” Fort Keogh, Montana, 1881
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#16 Cutting A Sunbeam, England, 1886, image no. Adams Diston
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#17 Walking Her Dogs in Hyde Park, Dog’s Cemetery: The Last Resting Place For More Than 1000 Victorian-Era Animals Is Hiding Within The City Park
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#18 “Daughter of a Cornish Copper Miner, Five Times Married, Free Australian Immigrant, Far North Queensland Resident, Mother of Three, Laundress Worker, and Temporary Resident of North Island, New Zealand. In 55 Years of Existence, All This
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#19 Santa Fe, New Mexico, Navajo Woman Sewing a Blanket, 1900 Christian G. Kaad took the picture
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#20 A Bicycle Rider Learning to Cycle, About 1895. William Gordon Davis took the picture
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#21 Appalachian Mountain Riders Distribute Books Under The Works Progress Administration (Wpa) Of The 1930s: Kentucky Pack-Horse Librarians
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#22 Swimmer on the Deauville Beach
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#23 Mother and Her Sisters, (1912) Quebec’s Stanbridge East’s Gaudreau Sisters, 1912
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#24 Geneva, Marcelle, and Martha, Three Daughters of John Merrick, 1909
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#25 There were hop pickers in Faversham, England, in 1920
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#26 Portrait of a Wasco Indian with an ornamented face, feathers, and beads
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#27 Wasaco Indian Portrait with Decorations on the Face, Feathers, and Beads by Wilder, 1903
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#28 Another Elegant Day at Longchamp, France, 1911, item
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#29 A Frenchwoman in Paris, France, in 1945, with six bottles of wine and a baguette
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#30 Frank Eugene, The Pearl Necklace, 1900
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