A Young Boy Whose Picture was Taken by Hughes Photography in Humbolt

No information on this photo.  In the album it follows a photo that was also taken in Humbolt, but that is very little to go on.  There is a chance that the previous couple could be the parents of this young man.  This is a very weak connection since there are several Humbolt photos and I know that over time photos get moved around in an album, or tucked into a free space.  

Another Photo by Hughes Photographers in Humbolt Nebraska

The only information on this photo is the photographer, Hughes of Humbolt Nebraska.  Since my ancestors, Ella Eckard and William Wood appear to have met and married in the area of Dawson, Nebraska this photo could be from either side of the family.  Any ideas?


This is a good time to recommend to Pennsylvania Dutch Societies.  The first is the Blooming Grove Historical Society.  I have enjoyed my membership even though I don't expect to ever get to visit there. I have kept the annual journals and still refer back to them as I learn more about who my ancestor were.

The second society, one which I probably feel more tied to is the one at Dawson Nebraska.  It is The Pennsylvania Historical Society of Nebraska.  They have an annual picnic in August that I hope to attend in the near future. 
It is well worth a visit to either of these sites if you believe your ancestors may have been Pennsylvania Dutch. 

Two of My Humbolt Nebraska Mystery Photos

Humbolt is in close proximity to Dawson Nebraska where I know I can trace my family.  Ella Elizabeth Eckard moved there as an adult and had many family members in the Pennsylvania Dutch Colony at Dawson.  I believe she met and married William V. Wood there.  I know that the first four of their five children were born there.  Neither of these photos look like the one confirmed photo I have seen from Ella's early years in Dawson.  However, I have every reason to believe that these are family members or close friends.  On the back of the photo at the left there is a faint inscription that appears to read: Miss Will Woods, March the 3 1894.  What appears to initials are B.E. and beneath that E.G. S. but that part of the inscription is very hard to read.  Both of these photos were taken by Hughes Photographers in Humbolt. Do they resemble any you have seen before?