Little Crismans, by Iverson of Hobart

Porter County historian Steve Shook was kind enough to send me another example of a photograph taken by Henry Iverson …


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Image courtesy of Steve Shook.

… and to supply me with some details about it:

The subjects of the photograph are siblings Burten Allen "Ollie" Crisman and Lucy Mae "Mazie" Crisman. These youngsters were the children of Isaac and Jane (White) Crisman and the grandchildren of Benjamin G. Crisman who founded the small village of Crisman in Portage Township.

He estimates that the photo was taken in late 1886 or very early 1887. Lucy Mae was born in April 1884.

Steve has previously published this photo on his Porter County history blog, to which I refer readers who want to see what a serious local history blog looks like, for a change.