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These cabinet cards are in very fine condition thanks to having been kept for about 100 years in their studio branded sleeves and envelopes. I showed the cards to a Hungarian photo friend and he looked up the studio for me. Hunnia operated from 1905-1935. He also noted that the Kodak camera the man holds was probably brought from the States to document his trip as those cameras weren't readily available in Budapest at the time. Written on two of the envelopes are the names Blanchard W. Means and Miss Frances Blanchard Means. They were brother and sister and the children of Rev. Oliver W. Means of Hartford, CT. Thanks to Ancestry.com, I found that Rev. Means traveled to Europe several times in the 1920s. These cards probably date to the middle 1910s. Rev. Means would have been in his 50s. Did he travel to Hungary and give portraits to his children? Or is this an older relative? The family papers seem to be at UMass-Amherst and include a series postcard photos taken by Rev. Means of a flood. The… Read More
