WHO ARE THEY?

My sister unexpectedly received a box full of picture from our Uncle Don Fleming. He had a twinkle in his eye and handed her the box. "Go for it", he said. Well, we did. Here is the oldest picture we found in the box and we are guessing that it is a tintype, circa mid-1800s.

My Uncle Don was given this box of photos by the widow of his uncle, Kenneth Fleming. Most of the pictures in the box were taken by photo studios in Monmouth, Illinois and Lee's Summit, Missouri.

My sister Lisa thinks that the people in this photo are father and son by the way their arms are linked together in the pose. The son appears to be wearing a military uniform, but we could not get a real good close-up view of his buttons on the jacket to confirm. The father has pale (perhaps blue) eyes and the son has one eyelid drooping over the eye.

If you have any idea who these people are, please e-mail back! Thanks!

Karen Fleming-Gray