orchids

Would it be possible for you to confirm for me the formal position of each sitter?

Or stander (to avoid any confusion) :- )

I would love to have a go at "reading" that image, but I am not very concise, so an email is probably more suitable than this page. d a v i d . f r a s e r 1 @ n t l w o r l d . com if you are interested : - ) I will have a bash when I get back from my holidays (as we say in Glasgow)

Hi Tom, thank you for your interest and comments! These images are part of a collection of which the background documentation has been lost and/or destroyed over time. What we hope for here is that some of our intrepid researchers will unearth the details of the sitters, standers and location from the title, image and personalities therein! Keep an eye on the comments stream during the day and perhaps we will, as we have many times in the past, be enlightened, entertained and educated:-)

Other images in the series give the date as 1911, and the commissioning location as Ballybur (Castle?), County Killkenny.

Really lovely capture ~
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This photo is a point of interest and I feel is noteworthy. Photo date is 1916, and is pure evidence the Everglades were poached for it's rare and unique orchids. My Grandmother native to Sarasota traveled to Miami quite often and shared with me the fact that native orchids were often sold by roadside vendors on old Tamiami Trail now US41 Tamiami was named for "Tampa to Miami". It saddens me in a way seeing this sort of poaching and that these were sold to unsuspecting tourist on vacation and I know how rare it is to see and photograph native orchids in the wild-Everglades today. Yes, my Grandmother did purchase one she called it "The Cigar Orchid" (Cyrtopodium punctatum) and is still alive and well at my cousins house in North Port, FL. I stumbled across this photo because I follow the State Library and Archives of Florida. I'm 4th generation, my Great Grandparents came here from Richmond VA. Hope you enjoy the photo and history lesson! Stuart

Thanks for the comments Stuart. For more history related to this photo, see the photographer and botanist J.K. Small's collection at: floridamemory.com/photographiccollection/collections/?id=41