Name/Title
Print, PhotographicEntry/Object ID
1970.528.0017Description
John and Evelina Buchanan, grandparents of John Niland. Married on Prince Edward Island in 1886. Came to Wyoming in 1889. He was County Clerk. Evelina's maiden name is McLeod.
Update 1/2008: Black and white print of John and Evelina Buchanan, ca. 1925, standing side by side in a bare ground yard with sidewalk and street behind them. Various parts of several houses show in distant background. Evelina is dressed in a long 3/4 length dress with her arms clasped behind her. She has her medium colored hair pulled back in an updo. She is wearing dark hose and shoes. John is wearing a pair of coveralls with a white shirt and tie underneath. He has a medium colored narrow brimmed hat with a wide cloth hatband around crown of hat. He is holding the top of a narrow, tall tire which is between Evelina and him. he has a wide stance. A wicker type doll carriage is behind him at right edge. A vintage black car is seen at extreme right background.
Written on back on a glued on white sticker in black ink: "John & Evelina Buchanan, grandparents of John Niland in backyard of Felton house 122 W. Pine about 1925. Married in P.E. Island, Canada. Came to Wyo in 1889. Mr. Buchanan was County Clerk. Mr. & Mrs. Roach (W.S.P. Warden) lived in the house in the background. Then moved into house on pen grounds when it was build about 1935. A model T Ford is in background."
Slight soiling on front and back edges. Corners are worn and slightly bent with cracked emulsion. There are marks on the front of photo from all of the writing on back. Indentations and scratches are all over the top surface. Several large scratches with cracks in emulsion at top and bottom. Photo seems to have a yellow cast to sides and back.Collection
Photograph Collection