Name/Title
Print, PhotographicEntry/Object ID
2016.34.1Description
Mounted studio photo of a young man sitting and young woman standing beside and behind him. Writing on the front of the mounting says "John and Ida Kispert." The mounting is a little torn from where the photo slides into it. Gold trim. Photographer was O. S. Dowe. Writing on reverse says "Mr. Welthey [sp?]."
Information from the seller on ebay says: This is a great cabinet photo of siblings John Horace and Ida Grace Kispert, children of John and Augusta (Engel) Kispert. John Horace Kispert was born in George's Creek, Inyo County, California (near Bishop) on July 12, 1875. He married Clara Hutchison Gregg (1881-1962) and for years they lived in Inyo County where John was a blacksmith. They were the parents of two sons. Later they moved to Fallon, Churchill County, Nevada where John was involved in ranching. He died in Reno, Washoe County, Nevada on October 31, 1937 from a hemorrhaging duodenal ulcer. He was buried in the Churchill County Cemetery in Fallon, Nevada. Ida Grace Kispert was born in George's Creek, Inyo County, California on April 10, 1878. She married William Allen Shelly (1880-1964) and lived in Bishop, California. They were the parents of seven children. Ida died February 4, 1973 in Bishop and is buried in the East Line Street Cemetery there. The photo dates to the 1890s and the image is very clear.