Name/Title
Carte-de-visiteEntry/Object ID
2012.011.0033Description
Carte-de-visite of a young girl. On the back it says "Blanche Chapelie Tunis North Africa Summer of 1882 age 12 years." She's wearing a necklace with her name on it.
Franklin Fish's father, Dr. George W Fish, spent time in Tunis and was appointed U.S. Consul about 1878.
Per the Orsel family tree she was born 1870 and died 1928. Her parents were Louis Henri Alfred Chapelie and Sarah Elisabeth Ross Houston. She married Thomas Corlett Smith (1863-1919). Her siblings were Christine Therese Leonie Chapelie (1867-1868)
Georges Chapelie
Louis ChapelieCollection
Benicia Historical Museum Collection