Carte-de-visite

Name/Title

Carte-de-visite

Entry/Object ID

2012.011.0033

Description

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 Chapelie

Collection

Benicia Historical Museum Collection

Made/Created

Date made

1882