Name/Title
Casto Family ParlorEntry/Object ID
2020.04.02Description
B/W (sepia) photo mounted on photoboard. Family posing in parlor with portrait of woman and man in background. Child with doll stroller. Back "A.H. Casto MD and family in the gay 90s. Forrest, Willa, Gertrude, Ross, Frances (Frank), in parlor, Sandyville, West Va. Year 1894" (original writing) Handwritten rewritten "Dr. A.H. Casto and Family in the 'Gay 90's. in their parlor at Sandyville, year 1894, son Forrest (died young) Willa (m) Willey Fontaine; Gertrude (m) Robert Thornberg, Ross (died young,) Frances (m) Chase Burdette. Picture in background of Dr. A.H. Casto and Frances Dawkins Casto. His first wife and mother of the children in the picture.
Children left to right: Roscoe, Frances, Gertrude, Willa, ForrestPhotograph Details
Subject Person or Organization
Absalom Harpold CastoSubject Place
City
SandyvilleCounty
Jackson CountyState/Province
West VirginiaCountry
United States of AmericaContinent
North AmericaAcquisition
Accession
2020.04Source or Donor
Roberta Thornburg TerwilligerLexicon
Legacy Lexicon
Object Name
Photograph, Black-and-WhiteRelationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Absalom Harpold CastoPerson or Organization
Ada Gertrude Casto
