My second cousin, Jane, has been sending me some
awesome photos and I am learning more about a part of my Bryan family that I
knew little about. Jane's grandmother, Dollie Bryan Wylie, was the sister of my
grandfather, Redic Bryan. Jane's father, McNeil Wylie, is in both of these photos. He
is the man holding the snake in the picture below.
Jane
wrote that she always thought that these photos were taken near the Wylie
family home in Bronte, Coke County, Texas.
However, this week, she noticed that the pictures were
finished by The Wiseman Studio in Hico, Texas. Were they taken in Hico or
just developed in Hico? Did photographers from The Wiseman Studio travel to
other areas?
The
photos were thought to have been taken in the 1920s. In 1928, Nolan
County, Texas was offering a bounty of $3 per dozen rattlesnakes killed. Nolan County was adjacent to Coke County and is known for their Rattlesnake Roundups.
So, when and where were
these photos taken? And, who is the tall man with the dark hat?
Diana
© 2014
Sources
Photographs used with permission. From the collection of Jane F. Aebersold.
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