Mason O Davis


This was a scan of a glass plate negative mom had that she inherited from her dad, my Grandfather Alvah N Davis. It is of his brother Mason in his 20s. I noticed that Grandad Alvah and his brother in photographs of them when they were near 20 in age looked alike in photo's. They appear so similar in some photo's at first glance. Photo's were finally developed from the glass plate negatives. BWC Imaging Labs, 4930 Maple Avenue, Dallas, TX 75235 214-528-4200 -- at the corner of Maple and Motor Streets near downtown Dallas, Texas.

Mason's brother Alvah, my grandfather, had the glass plate negative for this photograph along with about sixteen others. One of the other glass plate negatives was of my grandfather Alvah N Davis in the same studio background setting or scene as this photo. I would like to know if grandad worked in a photo studio or opened one of his own for a short time.
I am also not sure if the photographs grandfather took and kept the glass plate negatives for were of relatives or from a photo studio he may have had. This is of his brother and thus family but the other negatives and photographs have not been identified and some or all the remaining may not necessarily be of relatives or family but from operating a photo studio.

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