This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Eej.2ACIB/2103 Message Board Post: I recently purchased a posed studio photograph (Cabinet Portrait) of a handsome young man at an antique shop in Ottawa, IL. The man in the photo is “O. S. Holt". I enjoy buying lovely old pictures like these in antique shops and locating descendants/family members so that I can re-unite the pictures, for only my costs, with people who will treasure them. . The picture was taken in about 1905, and is one of a group I purchased, all taken by the same photographer in Ottawa (Gerding Studio). I believe all those pictured to be graduates of a college (yet to be named) in Ottawa. Mr. Holt is dressed in coat, shirt and tie, and appears to be in the neighborhood of 22-25 years old. The picture is 4- ¼” x 5-3/4”, and is an original on heavy cardboard as was typical during that time period. During the last 97 years, the cardboard has been bent across the photo, horizontally, across his tie area. It does not interfere with his facial features at all.. If you can relate to O. S. Holt (probably from Illinois), please Email me directly at margerice@prodigy.net and I will get back to you soon.