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/hFB.2ACE/1007 Message Board Post: I recently purchased a Victorian studio photograph (Cabinet Portraits) of “Charles Gay Casterlin – president of class of 1896, Mason High School” from an antique dealer in northern Illinois. 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. There is no Casterlin board as such, so I am posting these on the Ingham Co., MI board since Charles Gay Casterlin’s photo was taken in Mason, and I hope someone will see it here and relate. The photo was certainly taken in 1896, and it was taken by the Van Slyke Studio “Ground Floor”, Mason, Mich. Handwritten next to the information given above is “age 19”, which then tells me that Charles was born about 1877. He has medium dark hair and eyes, and is a handsome young man. The picture is 4-¼” x 6-½”, and is an original, on heavy card stock, as was typical during that time period. It is in excellent condition. If Charles is in your family or if you can help pinpoint the Casterlins of Ingham Co., please Email me directly at [email protected]