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Maryann Barnes

Photo of the Week – Benjamin F. Stewart (1866-1932) and a Mystery

This photograph shows Benjamin F. Stewart (1866-1932) with his grandson, Thomas Calvin Stewart, on 6 June 1932 in their Kingston, New Jersey yard. Benjamin looks plumb worn out, but he was only 65 years old. He died the next month on the 16th of July. His death record stated the cause was stomach cancer. Tom, … Continue reading Photo of the Week – Benjamin F. Stewart (1866-1932) and a Mystery

Maryann Barnes

Photograph of the Week – Evelyn May Stewart of Kingston, NJ

In this sweet photograph Evelyn May Stewart (1919-2008) is posing on the wrecker that her father, Benjamin Albert Stewart, had recently purchased for his garage in Kingston, Middlesex County, New Jersey. Taken in the early 1920s, Evelyn, also called Stewie, is clearly the little princess of her domain. On another photo taken the same day … Continue reading Photograph of the Week – Evelyn May Stewart of Kingston, NJ