WOB Photo Album

(Circa 1874)

    The following images were scaned from an old album with a locking clasp.  The photographs were probably taken in Oakland, California, between 1868 and 1874.  The album was discovered at Estancia "La California" in the late 1960's and became the possession of Corina Pryor (eldest child of William Agar Benitz).  Today, 1999, the album is in the care of Jill Hudson (née Pryor) and the following images were kindly provided by her son, John.  IWe do not know who identified the people in the photographs but it was very likely one of William Agar's sisters living in Argentina.  The names of the people are written at the top of each page in pencil and in uneven block letters, as if the person had difficulty writing.

B1_WOB_1868a.bmp (177654 bytes)

B2_JosKol_1871a.bmp (177062 bytes)
Wilhelm Otto Benitz (1868) Josephine Kolhmer (1871)
B3_JosephBz_1870a.bmp (180046 bytes) B3_JosephBzNote.bmp (95634 bytes)

Josephine Benitz (1870)

Accompanying note in German (undated)
B4_AlfredBz_1870c.bmp (178246 bytes) B4_WOBzJr_1870c.bmp (178854 bytes)

Alfred A. Benitz (undated)

 William O. Benitz (undated)
B4_ElisaBz_1870c.bmp (95462 bytes)

Elisa Benitz's personal card (undated)

(Wife of Frank Benitz, married 1881)
B5_HermanBz_1870c.bmp (178246 bytes) B5_JohnBz_1870c.bmp (181254 bytes)

Herman Benitz (undated)

 John Benitz (undated)
B6_BellaW_1874a.bmp (179450 bytes) B6_Unknown_1870c.bmp (178246 bytes)

Bella Williams (1874)

(Bella is mentioned in Alfred's diaries.  She lived in East Oakland and was a good friend of Josephine's and the recipient of Alfred's 1874 Valentine's Day card.)

 Unknown (undated)
B7_AnnieM_1874a.bmp (181254 bytes) B7_QSchreiber_1870c.bmp (180654 bytes)

Annie Menges (1874)

Schreiber? (undated)
B8_HenryBur_1870c.bmp (180654 bytes) B8_Unknown_1873a.bmp (181854 bytes)

Henry Burmester (undated)

 Unknown (1873)
B9_Alameda_1868a.bmp (176670 bytes) B9_Unknown_1870a.bmp (180654 bytes)

Alameda, California, after earthquake (1868)

 Unknown (1870)
B10_Unknowns_1870c.bmp (181254 bytes) B11_QSchreiber_1870c.bmp (179454 bytes)

Unknown (undated)

(Possibly Howard cousins.)

 Schreiber? (undated)
B11_Unknown_1870c.bmp (181854 bytes) B12_QCharlesBz_1870c.bmp (180654 bytes)

Unknown (undated)

 Charles Benitz? (undated)
B13_QSchreiber_1870c.bmp (177662 bytes) B14_JosKol_1870c.bmp (182462 bytes)

Schreiber? (undated)

 Josephine Kolhmer (undated)
B15_AMehlick_1873a.bmp (179454 bytes) B16_Zabitski_1870c.bmp (177066 bytes)

A. Mehlick (1873)

 Zabitski (undated)