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Oldest Photo

I think these are two of my oldest photos. I can’t be completely sure when they were taken.

Above is Wolfgang “Frank” Preisinger (1830-1898). According to the person who uploaded this photo onto Ancestry.com, it was taken in the 1890’s. Frank died at the age of 68.

Below are Wolfgang, his wife Julianna, a another couple that I have not been able to track down. I looked through several censuses and it does not appear that Mr. and Mrs. Muhlbauer and the Preisinger’s were neighbors.

My best guess is that the photo above was probably taken between 1860-1880.

So I’ll split the difference and say that the oldest photo I have was taken in 1870.