Showing posts with label G.N. Burleigh. Show all posts
Showing posts with label G.N. Burleigh. Show all posts

Friday, January 29, 2021

Springfield


 

It's pretty obvious that the man is Eddie Rayburn from the previous post.  I still can't find any info on the Rayburn family, but I was able to dig up a bit of information on photographer G. N. Burleigh. He had a studio in Taylorville, Illinois from 1878 to 1886.  Then he was in Jerseyville, Illinois for a year in 1888, and finally ended up in the Illinois state capitol, Springfield from 1891-1900.  So, at the very least we can pin down this image to a ten year period.  But, what was Eddie, his wife, and by the look of it, a new child doing in the state capitol?  Did he move from Mason City?  A visit?