This album was bought in 2014 by Michael, Steven and
Stuart Zohrab from Mrs. Margaret Marsland, of Gloucestershire, England.
The idea that this album originally belonged to James
and Emily Zohrab is based on the facts that there are (possibly)
up to 21 photos of the Zohrabs and their in-laws (the
Brants and the Holmes), and that some
photos were taken in Sarajevo and Odessa, where James is known to have
been posted. However, there are also eight photos of Robertsons,
which is unexplained, although they may well be in-laws of Emily (nee
Holmes).
The album has apparently at one stage been owned by someone
who was interested in Victorian women's clothing. The album was
perhaps lost, given away or thrown away when the family emigrated to
Canada, because they would have had to choose which possessions to take
with them.
This album is intrinsically interesting, which is why
it is made available on the Web as a whole, and it can also be assumed
that two photographs are often put onto the same page because the subjects
are related genetically or by marriage.
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