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Title
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Carl Betz
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Description
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Portrait of Carl Betz. Identification on back of photograph reads: "Carl Betz Sr., My Father" and "Carl Betz (1854-1898), this is the way he looked during the years that he was in Kansas City. (1885-1898)"
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Date
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1890~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Horace J. Peery and John T. Peery
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Description
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View of Horace J. Peery and brother John T. Peery astride burros and beside a tent. Taken while traveling and camping out in Arizona. Both were the sons of Archibald and Elizabeth A. Peery and hoped that the Arizona climate would improve their health.
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Date
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1890~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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James J. Akard, Wife, and Daughters
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Description
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James J. Akard was born July 7, 1838, in Polk County, Missouri. He was captain of Company A, Eighth Missouri State Militia Cavalry during the Civil War. After the war he was elected to the state legislature and held other important Polk County positions including sheriff, collector and clerk of the county court. He died in 1919. Akard's wife's name was Keziah Adeline (September 11, 1847-November 2, 1925). His daughters were Ella May, the eldest, and Della E. On the reverse is written in faded ink, "....& Mrs. J. J. Akard, Fair Play, Mo."
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Date
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1890~
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Object Type
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Photograph
