GATES, Helen

HELEN GATES

1807 - 1890

original frame

Here is an old photo which I did not purchase. This photo was found at the Stone Soup Antiques Gallery in Ballston Spa, NY, and is a lovely portrait of "Helen Gates", but without disassembling the frame, there is no way to know what location might be associated with this woman.

The asking price was $125, so it was quite a ways out of my budget. But just in case someone out there is researching the Gates family … I will post the photo I took along with the information given on the price tag.

My best guess for a time period is circa 1870. The fashions appear to be post Civil War, but not by much.

If you want to inspect the photo more closely, click the photo above for a larger image. If you want to inspect the original, go to Stone Soup Antiques Gallery in Ballston Spa and look for this gilded oval frame hanging on a supporting pillar in the third booth from the check-out desk as you proceed counter-clockwise from the entrance.

I am not finding Helen Gates with those dates (1807-1890) on either Ancestry.com or Findagrave.com but will check a few other resources and report back here.