While I was going through my contact sheets looking for my Napa County agave photo I saw this 4x5 image. It looked interesting, so I decided to scan and post it. The interesting thing was that as I was scanning it I really couldn't recall where I had taken the photo. Usually I can tell from various clues in the surrounding pix, but not this time.
Once again: the internet. A search for "Rebecca Jane Kellogg" quickly turned up a site for the Pioneer Cemetery in Napa County, wherein we learn that:
Rebecca was born in Illinois and married F.E. Kellogg in 1837. The family came overland to California in 1846. They farmed in the Napa Valley where Rebecca later died of heart disease.
The ability to gather this kind of information in a few seconds is somewhat unsettling, if you ask me.
Photo: Tombstone & Fence—Napa County, 1992
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