Jack Campin - bogus address wrote:
If this is my grandfather, his name is Willis Clifford Johnson, and he
was born in Brooklyn in 1897. He was still in Brooklyn in 1910 (age
13), sometime in the next 15 years he moved to Denver.
The family was Christian, probably Presbyterian, and the reason we
were theorizing Confirmation was because we think he's probably about
10 in this picture, which would mean the photo was taken around 1907.
I looked at the list of CE acronyms, nothing jumped out at me, but I
don't know much about his early years. Here's a closeup of his pocket
and lapel:
http://www.sc3.net/Clifford/Pocket.png
The pin is pretty clearly an E with a C around it.
The only thing on the back of the photo is some cryptic scribbling:
http://www.sc3.net/Clifford/Reverse.png
The first line includes 12x16 which is the size of the print, the
second line I don't understand.

"Ornam Stands", i.e. the kind of mount the prints were to go in
(ornamental desk frames). 12x16 is bloody big for one of those.

As for "CE", look up Christian Endeavour (or Endeavor). Right time
frame, right sort of person to belong to it. The home page of the
present-day organization has a logo which seems to be a modern form
of that badge design. There will be lots of documentation about it;
they might even have membership records available.


Excellent analysis. I would just add that it appears that
there were two 16x20 prints ordered. So someone probably
has the other. Maybe another branch of the family.

--
Francis A. Miniter

Oscuramente
libros, laminas, llaves
siguen mi suerte.

Jorge Luis Borges, La Cifra Haiku, 6