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| Eva Willuch Walicek |
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| Peter Walicek (Immigrant) |
I spent Thursday in Brenham, Texas buying pecans, having lunch at a fabulous restaurant "Must be Heaven" http://www.mustbeheaven.com/ and combing through antique stores. I found these photos and had to negotiate with the owner because either I bought them all or none. You see, I refuse to separate family photo groups. By taking some, and not others it is possible the others will be sold, possibly for use in art. By keeping these photos together, I can hopefully find a loving family who will appreciate them. I can tell by looking at photos whether they were once in a family album. When I started this project, I noticed all eight photos have similar color and "foxing" as well as geographic location. Until I can get the rest scanned, meet Peter Walicek and his wife, Eva.
As you can see, these photos have the same foxing and weathering as well as fingerprints (yes, someone's fingerprints) on the back of the images. These photos are not identified, but I feel they are probably Peter Walicek, though it is possible they may be Pavelek. The photographer, A. Stahl, was Antonin Stahl he was in Industry Texas between 1872 and 1883.
If you are interested in reading more about the photographer, here is a link to the Handbook of Texas Online (https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fstaa)
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| Adolph Walicek and wife Teresie Pavelka |
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| Adolph Walicek as a young man |
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| Possibly Adolph's child |
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| Adolph Walicek and wife #1? |
The bottom two photos are of unknown. Why do I think they go with this family group? Because they were purchased together and the aging is similar to the other photos. I am speculating they are from the Pavelka/Pavelek family. The woman with the child appears to have similar features to Theresie Pavelka.
