This picture of my Grandfather (yes I know it looks like a dress but that was the fashion!) William Guy Fawcett Challis was taken at Smith & McWhinney studios at 418 63rd Street in Chicago in 1893. If anyone else has photographs from this studio please let me know. You may have a photograph of my great grandparents, whom I have never seen. My grandfather, who was born in New York,was killed in the First World War in 1916, before the US joined the war,whilst serving in the British Army, aged 25. Probably one of the first Americans to die in the First World War.View full size.
This picture of my Grandfather (yes I know it looks like a dress but that was the fashion!) William Guy Fawcett Challis was taken at Smith & McWhinney studios at 418 63rd Street in Chicago in 1893. If anyone else has photographs from this studio please let me know. You may have a photograph of my great grandparents, whom I have never seen. My grandfather, who was born in New York,was killed in the First World War in 1916, before the US joined the war,whilst serving in the British Army, aged 25. Probably one of the first Americans to die in the First World War. | Click image for Comments. | Home | Browse All Photos