Written on the back of the photograph in pencil is "Jeannette Loff (Pathe Player)" Could be the woman holding the valentine or ?? Woman holding scherenschnitte Valentine made by George Ralston for Mary Mathiot, his wife, four years before his death. Written on back of photo is lineage as follows: "Mary Mathiot (daughter of Jacob M. and Anna Wisler) married George Ralston (artist) who made this valentine in 1840. Four years later he died, leaving baby, Anna Martha who married Joseph Boyd of Centerville, MD. Their children: Mary A., -- Gertrude and Charles Edward. Mary A. married John Ward Willson, Harrisburg and their only child, Anna Gertrude married Irwin Loose. Their two children are John W. and Dorothy) Eight years later his widow, Mary Mathiot Ralston married, Jacob S. Snyder, who was my (Alyse Eugenia Victoria Wisler Beatty) grandfather. His two children were Mary Elizabeth (my mother) and Alicia Eugenie (Married Percy Thomas, only child J. Herbert Thomas)"
