I discovered the photo when I was creating my family tree project for high school. My grandmother said it belonged to my great-great grandfather Leandro Arechederra Fernandez de Maruri who originated from Zalla/Balmaseda, Vizcaya, Spain.
As the story goes, my grandmother thought the photo actually consisted of possibly Leandro's mother Felicia Fernandez de Maruri Santa Marina. However, after discovering Felicia was born in 1818 I think this most likely is not the case. The photo itself, is a cabinet card, which saw its greatest popularity after 1870. If the photo was of Felicia it would put the photo date at 1833.
Cabinet card: was a style of photograph which was widely used for photographic portraiture after 1870 measuring at 4x6 inches.I do know one fact if the photo was taken from Spain by Leandro. The photo was taken before ~1885 because that is around the time Leandro, migrated to Magdalena, Sonora, Mexico.
Overall, the photo is quite unique when it comes to cabinet photos! The two young girls in the photo are each holding a fan, and you can see their shoes with their stockings.
In the end, the question still stands, who were these three girls? Were they sisters or nieces of Leandro Arechederra? Or maybe not even relatives at all?
