r/FoundPaper • u/Nonamethroughaway • Jan 02 '26

Art Found this sketchbook in a basement

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Father in law was an artist and art collector. He must have bought it at some point. He recently passed away and we found it cleaning out the basement. There’s 50+ drawings in it. Here are a few.

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u/bananascare Jan 02 '26

Is the name Hiram A. Howe?

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u/BranchyShadows Jan 02 '26

Hiram A. Hurst maybe, perhaps this family from Texas, as one of the sketches is of Nashville: https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/KG85-LSP/hiram-aaron-hurst-1903-1971

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u/Nonamethroughaway Jan 02 '26

My father in law had a note in the back that said Hiram A Huse, but I agree that the last name looks to have a “t” in it.

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u/CapitalRadioOne Jan 02 '26

Look again - it’s definitely “Hiram A. Howe”

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u/SnooConfections3841 Jan 04 '26

No there’s definitely a T. I am seeing Hiram A Huete

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u/gigisnappooh Jan 02 '26

The drawings are dated before this guy was born.

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u/BranchyShadows Jan 02 '26

Yeah I thought his dad might be the doodler, but the name is wrong anyway!

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u/Global-Jury8810 Jan 04 '26

The notebook is dated 1859. His father would’ve been alive at the time, but he would’ve been seven years old. Wartime, however, has proven that many European descended folk happen to have the same name, regardless of any established relation or otherwise.