This collection consists primarily of studio portraits and snapshots of the families of Felix Castro and his wife, Ethel (Marsters) Castro. Other photographs depict Felix Castro's service in World War I as a medic, likely taken while he was in training at the Provisional Field Hospital at Camp Fremont and Camp Lee, Virginia; hotels, including the Hogan Hotel in Delores, Colorado (owned by Felix Castro) and the Pavilion Hotel in Taylor, Nebraska (owned by Saul Marsters); a theatre production; and vacation snapshots made in the Southwest, including views of cliff dwellings and landscapes.
Identification:
CP FC
Language:
Material in English
Repository:
Arizona State University Library. Greater Arizona Collection P.O. Box 871006 Tempe, AZ 85287-1006 Phone: (480) 965-4932 E-Mail: archives@asu.edu Questions? Ask An Archivist!
Historical Note
Saul Junden Van Guilder Marsters (1831-1903) was born to Stephen J. and Malinda Baldwin (Martin) Marsters. He served with the 22nd Indiana Volunteers during the Civil War. Marsters was married twice: first to Nancy Ann Clark (1831-1884) on August 4, 1850 and second to Sarah Josephine Latta Davis (1852-1939) on May 27, 1886. He had seven children with his first wife and four with his second: Hezekiah S. (1851-1911), Martha Jane (Marsters) Lennox (1853-1876), Eleanor B. (1856-1863), Elias (1860-1941), Emma Belle (Marsters) Pearson (1862-1960), Alice Willetta (Marsters) Latta (1870-1945), Olive (1872-1879), Hazel B. (1887-1889), Ethel May (Marsters) Lansing Castro (1889-1976), Saul Jr. (1891-1897), and Josephine (Marsters) Page (1894-1958). Ethel May Marsters married twice, first to Ivan C. Lansing and then to Felix Clarence Castro (1896-1984). She had one son with her first husband, Ivan C. Jr. (1915-1973).
Prior to her marriage to Saul Marsters, Sarah Latta was married to Hiram T. Davis (1850-1907). She had four children with her first husband: Minnie (Davis) Thurston (1875-1953), Hiram (1877-), Charles E. (1881–1973), and Schuyler Anson Davis (1884–1955). After Saul Marsters's death, she married John Laban Evinger (1840-1917).
Scope and Content Note
This collection consists primarily of studio portraits and snapshots of the families of Felix Castro and his wife, Ethel (Marsters) Castro. Other photographs depict Felix Castro's service in World War I as a medic, likely taken while he was in training at the Provisional Field Hospital at Camp Fremont and Camp Lee, Virginia; hotels, including the Hogan Hotel in Delores, Colorado (owned by Felix Castro) and the Pavilion Hotel in Taylor, Nebraska (owned by Saul Marsters); a theatre production; and vacation snapshots made in the Southwest, including views of cliff dwellings and landscapes.
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Copyright
Arizona State University does not own the copyright to this collection. We recognize that it is incumbent upon the researcher to procure permission to publish information from this collection from the owner of the copyright.
