Snapshot of five people having a picnic
Handwritten label on back says “This was taken when Bro. Audron was in So. Africa. Otho took them all out to Cape Point and here they are having dinner. Bro. Audron took the picture. Bro. And Sr. White, Bro. And Sr. Butler, and Otho”
Picture of six women and 2 men in front of a Seventh Day Adventist mission
Handwritten label on front says “K.C. Kns. Miss Done. Mission workers, back row (Done, extreme left) Edgar Fortner, bearded man front row, next Nancy Edward Fortner” Handwritten label on back says “Standling L – R Mary Doan, ___, ___, Eva Lockwood. Sitting L R Mrs. Neal, Elder Neal, E. L, Fortner, & Nancy Fortner Probably in or near KC Kans about”
Picture of twenty-seven men standing and sitting in front of a tent.
Handwritten labels on back say “6th from left in back row is E. L. Fortner (grandpa)” and “2nd from right in center row - Elder Hyatt who was in S. Africa when Otho went. Was Pres of Kns Conference before going to S. Africa.” [Ed Note: This might have been taken at the 1896 Camp Meeting, which was in several newspapers]
Snapshot of six adults and a baby around a car
Handwritten label on back says “Taken at extreme end of Hout Bay new road around mountain. Bob, Sr. White, Mildred Symmons, this is Bro, Audron, Mrs. Butler, me, Otho”
Snapshot of a man standing in front of a car with four people in it, on a road above a beach
Handwritten label on back says “Here they are in the car up Red Hill near Simon’stown”
Picture of a large group of people standing under some trees
Handwritten label on front says “Nancy Edwards Fortner next to back row Back row Edgar L Fortner” Handwritten label on back says “Fortner 1-1 Edwards Edgar L Fortner Nancy Blunt Edwards-Fortner Probably camp meeting – Texas”
Picture of eleven adults and three children standing in front of a tent with a sign that says “Bookstand Come In”
Handwritten labels on back say “last man on right is Otho Olin Fortner (grandma’s brother}” “Edwards 3-5-2-2-7-2, Fortner 1-1-2” and “Topeka, Kansas, conference people Probably taken in 1898 before Otho left for South Africa”
