Dollfus family photo mysteries

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These two photos originate from the legacy of Marie Schindler, the daughter of Kunigunda Schindler. Kunigunda worked in Castagnola (now a part of Lugano) in the Swiss Canton of Ticino at the Dollfus Mansion. They might show men of the Dollfus family around Albert Louis Dollfus (1846–1909), for example his sons Roger Dollfus, Louis or Oscar Dollfus.

Unidentified picture #1

PREMIATA FOTOGRAFIA

G. Brunel

Lugano

BERNHARD WACHTL WIE

Questions

• How long did the photo shop of G. Brunel exist?
• When was it roughly taken?
• Are there any existing Dollfus photographs one could compare this one with?

Unidentified picture #2

L. D. BENTON

Waterbury, Conn

Inscription on the back says: für Schwester Kunigunda

Questions

• When was it roughly taken?
• Are there any existing Dollfus photographs one could compare this one with?
• Why would he refer to Kunigunda as "sister"? Did she become a nun? Or a nurse?

Clues

• "L. D. Benton came in 1882 and continued in business seven or eight years."^[1]