hi osmond please understand i really like your images i'd love to have all of them added to articles i think the collection itself is notable and may merit an wp article itself but wp is a sometimes difficult place to get started contributing because they have so many different guidelines and different editors interpret them different ways wp requires that when images are contributed the contributor has to be able to demonstrate that they fit the open source or creative commons licensing policy because you are the uploader of the images your simple declaration of their provenance that the images are all pre and are of the people you say they are may not be sufficient to meet wp guidelines i truly believe that many of them in fact are of the individuals stated the likenesses are very clear though in a few instances less so i'd really like to help you get the images accepted as valid they are a wonderful contribution to the historic lore about the individuals who they are supposed to be pictures of i'm sorry i'm not near kearny missouri this week or i'd love to see the collection is that where you're from i'm not the final arbiter of all of this i suggest we get some input from other editors on how to validate that the images are genuine and their provenance is proven to start this will probably require you to provide some third party sources to establish that the images were taken before or proof that the studio on the image closed before or other evidence then you will have to provide some third party opinion that the images are of the individuals taken or you'll have to make available other evidence that the person's names were written on the images the articles you named may be helpful if you can provide source info links or publication info i'm totally on your side i'd like to find a way to establish the authenticity of the images but you also have to understand that as the owner of the images if you can clearly establish the authenticity of the images you could be greatly rewarded financially so you're not a disinterested person when it comes to proving the that pictures are of the people you say they are because this is a complex issue due diligence is required give me a day or two to explore the proper way to get other editors input into this discussion there's a formal process for this kind of thing and i'm not sure what it is talk to me what i've done