Penny Gentieu and Anna Friemoth in 1993; Penny with the album she made from photos she printed of Pierre Gentieu’s glass plate negatives, Anna Friemoth holding photo of French cousin, Auguste Pondarre, in the background is a postcard made by Auguste Pondarre showing the backyard of the ancient Gentieu homestead (one of the rooftops on the left) at 54 rue Moncade, Orthez, Basses-Pyrenees, France, where Pierre lived before he moved to America. Across from the old home is the tower in the ruins of the 12th century castle of Gaston Fébus, Count of Foix, the Château Moncade.
2018 work in progress: Pierre Gentieu Chronicles (1842-1930)
Click here to view photos of the ground saved from the Gentieu Vineyard at Orthez, 1898Click here to see the little book Aunt Julia made for Jessie Gentieu for her 7th birthday, in 1897.
