On a recent cruise through the Down Home Antiques shop in Orange, CA, I came across some wonderful Civil War era CdVs. Because of their worn condition, some of them were pretty inexpensive (for California) so I happily took them home. First is a man I think of as a distinguished ancestor of…someone. He …
I’ve been away from Sepia Saturday for quite some time, but after looking at the prompt for this weekend, I felt I could jump back into the fray quite easily! The prompt is a photo of a couple just about to kiss, it seems, leading me to love and romance. Well, you know the Victorians …
This photograph just reminds me so much of a riverboat gambler because of the slicked down hair, the wide lapels on his coat and the velvet trim, the neatly trimmed mustache and the ever so slight smirk. There is a definite texture to his coat, some sort of waffle weave or something. The CdV was …
Up for your perusal today is a CdV from England made by Hills & Saunders in Oxford and other locations. The back of the card states “by appointment to Her Majesty” although I don’t know how accurate that is. I previously featured another photographer who had a similar statement and it turned out he had …
This is one of a massive packet of photos bought from ebay and well worth it. I was initially drawn to his pointed mustache, the type that tempts a mans fingers to twirl the ends. After examining the photo, I have come to realize that this is likely a collodion print because the colors are …
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