This is such a handsome boy. Lately I have been thinking about what the subjects were thinking of during their sitting. He has the optimistic look of one who is thinking of catching frogs or pollywogs. Instead, he has been cleaned up, dressed in a fine suit of knitted wool, and posed sweetly on this …
Sometimes, you have to do things you just would rather not do. And when you are a kid, that thing could be sitting quietly working at math, apologizing for teasing the child next to you during lunch hour, or standing still for the class portrait. Take a look at these young faces and just imagine …
This particular cabinet card was trimmed along the top, presumably to fit into a frame. The child looks to be about 6 months of age, round of face and sweet looking. At first I thought this might be a boy, but then noticed the necklace, so am guessing at a girl. The chair is the …
On a Victorian cabinet card it is unusual to see a smile because of the long set up and exposure time of the photographic technology available. This photograph however shows a young girl with a funny, pudgy face and a tiny smile. And maybe crossed eyes. She is dressed in some type of jumper …
Today’s photograph features a young girl, a wicker chair and a ragged looking fur throw. The girl’s expression seems to say “what exactly is that *thing* on the chair?” The turned wicker of the chair hints at the 1890s and the deckled edges of the card confirm that. The photographer was R. L. Henderson from …
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