Coming up for your viewing pleasure, I will be featuring the photographs from another album, one that I call Red Velvet. No, I am not terribly clever with this, the album is covered in red velvet as you must have guessed. Once upon a time there was an emblem in fancy script across the front …
I have a “new” album to work through, but sadly there are no names to be found other than the photographers. So, we shall explore and enjoy what we find, shan’t we. I call the album the “Leaf Album” because it appears to be decoupaged on the cover with roundish shaped leaves. At first I …
Today I will show you two CdVs of young men, both taken by Harrington, both at his new gallery. Both images date from the 1870s or 80s. I have several photographs made by Harrington that I will gradually post for your examination. Unfortunately all my resource sites have no information on this photographer! …
Today we have a British-looking fellow, only he’s got his hand tucked inside his vest. I don’t recall exactly why that became popular but for some reason I think Napoleon might have been involved. This man is sitting at a desk, as though he just turned from his work to greet his visitor (and scratch …
In my other life (the one outside the photo/cooking/mother realm), I love to play dress up, and in particular I love the Victorian era. I have numerous 1860s dresses, Frontier outfits and 1890s dresses, but the one garment I have not tackled yet is the bustle dress. Partly because none of my friends have done …
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