Babies are cute regardless of when they were born. Here is little Benedicta Trunk as an infant, maybe as young as 3-4 months as she’s sort of laying on the chair and not holding up her head very much. You can see the inscription below the photo that someone wrote “Ben Trunk.” I’m guessing this …
Today we have an anonymous CdV from the “bunch of old photos” off ebay. This couple looks to be in their 40s, middle class family. The woman has a distinctly protruding stomach, but I don’t think she is pregnant. The reason I don’t is that during the Victorian era, morality was so strongly upheld that …
Up for your perusal today is another photo from the C. Murray Album. This photo is about the size of a cabinet card, so that’s what I’m calling it, although it’s not the exact dimensions of a standard cabinet card. It’s about 1/2″ shorter, and a smidge wider. The edges are also quite rough and …
This CdV is of a tweenaged girl with a lovely wide lace-edged collar. I’d date this photo to about 1885, but it’s just a guess. There’s no photographer information on the back of the card. Her hair is pretty obviously curly as you can see the waves in it, even though it’s pulled away from …
This young man reminds me a bit of my father in his high school graduation portrait. I can tell by looking that if left to grow, this fellow’s hair would be curly. The photographer, Ostlund, was in Leondardville, KS although I found references to him also being in Clay Center. I’ll tentatively date this as …
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