This cute little photo of a cute little girl is about 3″ square and features a pretty girl in a pretty dress. She is holding onto the skirt of someone standing next to her. You can see the adult’s arm in the upper left corner of frame. I don’t know if this is part of …
When I look at this small photograph, I can picture this lady in the wild West of Arizona in the 19th century. She has on a felt hat, straight riding skirts (which are like really large culottes) and a white blouse. The beast of burden is either a mule or a donkey, which has been …
Here are two photos from the Rudd collection that feature people looking remarkably similar! The top photograph is identified as Catherine Eliza Rudd, Kitty and Dr William Mann Rudd. Interestingly, another photo in the set identifies the adults as Dr William Mann Rudd and Eliza Catherine Mann. It was pretty common to intermarry among …
Today’s photograph relates to Millard and Esther Fillmore, being this is Eylar Millard Fillmore, their son. Esther’s maiden name was Eylar and the couple decided to give him this traditional name. Eylar was born in 1889 in Pomona, CA and lived his entire life in the Los Angeles area. This photo is identified on the …
This lovely Edwardian miss was photographed in Waco, TX somewhere around 1900-1910 I believe. The photo is square, turned on 45 degree angle and then set into a larger square mount, totaling about 3.5″ You notice that like the Texas ideal of “everything’s bigger” her bow is large and so are her shoulders!
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