I believe this lovely lady to be posing for her wedding portrait, based on the lovely flowers adorning her bodice. Her position in the Dobb Long Book is directly below Mr. Mysterious, so perhaps they were both sitting for their wedding portrait. She has a rather interesting turn to the pouf of her bangs, and …
This is a rather large presentation card – about 5.5×7.5 and on very heavy card. The edges are sharply angled. Featured on this presentation card is Bess Sparrow’s son. Noted on the back in lovely script it says “S. Foster Stewart 6 mos 12 days.” He is certainly a handsome baby! I found an Foster …
Here we have two cabinet cards of Uncle Karl Trunk and his family. The first is from the 1890s, which we can tell by the deckled edges of the card. Also, there are three girls in the first photo, while the second shows four girls and a boy. I find the setting of this second …
This image is one of the Keeper’s treasures. There’s no photographer information on it, and I think that around the turn of the century there was a trend away from the photographer’s information. I can’t really think of a reason why, but there seem to be many from the 1900-1910 era that have no info. …
Yet another treasure from Keepers! This photograph depicts a lovely young woman, dressed in Edwardian fashions. The Edwardian period (1900-1913) stylized the “S” shape of a woman’s body, making the bosom and bottom prominent and the waist a tiny curve between the two. While this young woman does not have the exaggerated bosom, her posture …
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