This unusually shaped photo features a young girl, about 3-5 years old, in a bonnet. The girl does not appear to have any clothing on, but some type of a boa wrapped around her. I have seen a similar photo on another site, but I can’t quite recall where. In my photographic explorations I have …
I have never seen a photo is this shape; have you? It looks like a bookmark. It is definitely not a photo postcard that has been cut down, but it is of a similar weight to a photo postcard. This lovely lady glows in the soft back lighting that was popular in studio portraiture in …
This is the last of the hand tinted photos I have. They were all together, so perhaps they were owned by the same person who enjoyed tinting their photos. These two girls are wearing clothing that is distinctly 1920s-1930s. Each has a sash that was tinted. The older girl on the left is wearing gorgeous …
Today we feature a photo of Gertrude, Ruth and Lena on what surely is Ruth’s wedding day, since she is the one holding the giant bouquet. Lena was the oldest and Ruth the youngest, both of the sisters and of the siblings. I wonder if they shared a special relationship. This must have been a …
A merry Christmas to all! For my Christmas Sepia Saturday submission, I have a family Christmas photograph from December 1928. This is the family of P. Herman Marvel, his wife Mattie, and their seven children. My grandmother was the oldest, Henrietta, sitting to the right front. Just a few short years after this photo was …
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