Here we have a fine looking Naval officer standing in front of the doors to a building. I don’t know anything about WW2 era ranks, so please chip in if you know! You can just see the shadow of the person taking the photo in the lower edge of the frame.
This week’s prompt for Sepia Saturday is a photo of a “Rosie the Riveter” working on an airplane engine. The weekly prompt is usually just a jumping off point and some folks follow the theme, some folks don’t. I often don’t follow the themes because I just don’t have anything that goes well with the …
This is one of a massive packet of photos bought from ebay and well worth it. I was initially drawn to his pointed mustache, the type that tempts a mans fingers to twirl the ends. After examining the photo, I have come to realize that this is likely a collodion print because the colors are …
I particularly like this photograph from Newcastle on Tyne in England. The subject is an older man and his two dogs, one an Irish setter and the other looking a lot like a spaniel of some kind. I find it revealing that he chose to be photographed outside with his puppies rather than in a …
Today’s feature is an AZO real photo postcard with the corner triangles pointing up, so we can date the photo to between 1904-1918. A real photo postcard is a postcard made on photo paper, meaning the photo was developed directly onto the postcard. One of the popular type of papers made for this purpose …
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