This cabinet card has an interesting masking. I have seen similar masking and decorative imprinting in my collection. See below: Rosalia Rudd Colter Fancy Mount from Sistersville, WV Irene Shoemaker Monroe I might have one more that hasn’t been scanned yet. I suppose I ought to create a new category for this. In my research, …
When I saw this photo, I had to have it. My friend and I (both moms) giggled at the baby’s expression. It’s just so funny! It’s as though someone behind the photographer just played peek a boo with her and she is startled to see them. Her hair, although a bit blurry, reminds me of …
Alan really has me thinking about faces these days and what the person was thinking at the moment the photo was being taken. Have you ever taken a face out of context and then tried to imagine what was going on? The prompt image this week is a tight shot of a face alone, and …
This is such a handsome boy. Lately I have been thinking about what the subjects were thinking of during their sitting. He has the optimistic look of one who is thinking of catching frogs or pollywogs. Instead, he has been cleaned up, dressed in a fine suit of knitted wool, and posed sweetly on this …
Sometimes, you have to do things you just would rather not do. And when you are a kid, that thing could be sitting quietly working at math, apologizing for teasing the child next to you during lunch hour, or standing still for the class portrait. Take a look at these young faces and just imagine …
Who Were They? 