For this week’s Sepia Saturday I have a photo from the 1970s of my mother carving a turkey. From the perspective I believe my sister or I took the photo because she is looking down at the photographer, i.e. a little kid ha ha. Her note on the back of the photo says the turkey …
Today’s photograph is from my family’s collection. It is a cabinet card with three subjects, and on the back is written “Lizzie Papa Herb.” Unfortunately, I don’t know which man is which. Papa would have been my grandfather’s father, making this Albert E Nunn along with his brother Herbert and sister Elizabeth. Based on a …
For this special edition of Sepia Saturday the theme is “100” because it is the 100th Sepia Saturday event. Participants can take this really anywhere, but I immediately knew what my blog post would be. I am going to tell you about the only person I have known who lived to 100 years of age, …
Here we have another tintype that Ray Jackson sent me. The sleeve was intact, and written on the back was Stella Marshall. By the dress I will date this to the 1880s, but that is about as firm as I can get for you because I can’t see the clothing very well. The image has …
Courtesy of Ray Jackson, today we showcase a tintype photograph of Charles Crane. Because the tintype was popular and available for over 50 years, they can be extremely difficult to date. They do not lend themselves to being written on to identify the subject, and all to often the paper sleeves are long gone by …
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