Our great friend Iggy discovered that Francis Guisinger and her sister Vonnie both married VonKaenels. Could this be the wedding portrait for one of those weddings? The bride is lovely with a beautiful white wedding dress and full veil, elbow gloves and pearls. She cradles her bouquet in such a way as to show off …
Today we start the brief odyssey of the “Green Fan Album.” The Green Fan Album is the cabinet album in green linen with the fan decoration on the front. There are only 22 photos in the album and the promise of the wedding photograph proved too enticing to pass up for long. As I worked …
This photo is cut from a photo postcard, although the corner is missing so I don’t have the ability to date it very well. I will say sometime prior to 1920. The woman featured has a lovely, full hat with feathers or some sort of frou frou on it, and a full fur over her …
Today we see a full portrait of a woman in a lovely 1890s gown. The sleeves are a bit poufed at the shoulders, the waist is small and the skirt flares over the hips to fall in an inverted U shape. She has some fancy jewelry at her throat and quite lovely ruffles on the …
I always think this woman and I bear some resemblance, although it could just be the soft round face and double chin, lol. I think she is the mother of our “all boy” child previously shown. She has obviously curly hair that was difficult to tame, glasses and small earrings. She even has a strand …
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