Sometimes when buying albums online, I wonder if the album was truly put together by someone in the past or if some dealer just slam dunked a bunch of photos together. This is one reason why. The lady on the left of the image was previously shown, on the second page of the album. Was …
This page was one of the reasons I so wanted to own this little gem album. I just love the two men pictured. There is so much to look at! Or perhaps they were brothers, I don’t know. I love the clothing layers, the hats, the pipe in the one fellow’s mouth. Both are wearing …
I believe photographs were used sometimes on calling cards as a way to impress the young lady of interest to a young man. These two fellows dressed nicely for their images to be made, I suppose so they could share the images and thereby be certain Miss Susie Jones would remember them. Or so I …
Two young men, one younger than the other, share this page in our Red Gem album. It is unfortunate that these gems seem to tend toward off center, because I’d like to see the whole person. This young man, maybe an early teenager, has nicely slicked hair and a tidy suit. His bow tie is …
Moving right along in this little gem album we have this pair of young adults. A woman and a man, both dressed nicely. I do wonder if they were related, married, or somehow knew each other. It is of course possible they had never met. Our lady here has a typical 1860s bodice, fitted to …
Who Were They? 