This week’s Sepia Saturday prompt shows the great Sophie Tucker, comedienne, singer, vaudevillian and enthusiast of life during the second decade of the 20th century. You can click through here to a YouTube video which is really a slideshow of images of Ms Tucker over her theme song “Some of These Days.” While I do …
Garden parties are really a phenomena of the past, when girls in long white dresses played croquet on expansive lawns and men smoked cigars. These days we have barbecues and the kids want a bounce house. Well, back when garden parties were among the most enjoyable form of family gatherings, many photographs were taken outside …
This photo from the Red Velvet Album is not like any of the others. It is a Real Photo Postcard that has been trimmed to fit into a CdV opening. The dress of the subject is definitely 20th century. Makes me wonder if this is A. one of the girls as an adult or B. …
Just a few days ago, I posted the tiny photo cut into the shape of a heart of the three Lewandowski sisters. Well, because the photo had been identified on the back, the amazing Intense Guy was able to find one of the girls. Iggy, I do not know how you do it! So, he …
This AZO real photo postcard shows us a father and daughter at a faux well. You can see very plainly that the well itself is just a prop with a rope and bucket attached to it. The little girl seems to be saying “I am not buying this” and the father looks like he wants …
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