Recently a site reader suggested I take a look at an ebay auction for a cabinet card described as a wedding portrait. Of course I had to look, and you know me, I had to have it. Lucky me, I won the auction and for this week’s Sepia Saturday we’ll be looking at it. Someone …
Here we have a CdV that I believe might be from the 1870s. It is not labeled. The woman is attractive with a pretty scarf around her neck. The photographer was William Henry VanDyke, originally from Wyoming (b 4-27-27). His parents were from the East, and at some point it appears the family returned east …
Yesterday’s CdV of one of four possible women was directly next to today’s photo of either Andrew Hedlund or Carl Johan Sjoman. I spoke to a friend of mine who’s last name also has that Sj- in the beginning. The Sj in Norwegian is pronounced as a “Sh” sound. So the couple might be …
We are moving into the CdV pages of the Red Velvet Album and finally we have something for Iggy to do. :-) This CdV of an older woman is dated 1882 and was annotated on the back: Martha Erickson Hedlund or Anna Marie Sjoman or Anna Sofia Sjoman or Christine Erickson
This photo from the Red Velvet Album features a pretty lady with a soft, round face. Her hair is pulled back but you can tell it has some curl to it. Her dress has quite a lot of buttons and you can tell they are functional from the little creases in between them. They were …
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