This photo was found inside a large presentation photo at an antique shop in Orange, CA. The photographer is S Fordon or Jordon of Chicago. The photo is about 4×6 and is mounted on a large cardstock card that is about 7.5 x 12. The three children are all dressed in white, and I wonder …
We are going to step out of the 19th century to examine some gorgeous 1920s vintage photos found in an antique shop in Orange, CA. Today is a lovely young woman with a very cute bob haircut and sailor suit. I just love the photographs that have the subject looking upward in an optimistic and …
Today we have an anonymous CdV from the “bunch of old photos” off ebay. This couple looks to be in their 40s, middle class family. The woman has a distinctly protruding stomach, but I don’t think she is pregnant. The reason I don’t is that during the Victorian era, morality was so strongly upheld that …
I’m a little early for Sepia Saturday #40, but I know I’m going to be busy tomorrow. This 1864-1868 vintage CdV features a girl of about five to eight years old. Her dress is a typical gathered front bodice with short petal sleeves and a full skirt gathered to a waistband. It likely buttoned down …
This beautiful lady is one of our mystery Streeter family members. We saw her previously in this post, in which I wondered if she wasn’t all that happy. After researching the entire family, I am speculating that this is Alice Fullington Streeter, wife of Charles Streeter. I came to this conclusion after studying the family …
Who Were They? 