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 …
We are starting a little mystery tour with this lovely little girl, identified as Mary Harding. If you haven’t already guessed, Mary Harding is an incredibly common name, with Mary having been the #1 most popular girls name for much of the last two decades of the 19th century. I believe this is at minimum …
The couple in this photo seem so very proper to me. The woman has a scarf of some kind covering her hair and I’d guess she is holding a Bible or prayer book in her lap. The man looks like a sea captain or former military man to me, with the long double breasted coat …
This lovely image brings to mind a mother, thinking of her family while they are off at their pursuits; children and a husband who keep her busy. She is the very picture of peaceful reflection while she adjusts the roses in that vase. Her dress is lovely, a sheer over dress with lots of beading …
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