Today let’s take a look at people and their cars, shall we? There is a love affair between people and cars, starting in the early 20th century when cars became widely available for a moderate price. Posing in front of the car was so common that there is even a website or two dedicated to …
An expert may correct me but I believe this to be a second bustle era dress this lady is wearing. It looks to be all one dress, one with numerous tiny buttons down the front, beading on the bodice and skirt, and tight fitting sleeves. She is corseted quite smoothly, attesting to the body shaping …
Here we have another tintype that Ray Jackson sent me. The sleeve was intact, and written on the back was Stella Marshall. By the dress I will date this to the 1880s, but that is about as firm as I can get for you because I can’t see the clothing very well. The image has …
This week’s Sepia Saturday prompt is of a group of women marching for social justice in the Danish Parliament. That made me think of two tightly intertwined movements in the US – suffrage and temperance. The members of both groups felt they were working toward a better world for all, and in the latter part …
For a Sepia Saturday prompt, Alan gave us a photo of a man sleeping in a chair. Of course, that took my mind to the eternal slumber of death. Yes, morbid, but having had such a rousing discussion about the possible memento mori photo last week (survey said ‘no’ btw), I suppose it was on …
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