This is a photo postcard found in Orange, CA. The back doesn’t have anything to identify the manufacturer of the postcard or the photographer. Written in pencil is “Ella” in one corner, so I’m guessing this is Ella’s wedding portrait. That might have been a nice way of sending out a wedding photo to those …
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 …
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 …
Today I’m featuring another piece of the puzzle that is the C. Murray Album. This cabinet card is also by Dewey and Dewey in Manhattan, KS, and is of a lovely woman in an 1890’s dress with puffed sleeves and velvet trim. This is Almeda Jane Reed Streeter, wife if Alfred C Streeter. This is …
This is a CdV of an unknown woman from roughly the 1870s. While the shoulder seam is still a bit off the shoulder, the neckline is trending higher. The hair is still parted in the center and drawn back, but the bun is placed higher on the back of the head and to the top.
Who Were They? 