Who Were They?

Lost and forgotten photos from the past

More amazing hair

Mrs Marvel

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September 2, 2012

 

 

Here’s a second photograph from the famous Bachrach studio in Baltimore, and a second photograph with some amazing hair. This young woman has obviously long, naturally curly hair which has been dressed to show off everything it can do. In the back, it has been brushed and shows the length. On top, we have a crown of braids. To the side we have a very long sausage curl (I would like to know just what she used to make it keep its shape!). There are earrings, necklaces, bows, buttons, fringe, smocking or pleating, velvet trimmings and lace! Something tells me this is definitely an 1870s image just from the amount of adornment on her.

This photo is opposite the “striped tie” from yesterday, and while they both look quite young, I do wonder if the arrangement of the photos indicates a connection, perhaps a couple.

Striped tie

Mrs Marvel

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September 1, 2012

This fresh faced young man occupies the 18th opening of the Leather CdV Album. The photo is from the 1860s and you can see the simple formality of his clothing – coat, vest, shirt and tie. This was the most common suit of clothing men wore, even while working. It was considered suggestive to wear less unless under the most informal circumstances.

The photographer is again the family favorite, T. L. Darnell of Cumberland, MD.

Early middle age

Mrs Marvel

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August 31, 2012

 

 

Next in the Leather CdV Album is an earlier 1860s photograph of a woman in early middle age. The image is rather typical of the time: smallish image of just the face and neck centered on the mount. The back of the card reveals a tax stamp, which dates the photo to between August 1864 to August 1866. The tax stamp was a means of collecting revenue to pay for the costs associated with the American Civil War. In this case, the photographer had some sort of rubber stamp for the cancellation of the tax stamp. The photographer was Israel & Co of Baltimore, MD.

Doppleganger

Mrs Marvel

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August 30, 2012

Don’t you think this fellow looks like Prince Charles? Just for the sake of comparison…

It’s a doppleganger 100 years separated!

The image by T. Ludwick Darnell is from the early 1870s and the one of Prince Charles is from the early 1970s.

I have submitted this as a Sepia Saturday post so our friends across the pond can have a giggle. Click on over to Sepia Saturday to see what other kinds of merriment can be had. Come on now, tempis fugit!

Oh the times, they are a-changing

Lady Trump

Mrs Marvel

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August 29, 2012

This particular hairstyle mystifies me. I can only call it a “Lady Trump” because it looks so much like a giant comb over! Somehow, it also reminds me of the bohemian looking hairstyles of the early actresses of the 1910s, with lots of character in their tresses. She has at least three sausage curls hanging off the top, possibly some braids wrapping around…it’s just so startling that I find it difficult to take note of much else! However, do note that she has very large earrings and several necklaces, lots of pleated trim and bows. This lady is quite “done up” for her sitting with T. L. Darnell. Be sure to click the image to enlarge for all the alarming details.

To see all the photos so far from the Leather CdV Album, click on the category over there to the right.

 

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