Yesterday’s CdV of one of four possible women was directly next to today’s photo of either Andrew Hedlund or Carl Johan Sjoman. I spoke to a friend of mine who’s last name also has that Sj- in the beginning. The Sj in Norwegian is pronounced as a “Sh” sound. So the couple might be from Norway before making their way to the J. W. Upham gallery in Jamestown NY.
We are moving into the CdV pages of the Red Velvet Album and finally we have something for Iggy to do. :-) This CdV of an older woman is dated 1882 and was annotated on the back:
Martha Erickson Hedlund
or
Anna Marie Sjoman
or
Anna Sofia Sjoman
or
Christine Erickson
This photo from the Red Velvet Album features a pretty lady with a soft, round face. Her hair is pulled back but you can tell it has some curl to it. Her dress has quite a lot of buttons and you can tell they are functional from the little creases in between them. They were probably 1/2″ buttons, so consider 15+ 1/2″ buttons on a cold morning. Let’s hope she didn’t have arthritis!
The photographer is once again C. P. McDannell in Titusville, PA. The card itself is green with a gold beveled edge.
Continuing on through the Red Velvet Album we have another cabinet card from C. P. McDannell in Titusville, PA. This fellow is so serious. I’m just going to tell myself that his feet hurt in his new shoes and that is why nary a hint of humor or personality lingers on his face. Not even around his eyes.
Posed nicely in their suits and white collars are two boys, probably brothers. The younger, on the left, is leaning on something draped with a brocade cloth cover. He looks as though the tedium of the session is wearing on him. The older brother to the right is looking fine with his arm tucked behind his back. The back of this photograph has “early 1930s” written on it. In conjunction with the previous incorrectly dated photograph, I can only assume the person doing the dating had no clue about photographs and maybe even no clue about the people. The person might have thought this was a pair of brothers they knew in their family – uncles for example – who indeed were born in the 20s, not realizing the photo represents at least one generation earlier.
The photographer was Jeptha Dunn, of Meadville, PA. Some of the stylized imprints of the photographer’s signature really left something to be desired. This one really looks like Drmm or Dumn, Drum, etc. I wonder how that whole process was managed.
Who Were They? 