Here we have Della on a horse. Her feet are not in the stirrups, which makes me wonder if she didn’t really want to be on this horse. It also appears like she has on a skirt and a sweater. Hm. In the background just to the right of the horses rump, you can just barely see some type of vehicle, I think it’s a car. You can see finger waves in her hair, so I’ll date this to the 1930s.
This photo might be one of those “traveling horse photographer” deals. The fellow who owned the horse would go up and down the streets of the neighborhood and offer for a nominal fee to photograph your kids on his horse. The housewife paid up front and then the photos were mailed to her after they were developed. You might think that someone unscrupulous would just keep the money, but the number of photographs I have seen of little kids on horses in the front yard suggests to me that most of these fellows were on the up and up.
Let’s kick off a few horse pictures, shall we? This photograph is from the 20th century, anywhere from the 40s to the 50s based on the shape & weight of the print. It features two young children, I assume siblings, sitting on a horse. Makes you wonder if they owned the horse or were somehow related to the owner.
I admit right off that I am recycling this photo. I previously posted this cabinet card back in 2010 as part of the exploration of the Streeter Family Album, aka the C. Murray Album. The subject is Kate Parish Streeter, wife of Arthur G. Streeter. The couple was married in Junction City, Kansas on May 1, 1889. Click here to see their wedding photo. In March 1891, a little daughter arrived, and she was photographed with her mother in 1892.
A site visitor commented on my photo of Arthur Streeter as a photographer that Kate’s sister Effie had married Dr. James Thayer and they relocated to Gilroy, CA. She suggested that Kate and Arthur joined the Thayers in Gilroy. Kate Streeter passed away in 1896 and was buried in Kansas. I encourage you to click the various links as they help to shape the story of Kate and Arthur Streeter. This dress is a particularly lovely example of Victorian dress circa the early 1890s.
This is a proud Sepia Saturday submission where the prompt is of a troupe of string musicians. Click through and listen to the muse.
This lovely church is in an unknown location. It is really quite stunning! There is a touring car out front and I almost wonder if there is a wedding taking place inside the church and this is the limo waiting to take the happy couple off to their honeymoon.
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