This photograph from the early 1860s (1862-1863) is a nice bust of a handsome fellow sporting a small mustache and skinny beard, a la Colonel Sanders, but more likely General Custer considering the time frame. The poor fellow is suffering from a severely receding hairline which may have been his inspiration to flourish his hair …
This man’s beard seems to only cover his chin. I’m certain there is a modern name for this phenomenon but I have no clue what it would be called. He’s got a thick head of hair, too. Now that we are aware of the positioning stands, notice the foot of a stand behind his feet; …
When I became fully enthralled with this past time, I trolled internet auction sites looking for good deals on old photos. Much to my delight, one auction I won I call “the big batch from ebay” because there were over 100 CdVs, many of them incredibly interesting and all in fairly good condition. A large …
These adorable children are brother and sister. Their dresses coordinate. The boy, on the right, is younger than 5 years old, as that was the typical age boys went into short pants and no longer wore dresses. Modern conventions that boys not wear skirts or dresses are from the 20th century, although I don’t know …
We all know that sitting for a photograph in the 19th century was a process that required patience. As we saw in yesterday’s photo of the little boys with body positioning devices behind them, sometimes it was very difficult to hold still for the required amount of time. Well here we have another method for …
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