This is a real photo postcard from the Benedicta Trunk photo album. A real photo postcard is one that used the standard photographic development process in a darkroom to print the postcard images. This particular one is an AZO postcard, which means it was printed on Kodak Professional AZO paper. The stamp box (where the …
This handsome fellow is Arthur Hudson Shoemaker, born in Biggsville IL in 1867. He is Irene’s brother – one of several, as a matter of fact! The family was quite large, consisting of parents William H and Eliza Whilemene, Arthur H (’67), Irene A (’69), George W (’72), Eliza M (’74), Edward W (’75), Della …
A merry Christmas to all! For my Christmas Sepia Saturday submission, I have a family Christmas photograph from December 1928. This is the family of P. Herman Marvel, his wife Mattie, and their seven children. My grandmother was the oldest, Henrietta, sitting to the right front. Just a few short years after this photo was …
When posting photographs, I often wonder what was the occasion for the sitting. While photography was becoming less expensive to the masses it was still somewhat of a privilege in many areas. Sitting for a photograph was often associated with a special occasion – an engagement, birthday, graduation, birth of a child, etc. Much like …
This terrific photo is part of a collection of square photos I just had to have. The collection was a bit pricey, at $25 for the whole packet, but it included around 27 photos, so worth it. The photos measure 4×4 with a 3/4″ matte around the 3×3 photo. This particular matte features embossed stars …
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