This photo has been cut down from its original size so that it fits into the opening in the page. You can see the inaccurate cutting on the right had margin. Unfortunately, it resulted in the photographer’s information being cut off. The subject looks to be about 14 years old, and for some reason he …
Here we have couple number two, lower left and lower right of the first open page of the Dobb Long Book. The gentleman is what I would call austere. He is not a man I would want to debate as to whether work can be done on the Sabbath, if you get my impression. His …
This beautiful wedding photograph is of Anastesia Czech, who may have married her cousin, or may have been first cousin to the original owner of the photo. Her husband was Paul P. Kroll and they married in 1917 when she was 19 years old. They had 7 children, all of whom have passed away. However, …
Today we feature an anonymous photograph on a cabinet card of a young girl, maybe aged 10-13. Note the incredibly lovely dead ivy adorning the stand. Nice. It’s rather surprising actually, because Hartley was a prolific photographer in the later 19th century. Edward F. Hartley (aka E. F. Hartley or E. Hartley) occupied 309 Madison, …
For a proud Sepia Saturday submission, I give you a Civil War era picnic photograph. Photographs during the Civil War were famously perpetrated by the great Matthew Brady and his staff, though this doesn’t look like their work. There are three women and one little girl. Interesting that the woman in the apron – usually …
I’m a little early for Sepia Saturday #40, but I know I’m going to be busy tomorrow. This 1864-1868 vintage CdV features a girl of about five to eight years old. Her dress is a typical gathered front bodice with short petal sleeves and a full skirt gathered to a waistband. It likely buttoned down …
