Just the other day I posted a few photos of young men and reader Mike Brubaker pointed out the “gleaming camera” used in the backmark. Here again is a gleaming camera plus an added cherub on the backmark for J. R. Fisher of Fremont, PA. Notice that the backmark says “Yours truly, J. R. Fisher…” …
For Sepia Saturday I am featuring a “doll of a girl.” This sweet little one is posed on a bench at the photographer’s studio, showing off her beautiful dress and giant hair bow, all while clutching her stuffed animal toy. While you might be tempted to date this photo in the 1910s, it is a …
Up for your perusal today is a CdV from England made by Hills & Saunders in Oxford and other locations. The back of the card states “by appointment to Her Majesty” although I don’t know how accurate that is. I previously featured another photographer who had a similar statement and it turned out he had …
I’m taking this slightly out of order because of the mystery of the Joys. This photo is identified as Vincent Joy and shares the same photographer as the photo of Ellen Wachtel Joy. He doesn’t look like the mystery church-man and having compared his photo with the photo of Absalom Joy (his father) available on …
Here we have two sisters photographed in about 1865. It is unfortunate that there is damage to the photo on the left, right across the eyes, because she has such a serene expression on her face. I call her Pretty. Pretty is holding a flower in one hand while resting her other arm on …
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