This photo reminds me of the old nursery rhyme Bye Baby Bunting because the baby is so completely covered from head to toe with bonnet, coat, mittens and shoes. She’s a pretty girl! The photo is from the 20th century, I’d guess between 1910-1930.
This photo reminds me of the old nursery rhyme Bye Baby Bunting because the baby is so completely covered from head to toe with bonnet, coat, mittens and shoes. She’s a pretty girl! The photo is from the 20th century, I’d guess between 1910-1930.
Here we have another group shot from a school. This is the Taylortown Normal school, June 19, 1902 and the teacher was J. H. Herrod. A much smaller class and much more casual photograph. The group is made up of 16 boys & young men, six young women and two adults. The boys in the …
I have seen this kind of fancy mount one other time, on my pictures of Irene Monroe, but considering of the hundreds of cabinet cards I own this is only the second one I’ve seen, I suspect that this fancy mount is somewhat uncommon. The photo dates from the 1890s based on the clothing, which …
I giggle a little every time I look at this cabinet card, because the couple looks so stiff and uncomfortable, like it’s the first time they ever met. But noting that they both are wearing a flower corsage, I really suspect this is their wedding photo. Maybe an arranged marriage? Oh my. The photographer was …
You may have read that our wonderful site regular Intense Guy (aka Iggy) had tracked down the grandchildren of beautiful Irene Monroe, pictured below. Click here to visit the original family reunion post I ran back in January 2011. At the time it didn’t make much of an impression on me that I only had …
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