May 25, 2015

Coming of Age

By C.E. Ryan

CDV. Private Collection.

CDV. Private Collection.

A CDV that looks like a mini cabinet card with the embossing on the front. This one is of an about 12 year old boy who graduated from knickerbockers to a grown up suit a bit too large for him (smart parents).

But the kid made sure he looked the part with a cigar, holding it like all the adults did on pictures.

They started young…

Photographer: J. Zimmermann. Eggenfelden. Germany.

This entry was posted on Monday, May 25th, 2015 at 7:08 pm and tagged with cigar, Eggenfelden, europe, Germany, smoking and posted in Boys, CDVs. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.

4 responses to “Coming of Age”

summertime75
May 26th, 2015 at 1:21 am

He looks quite cute with his slightly ill fitting suit

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- bowlersandhighcollars
  May 26th, 2015 at 1:54 am
  
  He’s swimming in it!
  
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  - summertime75
    May 26th, 2015 at 2:10 am
    
    I’m sure that his Mother told him that he’d soon grow into it lol
    
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  - bowlersandhighcollars
    May 26th, 2015 at 6:49 am
    
    You know it! Clothes weren’t cheap!
    
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