June 7, 2015

An uncanny resemblance

Toasting in Frankfurt Germany. Cabinet Card. Private Collection.

A group of friends toasting, one of them a soldier. The one in the middle is definitely the brother of the one sitting to the left.

I have a lifelong friend with the German last name of Kurzendoerfer who looks like he could be a descendant of the chap to the left. I showed this picture to his brother and him and got his go-ahead to post this.

A side by side. Uncanny, hm? A hundred years later and the same exact look in their eyes (and the same love for beer lol).

side-by-side

Click for larger detail.

Sometimes I think there are no coincidences in life.

Photographer: Friedr. Carbons. Frankfurt a/M. Blelchstrasse 2. Germany.

This entry was posted on Sunday, June 7th, 2015 at 2:18 am and tagged with 1890s-1900s and posted in Cabinet Cards, Groups. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.

4 responses to “An uncanny resemblance”

summertime75
June 7th, 2015 at 3:23 am

They look as if they were having a good time, perhaps he is a distant relative, you never know.

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- bowlersandhighcollars
  June 7th, 2015 at 3:25 am
  
  I want to tell him it’s him in a past life and the love of beer is a German thing lol
  
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Photobooth Journal
June 8th, 2015 at 5:34 pm

Very cool to find a pic with a sitter with such a strong resemblance to your friend. It is uncanny!

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- bowlersandhighcollars
  June 18th, 2015 at 5:31 pm
  
  It was fun to show him and his family!
  
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