Jack Kingston. Photobooth. Private Collection.
This one must have hurt! But instead of taking away, a scar sometimes adds to the charm. Mr. Kingston has this twinkle in his eyes, and the looks of a crooner. Sing a song and watch them swoon!
Jack Kingston. Taken in Salina, Kansas. Jan. 11- 1939
Bowlers And High Collars 
June 15th, 2015 at 8:49 pm
Photobooth pics being my no. 1 photographic passion, I find this extremely interesting as I have never noticed a prominent scar on any of the sitters in any of the thousands of booth pics I’ve seen. Well spotted! Great find!
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June 15th, 2015 at 9:39 pm
Thanks! I don’t ever see people with facial scars on pictures, period! You think they’d be more common.
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June 15th, 2015 at 11:56 pm
Yeah, you would! Maybe there was too much shame for people to want their photo taken. People were made to feel like it was their fault if they had some small disfigurement in previous times. Not sure things have changed so much. Now we can fix the ‘issue’ with cosmetic surgery, maybe people who can’t afford to fix things are made to feel just as bad.
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June 16th, 2015 at 12:40 am
When people with disabilities had no choice but to end up at circuses as ‘freaks’ it’s not hard to imagine people with facial ‘defects’ hid from the world and would not want their picture taken. Perceptions have changed, but there is still stigma, you’re right.
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