Look at these two lovable dorks (brothers?) with the big smiles, popping out like rabbits out of what looks like an old sewer pipe. Posing silly like this is so much more interesting, isn’t it?
This one got lost inside the vortex that is the USPS. So sad. Maybe someday it’ll eventually make its way to me…
1890s-1900s Tintype.
The same two men from the front after the cut.
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“Only 5 more sheets, boys!” Funny laundry duty RPPC. Private Collection.
Atta girl! This photograph of a grinning lady sitting down on a rocking chair with a baseball bat at the ready, and with her eyes on the two men of the house doing the laundry! Too much!
Now let’s take a moment to appreciate how good we have it today with the wonderful invention that is the laundry machine. And men do more house shores today than they ever did before (yet somehow it’s still a challenge to get dear husband to help folding clothes).
RPPC: AZO 1907-1914
A. Noyer Postcard. Private Collection.
This is in fact a 1980 repro of the 1920s card. I softened it up a bit, I can’t stand the dotted matrix of reprints. Now I want to find the original.
1/9th plate tintype. Private Collection.
This one made me laugh out loud. Can you picture this tough looking fella doing shady business at the local saloon, or fighting at illegal gambling halls? This solid looking gent looks like he knew where to get ale on a pretty regular basis too, and with the baggy-eyed side glance with cigar in mouth and bowler on top? Mr, you’re a character!
Yes, he looks like he had no trouble making his voice heard!
Bowlers And High Collars 