1/6th plate tintype. Private Collection
1/6th plate tintype of a well dressed blonde boy with the stern expression. The contrast between the light and dark gives it a haunting, surreal quality.
Having your picture taken was an event, and the pose gives this child an expression of gravity well beyond his years. It wasn’t uncommon for children to pose like mini adults. This is a great example of the practice. A beautiful tintype.
Notice the front boy’s sneakers. These look like precursors of Chuck Taylors. And the long shadows of a late afternoon they cast! A great little photograph.
Photographer: Unknown candid
Outdoors. 2.5″ x 3.5″ Private Collection.
An outdoor shot. He’s well dressed and seems to be hanging out at a park on a sunny day.
I estimate this one to be from the 20s or early 30s.
Photographer: unknown candid.
An English boy. Private Collection.
2.5″ x 4″
A, no doubt, well-to-do little English gentleman with the short bowler hat and gloves, and a great pose.
Photographer: Blake & Edgar. 74 Midland Road. Bedford, UK.
Jewish boy. Private Collection.
This lovely boy is wearing a double breasted knickerbocker suit with his Kipa. The pose is fantastic.
Photographer: H. L. Cohee. Greensboro, MO.
Bowlers And High Collars 