Category Archives: Gentlemen

June 7, 2015

Harris Norris, the Thinker in Mary-Janes

By C.E. Ryan
Man in mary janes shoes. RPPC. Private Collection.

Edwardian man in Mary Jane shoes. RPPC. Private Collection.

Harris Norris. University of Virginia

I did a double take on this one. Look at this cheeky gentleman! While today these shoes are exclusively worn by women and girls, I read on (the always reliable *cough cough*) wiki some pre-WWI men wore them too, but apart from this photo I have yet to see evidence of this and I’ve seen many. I believe that if some did indeed wear them, the shoes were never popular with gentlemen. By the time this image was taken the name of Mary Jane was already in use. I think the university student was being humorous by wearing ladies shoes! He’s smiling in that “what do you think of this?” sort of way. This was taken in the mid 1910s, seeing the pants cuffs.

RPPC: AZO 1904-1918

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June 7, 2015

On a front porch

By C.E. Ryan
On a front porch. Snapshot. Private Collection.

On a front porch. Snapshot. Private Collection.

A sepia candid of an American gent sitting on a front porch in the sun. Simple and nice.

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June 4, 2015

Mr. I Look Quite All right in a Fedora

By C.E. Ryan
Cabinet photo. Private Collection.

Cabinet photo. Private Collection.

This stylish 1930s-40s gentleman with the piercing stare must have left a long trail of admirers in his path. And that is why he’s in my collection. He’d look good without the fedora on, but the hat adds that something extra.

My first star crush was Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones. I’ve been appreciative of the hat ever since. ;)

Photographer: Benjamin. La Moure. North Dakota.

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June 4, 2015

Nice photobooth

By C.E. Ryan
1940s Photobooth

1940s Photobooth

A cute photobooth found on eBay of a young man with the tilted fedora.

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June 2, 2015

By the tree with graffitis

By C.E. Ryan

By a tree with graffitis. Cabinet card. Private Collection.

By a tree with graffitis. Cabinet card. Private Collection.

A beautiful portrait of a fetching gentleman holding his bowler while posing by what looks like a tree trunk with graffitis on it. Interesting the photographer collected the tree trunk and thought it would be a fine prop for his studio, either that or it’s papier mache?

Photographer: L.W. Felt. Chicago.

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