Category Archives: Gentlemen

April 6, 2015

CDV of Mr. Breen

Circa late 1860s. Private Collection.

A stern gentleman with an Irish surname staying in Switzerland in the late 1860s, when it began to be fashionable to cut your hair shorter and slick it back.

Leave a comment | tags: 1860s, E. Garcin, europe, Geneva, handsome man, mustache, portrait, Switzerland, victorian, vignette | posted in CDVs, Gentlemen

April 3, 2015

Once upon a time…

By C.E. Ryan

1/6th plate tintype. Personal Collection.

1/6th plate tintype. Private Collection.

This is one of those tintypes that makes me smile. The gentleman looks so victorian with his mustache, but the backdrop here’s the real star and the reason why I added this one to my collection. It’s just so quaint!

12 Comments | tags: 1880s-1890s, backdrop, mustache, quaint, victorian | posted in Gentlemen, Tintypes

April 2, 2015

Hello, Handsome from Michigan!

By C.E. Ryan

Circa 1910s-1920s. Private collection

Vignette RPPC of a young man from Petoskey Michigan. He’s wearing a tilted Gatsby cap highly popular in the twenties he lightly placed over his well combed hair. He’s also wearing a raised round stud on his tie. Once again, no name. What a shame. With that cute smile he must have been popular with the ladies!

The whole RPPC after the cut.

Leave a comment | tags: 1910s-1920s, fashion, Foley's Photo Art Shop, gatsby cap, handsome man, hottie, Michigan, newsboy cap, Petoskey, portrait, USA, vignette | posted in Gentlemen, RPPCs

March 30, 2015

A 1910 note of reassurance

By C.E. Ryan

Ed. Private Collection

Ed wrote a note on the back of this RPPC.
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2 Comments | tags: 1910s, campaign hat, Coraopolis, edwardian, handsome man, Pennsylvania, portrait, USA | posted in Gentlemen, RPPCs

March 28, 2015

John holding a letter

By C.E. Ryan

RPPC. Private Collection

1 Comment | tags: 1910s-1920s, American Boston, bulldog toe, fashion, handsome man, jaunty cap, shoes, vintage photograph | posted in Gentlemen, RPPCs

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