A high school portrait for the yearbook maybe? This is a 4″ x 6″ on thick paper with a blank back.
Ah, the 30’s…starting with the Great Depression and ending in war…I hope this dapper young gentleman survived those tumultuous times. The 30’s weren’t exactly the best decade to be coming of age.
1943 version of A Sailor’s Prayer. Postcard. Private Collection.
One of the few variations going around from the 20’s to the 60’s. I like this one especially, because of it being published during World War Two.
Teen with butterfly tie. RPPC. Private Collection.
Here this young man wore a silk tie with butterflies under what appears to be an opal or moonstone tie stack. Also the shirt has a nice front pleat below the low rounded collar. Sometimes I wish I could see these pictures in color. I bet the tie was a nice pop to the overall look.
RPPC: AZO 1904-1918.
Close up
You’ve probably noticed I have not been posting as often lately. I assure you I am still as impassioned as I was when I first started this blog, but unfortunately life got in the way of my collecting. Without going into details it’s been a trying time, and I’m only now starting to see the end of the tunnel.
But fear not, this is only a temporary phase.
So, this is one of the RPPCs I got recently. Sometimes I think I have not much to say about some pictures I own, I just enjoy them for what they are.
RPPC: CYKO 1904-1920s.
Cabinet card. Portland. Private Collection.
There are some pictures that attract me like a moth to a flame, and this is one of them.
This young man’s face and expression remind me of cherubs in classical paintings of the same period. He also reminds me of a very young Robert Frost.
Logo on back of card.
Photographer: Conanb. Artistic Photographer. 478 1/2 Congress St. Portland. Maine.
Bowlers And High Collars 