July 12, 2015

1880s three brothers and their other

By C.E. Ryan
Three brothers and their other. Tintype. Private Collection.

1880s three brothers and their other. Tintype. Private Collection.

These three brothers look very close in age, a pair of twins in the mix maybe? Maybe the two in straw boaters to the right. Note the chap to the front left who I think is the third brother, he’s wearing some nice looped buttons on his shirt, a short double tie and a light bowler. The whole look makes him look very ‘western sheriff’. The fourth man looks related too, same ears, same nose but of a darker complexion with different eyes. Maybe he was a cousin…or half brother. Ha! :)

No waistcoats on all four…Too hot for summertime.

Larger detail.

Larger detail.

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July 11, 2015

The same bridge construction crew on two RPPCs

By C.E. Ryan

Finding pictures like this really makes my day. All 13 of these bridge workers are on both RPPCs. I played a game of who’s who and recognized 8 of them for sure.

On the second, two more men in suits are with them, perhaps supervisors. On that one I’m not sure what the workers are sitting on, but it looks like a pressurized machine with some kind of belt.

I find it fascinating to see the faces of those who built those bridges we still cross today; ‘floppy hats and blue collars’ (and Carnegie steel). If by extreme luck I find out what bridge this is I will update this post. It may have been built to let a railroad pass through.

RPPC: AZO triangles. 1904-1918. Private collection.

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July 11, 2015

If you keep on making me laugh, I AM going to fall!

By C.E. Ryan
1920s-1930s snapshot. Private Collection.

1920s-1930s snapshot. Private Collection.

A slice of life on a picture! This laughing man is all well dressed in a three-piece with a boutonniere. Perhaps he was at a wedding and this low river bed nearby got more and more tempting as the hot day rolled by. Those stream and river beds are slippery too. With a hand in pocket and the other holding shoes, he left no room for a wrong step..!

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July 11, 2015

Smiling Hans and Arthur in buffalo (or bear) fur coats

By C.E. Ryan
Hand & Arthur in Buffalo fur coats. RPPC. Private Collection.

Hans & Arthur in Buffalo fur coats. RPPC. Private Collection.

Buffalo or bear fur coats must have been heavy but did their job protecting the wearers against the deep freeze of Northern winters.

Sitters: Hans Tweet and Arthur Rusminssen

RPPC: ACME POSTCARD -divided back.

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July 10, 2015

The 1880s fireman and his ornate horn

By C.E. Ryan
The fireman. Tintype. Private Collection.

The 1880s fireman. Tintype. Private Collection.

A beautiful tintype in excellent shape of an American fireman posing with his horn and cigar. This picture captured his uniform in crisp details.

I just so love the ornate speakerphone-like horn with the mouthpiece and sling. I wish I had a time machine to see him shouting in it for people to get out of the way. :) And he’s wearing a ribbon on the shirt representing some kind of event.  The CW must have stood for the town he worked for.

All in all, a very handsome fireman who posed splendidly some hundred and thirty years ago.

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