Candid
Smoking in a fedora
Turn of the Century French couple Mr. and Mrs. Georges
Edwardian French couple. Dagoreau RPPC. Private Collection.
A gorgeous couple mailing from Charente, France. Bertha is sporting the “Gibson look” so in vogue at the time with the extra small waist and pinned hair in a loose bun. Her husband is classically dapper in the matching starched frock suit with the creased pants and high collar. The photographer logo is embossed on the bottom right.
Postcards were mailed so quickly they were the equivalent of today’s text messages.
We’re coming home tomorrow Tuesday. To cherished friendship. Best wishes from Charentes.
Bertha Georges
Photographer: Dagoreau. France.
1880s tough cowboy in a straw hat
Tintype detail
I spent way too much on tintypes and other miscellaneous photos this week, so I had to see this one slip by. Nooo! The dilemma of every collector: gotta make choices.
Ah, but what a guy! And he’s wearing cowboy boots; a country folk! Tintype guys with attitudes do make great sitters!
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A romantic postcard: Love Thy Neighbor
Posted 1908. RPPC. Private Collection.
“And I shall follow this commandment to the letter!”
This is such a sweet real photo postcard of a would-be couple embracing across a fence they wish weren’t between them.
And this is an Edwardian mass produced one where the gentleman isn’t wearing high contrast eye makeup and rouge on the lips.
Photographer: The Rotograph Company. New York.
‘Pooch’ and pals were feeling *fine*
Taken February 5th, 1909 in Grand Junction, CO. RPPC. Private Collection.
This is one of my favorite RPPCs. Look at this grown-up man holding a teddy bear in his arm with the unlit cigar in mouth. And then the note on the back; his friend “Pooch” admitting he and his pals felt fine when they had this taken.
I think the note on the front says: We are looking for the Big Cap. Nothing to[sic] good for the Juish ([sic] Jewish. The one holding the teddy bear is my guess. Bad speller!).
I think the ‘Big Cap’ is the Liberty Cap in Grand Junction, CO. It wasn’t going to feel too good for his pal getting a bit too merry before the impending hike. Oh, the adventure!
The happy fellow on the left even positioned the teddy bear’s head and arm to wave at the camera!
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RPPC info: AZO 1907-1914
It’s been done before on this tintype!
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