Tag Archives: 1890s-1900s

June 7, 2015

An uncanny resemblance

Toasting in Frankfurt Germany. Cabinet Card. Private Collection.

A group of friends toasting, one of them a soldier. The one in the middle is definitely the brother of the one sitting to the left.

I have a lifelong friend with the German last name of Kurzendoerfer who looks like he could be a descendant of the chap to the left. I showed this picture to his brother and him and got his go-ahead to post this.

A side by side. Uncanny, hm? A hundred years later and the same exact look in their eyes (and the same love for beer lol).

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Sometimes I think there are no coincidences in life.

Photographer: Friedr. Carbons. Frankfurt a/M. Blelchstrasse 2. Germany.

4 Comments | tags: 1890s-1900s | posted in Cabinet Cards, Groups

June 2, 2015

By the tree with graffitis

By C.E. Ryan

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.

Leave a comment | tags: 1890s-1900s, bowler, Chicago, graffitis, handsome man, L.W. Felt, portrait, USA | posted in Cabinet Cards, Gentlemen

May 30, 2015

1890s Swedish worker pals having a beer

By C.E. Ryan

Swedish workers. CDV. Private Collection.

Three Swedish working class young men holding a dark beer in their hand. The boy on the right looks a little stiff. They didn’t change for the photo, wearing their day to day clothes, shirts still dirty with well used shoes.

swedish-workers-beer-back

Photographer: Swante Hoeger. Stromstad. Sweden.

Leave a comment | tags: 1890s-1900s, beer, drinking, europe, mustache, Sweden, workers, working class | posted in CDVs, Groups

May 28, 2015

‘Drink this, it’ll put hair on your chest, son.’

By C.E. Ryan

Father and son in top hats. Tintype. Private Collection.

Father and son in top hats with a stiff drink. Private Collection.

Teaching the boy the grown-up ways! This father is posing with his little man with the adult sized top hat on his head, and he’s acting like he’s going to share a stiff drink with him. He found it humorous to pose with his son this way, and I do too! His son is holding on to the hat and looking at the bottle with keen interest!

After the picture I see the dad giving a sip to his eager boy and laughing at his reaction, and the little one saying “Eww…how can you drink this, dad?!”.

This tintype is quite endearing, and -bonus!- it has top hats. The father has that cheeky Harrison Ford smile too, doesn’t he?

It’s easy to imagine the son holding on to this photograph throughout his life, and with a fond memory of that day.

Digital restoration work titled “Drink This, It’ll Put Hair On Your Chest Son” by Caroline C. Ryan is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

2 Comments | tags: 1890s-1900s, drinking, father and son, smiling, top hat | posted in Boys, Groups, Humorous, Tintypes

May 7, 2015

When life is a beautiful day

By C.E. Ryan

Circa 1890s-1900. 1/6th plate. Private Collection.

These romantic four got their picture taken on rocks in the outdoors. There’s such a positive, happy vibe to them. Though they are in nature it looks like they may have been at a city park, or at least near civilisation. They’re dressed city-like with bowties for the gents and white dresses for the ladies. My guess is they attended a happy semi-formal occasion and a photographer was hired to take pictures of the attendees.

I like seeing pictures of gents with their hat tilted far back. The one with the bowler looks like he’s cracking up about something. I love it when everyone smiles on tintypes. The ladies are gorgeous too. The guys are probably feeling lucky!

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2 Comments | tags: 1890s-1900s, beautiful couple, bowler, edwardian, Edwardian dress, romantic, smiling | posted in Groups, Tintypes

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