Tag Archives: 1910s-1920s

September 11, 2015

The line 1378 streetcar driver

By C.E. Ryan

I find old photo strips so endearing and humorous. On the first one this streetcar driver is holding a bamboo stick in a big hat with a neck scarf like a cowboy or farmer. Then you get a plain, serious front portrait of him. On the third he’s holding what I believe may be a pack of cigarettes. On the fourth he’s playing with a candlestick telephone, and on the fifth he’s checking the time on his pocket watch.

This strip reminds me of another one I have of this American gentleman from the same period, he’s also playing with a similar phone.

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September 6, 2015

1920s Streetscape USA

By C.E. Ryan

1920s Snapshot. Private Collection.

1920s Snapshot. Private Collection.

This precious little girl is accompanied by daddy most likely, and maybe her uncle. In her adorable little boots she’s wearing a coat with fur collar and sleeves. The bonnet is so cute! The gent to the left is posing with confidence, the other one has pins on his lapel and you can see the hatted photographer’s shadow on the sidewalk. In the background a car’s passing by, and on the building a sign reads “The End” but I cannot make out the smaller letters -probably a store closing. And all those sturdy telephone poles giving this picture some depth…What a snapshot is all about: a slice of everyday life forever frozen in time.

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August 15, 2015

The smiling buddies – set of 2 tintypes

By C.E. Ryan
Two on a bench. Private Collection.

Two on a bench. Private Collection.

If you’re smiling on a tintype, you’re halfway to joining my collection. This is a set of late period ones, I’d say 1910s-1920, of very relaxed and smiling friends posing together on a bench. The two on the first are also on the second, accompanied by their two other friends. The gent to the right on the first is smiling so wide on both, he really got into it!

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August 9, 2015

The Orange Kiss

By C.E. Ryan
Douno postcard. Private Collection.

Douno postcard. Private Collection.

A postcard published by Douno ‘Edition Photochrom’. To me the color makes it look like they were kissing on a warm and sunny early evening, right before dusk. A beautiful postcard added to the other tinted ones of the same genre I fell in love with.

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August 2, 2015

A buddy at arm’s length

By C.E. Ryan
RPPC. Private Collection.

1920s boys in cap. RPPC. Private Collection.

These teens in newsboy caps look like they were a close knit group, the two sitting in the front may have been brothers. The pose of the two in the back is an interesting choice too.

RPPC: ARTURA 1910-1924

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