Postcard. Private Collection.
EXCHANGES
Mr. would like to exchange good mandolin for an umbrella.
You don’t say! A cute French postcard with the hand scratched rain effect. Love the hat and slim fitting overcoat.
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Bribing the copper at Cell 23
Bribing the copper. RPPC. Private Collection.
Ok, this arcade RPPC is one of my top favorites. Buddy #2 is in a cop costume -complete with the blackjack and cigarette in mouth-, he’s looking about, making sure no one’s watching him, accepting a bribe from jailbird Buddy #1. Too much!
RPPC: AZO 1904-1918
1910s full figure portrait
RPPC. Private Collection.
The late 1910s, when the young generation dismissed their parents’ constraining coats and pants for more relaxed and comfortable wear.
A close-up of this fine gent.
RPPC: AZO 4 up triangles. 1904-1918
Holding hands at T. Hugh Miller Custom Tailoring
T. Hugh Miller Agent Custom Tailoring for Klee & Co. N.Y City. RPPC. Private Collection.
Tailors and salesmen in front of their place of business with the stylish Art Nouveau sign. We have a bowler, fedora, pork pie, all sorts of caps, two white neck scarves, bowties, ties…There’s a little of everything here, as it should be!
And four of them are holding hands. Gents holding hands didn’t necessarily mean they were gay, just close buddies not afraid to show affection toward each other. This was taken in the mid 1910s.
RPPC: AZO 1904-1018
Digital restoration work titled Holding hands at T. Hugh Miller Custom Tailoring by Caroline C. Ryan is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
New Orleans ‘brother Jo, sister Emilie and Louis’
RPPC. Private Collection.
A trio from my hometown! Louis is wearing a King Cake baby on the lapel of his coat and holding a music sheet, Emilie is cross-dressed in boy attire with her jaunty cap on. Jo is the cornetist…What an interesting trio, all IDed on the back of this RPPC.
Emilie has this soulful look in her eyes, and each one of them is wearing a different hat. Another photo which makes me smile. Can you hear the music?
RPPC: AZO 4 up triangles. Photo taken between 1907-1914.
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