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January 4, 2016

This handsome soldier

CDV. Private Collection.

Well, this gentleman certainly was easy on the eyes! This post Civil War CDV is unfortunately without a name or date. Pity, because this soldier surely made a few hearts aflutter! I hope he was able to return home to his awaiting love for he most likely had one, along with a few heartbroken ladies.

This bubble portrait carte de visite with the round corners is post 1870. His hair flattened close to the forehead is also very much of the decade and the next. Note the large round buttons on his coat, someone may be able to tell what unit he belonged to.

Leave a comment | tags: 1870s, handsome man, portrait, USA | posted in CDVs, Military

December 13, 2015

His Burden to Carry

By C.E. Ryan

RPPC. Private Collection.

A third close-up portrait from the 1910s, but unlike the cheery duo of earlier this poor young man is far from happy.

He looks like he struggled with trauma and/or alcoholism. Had he seen things he’d rather forget but cannot?

Although he couldn’t be older than in his mid-twenties, he has pronounced dark circles under his eyes, no doubt from lack of sleep.

His distress transcends time, and this portrait begs to tell us a story. But what was it?

To note: his pinned tie over the butterfly collar drapes wonderfully.

2 Comments | tags: 1910s, close up, portrait, sad | posted in RPPCs

December 10, 2015

Flat, Slick and Shiny

By C.E. Ryan

Young man with slicked back hair. 1923, Hostetler studio. Davenport, Iowa. Private Collection.

A profile portrait taken in 1923. It came in a nice folder frame with the photographer info, and still has the protective sheet.

If you ever wondered why great grandma’s armchairs always had lace doilies on the top of the backs, now you know the habit was born out of wanting to protect her precious furniture from her household’s intentionally greasy heads!

Photographer: Hostetler. Est. Since 1888. 212 West 3rd St. Davenport. Iowa.

Leave a comment | tags: 1920s, Davenport, hostetler, Iowa, portrait, sepia, slicked back hair, USA | posted in Cabinet Photos, Teens

December 6, 2015

The 1920s boy with the rouged lips

By C.E. Ryan

A 1920s little boy with the rouged lips. RPPC. Private Collection.

“When I grow up, I want to be Rudolph Valentino!” Look at this mini gentleman…What a cute close-up portrait of this boy, and with the rouged lips. Though I knew the practice was common for mass marketed postcards, mostly of romance couples and actors, this is the first time I see this done to a child on a regular portrait picture. Maybe he did work as a postcard model.

RPPC: AZO 1918-1930

Leave a comment | tags: 1920s, edwardian, lipstick, portrait | posted in Boys, RPPCs

November 28, 2015

The boy with the bowler

By C.E. Ryan

1/6th plate tintype. 1880s-90s teen with bowler in hand. Private Collection.

A mid-teens sitter with his bowler in hand.

Leave a comment | tags: 1880s-1890s, fashion, portrait, teenager, victorian | posted in Teens, Tintypes

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