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September 16, 2015

Carl E. Brown of Fitchburg, MA

Carl E. Brown. Moulton. Fitchburg. Mass. Cabinet card. Private Collection.

I got this one thinking the boy had a scar on the right cheek. When I received it there was nothing…It must have been something on the seller’s scan. It’s one of those things that happen… :)

No matter, it’s still a great portrait.

I found Carl E. Brown on a 1920 census. He was born in Illinois circa 1879 and lived in Lunenburg, MA, a tiny little town right next to tiny little town Fitchburg where this picture was taken. Fitchburg and Lunenburg are about 40 miles west from Boston. He went on to marry a lady named Georgia M. from Vermont. With her he had two children, Thelma born in 1902 and Carl E. born in 1904.

This picture was taken when Carl was around twelve or thirteen in the early 1890s.

And finally, I get a cabinet card with an elaborate design on the back with lovely flower patterns and a camera vignette.

C.J. Moulton. Artistic Photography. Fitchburg, Mass.

4 Comments | tags: 1890s, Carl E. Brown, Fitchburg, Massachusetts, Moulton, portrait, USA | posted in Boys, Cabinet Cards

September 2, 2015

“Mac”

By C.E. Ryan

“Mac” portrait. Private Collection.

Picture perfect “Mac” posing in three-quarter with the brilliantined hair. I’m in love with the grainy and thick paper of those period studio portraits, they are really beautiful in person.

Leave a comment | tags: 1930s-1940s, handsome man, portrait | posted in Cabinet Photos, Gentlemen

September 1, 2015

Victorian teen Mc Bracken of Waterloo, Wisconsin

By C.E. Ryan

Close-up of cabinet card portrait. Private Collection.

Photogenic teen Mc Bracken with the dark eyes is wearing a mix of patterns with a moon tie stack to bring it all together over the overlapping collar. I give this card a broad window from the 1880s to early 1900s.

The card’s also a rarer shade of pink with dark pink lettering on the front. The back is plain except for the sitter’s written last name.

W.H Drake cabinet card. Private Collection.

Photographer: W.H. Drake. Waterloo, Wisconsin.

5 Comments | tags: 1890s-1900s, menswear, moon, portrait, tie stack, tie stud | posted in Cabinet Cards, Teens

August 24, 2015

1910s portrait

By C.E. Ryan

Late 1910s portrait. RPPC. Private Collection.

Young gentleman in dress shirt, most likely from the late 1910s. He looks a bit jaded.

RPPC: AZO 1904-1918

Leave a comment | tags: 1910s, portrait, vignette | posted in Gentlemen, RPPCs

August 16, 2015

1940’s boy in a dirty shirt

By C.E. Ryan

Boy in dirty shirt. Snapshot. Private Collection.

Boy in dirty shirt. 2″ 1/2 x 3″ 1/5 snapshot. Private Collection.

A peppy boy from the 30’s or 40’s who posed in his dirty shirt, probably for a school picture. His eyes sparkle with life, and if his shirt is any indication there wasn’t a spot he didn’t crawl under or climbed above in his neighborhood. A very beautiful portrait.

2 Comments | tags: 1940s, portrait, smiling, USA | posted in Boys, Others

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