West of Prescott, Arizona
The world just used to be a better color, I guess.
Vintage Snapshots
the wondrous world of vernacular photography
Category: Families
June 7, 2021
December 29, 2016
A 1960s Christmas
Labeled “Xmas 1966” on the back (click to enlarge)
Better late than never. This is one of my all-time favorites–especially the closed-eyes cat–and another example of how there really is nothing quite like a snapshot.
December 16, 2015
Portraits: “Missouri”
Missouri Pride, c 1920s (click to enlarge)
Perhaps not the best advertisement for the state.
May 16, 2013
Prankster
Classic 1950s family, Laura Scudder’s chips, Sun Valley, CA, May, 1957 (click to enlarge)
I’m not sure exactly what the imposing controls were used for (I can’t make out the abbreviation on the back, though the date, city and name of the family — Schepler — are clear). I assume, in any case, that the boy was quite pleased with himself when he saw this.
April 7, 2013
A Blowout
The excitement builds, c 1950s (click to enlarge)
There’s just so much to like here, but my favorite is the boy with the glasses towards the upper left.
December 25, 2012
Merry Christmas from the Pipkins
Christmas card, c 1950s
March 31, 2012
In the Background
The girl in the corner, circa 1920s (click to enlarge)
I often find it intriguing when there is a person in the background who is captured (usually) by chance – such as the young girl tucked away near the corner of the house, looking towards the camera (which you can make out more clearly when you enlarge the image).
March 25, 2012
A Bird Named Dicky
Unnamed boy with a bird named Dicky (1918)
A boy, a bird, and an open door – as well as, presumably, a mother overseeing things to the left. Oddly, in the many shots in which he appears in the photo album from which this was taken the youngster is always identified as “Boy,” while the little bird has a name.
October 29, 2011
The Leaning Family
Left-leaning family, 1950s
A family posing at Christmastime. There are a million of these, but this one just has that certain something in my view.
