Birdhead
Fly away, circa 1950s (click to enlarge)
Another in the classic background series (sample here).
Vintage Snapshots
the wondrous world of vernacular photography
Category: Women
July 26, 2015
The Girls at the End
circa 1950s (click to enlarge)
March 3, 2015
“I wanted it in color”
Black-and-white birds, c 1950s (click to enlarge0
Inscription on rear reads: “Virginia took this but I wanted it in color cause the birds are so pretty.”
February 10, 2015
Table for One
Dining Room, 1920s (click to enlarge)
September 17, 2014
On the Run
In motion, c 1920s (click to enlarge)
August 5, 2014
A Depression-Era Portrait
Minnesota, 1939 (click to enlarge)
This photo didn’t jump out at me at first when I came across it in an album I recently picked up, but in looking at it again it struck me as possessing that simple beauty that snapshots are sometimes able to so singularly capture. There is a Minnesota processing stamp on the back dated April 1939, and so much about it conveys that Depression-era feel, from her dress to the house on blocks with no step up to the screen door. The dusty car in the background, her expression, the composition — it doesn’t, to be sure, scream “Great Depression” like some of the well-known images from that time, but it is, I think, deeply evocative in it own understated way.
July 1, 2014
Upside Down
Upside Down, 1974
June 22, 2014
Early Photoshop
“Gracious! Look at us.” (c 1920s)
The face is on a piece of paper that has been glued to the back and shows through a hole cut in the photo.
February 23, 2014
Some Favorite Portraits
A random grouping of a few recently acquired shots that I think will remain favorites.
Beatific, c 1920s
Porch, c 1920s
Flanked, c 1920s (click to enlarge)
February 20, 2014
Suspicious
Extra bullets (c 1900)
She doesn’t seem hugely keen on having her photo taken.
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