A pensive chiaroscuro portrait of a boy from the 1910’s most likely. I don’t remember seeing many profile pictures of men from the time. RPPC: AZO 1904-1918
https://bowlersandhighcollars.com/2019/09/17/an-artistic-profile/
On the right is the oldest in robes (a priest?) with what I believe are his younger siblings and possibly cousins, all posing in front of an open French door with decorative plants in the b...
A cabinet photo of a turn of the Century young man in outdoors get-ups; tilted cap, turtle neck, slim fitting knickerbockers with calf length socks. John Wilber Tudor was born in 1880 and lived ...
https://bowlersandhighcollars.com/2019/07/26/stylish-mr-john-wilber-tudor/
Dusting off the cobwebs of my blog with this pretty boy. This unnamed private was of -I believe- the 10th Infantry Regiment, per the X atop the crossed rifles. In the 50s to early 60s, the 10th�...
https://bowlersandhighcollars.com/2018/03/12/1950s-10th-regiment-infantryman/
When I saw these two, my heart melted. They are so, so cute! I want to assume they were brothers from the late forties or early fifties. The oldest is amazingly beautiful, and his brother is ...
https://bowlersandhighcollars.com/2016/08/24/warning-two-future-heartbreakers-in-the-making/
The Elliotts, Makers of Pictures photo studio was owned and operated by a couple, Martyn (1871-1936) and Jane (1871-1955), of 814 Congress in Austin, Texas. Jane, sometimes referred to as Jean o...
https://bowlersandhighcollars.com/2016/08/22/frozen-in-time-by-the-elliotts-makers-of-pictures/
This handsome teen’s hair was a mess of waves in the front. He didn’t fight it with pomade, instead choosing to let it do its thing! He wears a distinguished white tie with a cross tie...
https://bowlersandhighcollars.com/2016/08/19/fashionably-victorian-in-adrian-michigan/
Alaric Hawkins De’Ath operated a studio portrait at 32 Bank Street, Ashford (England), and from 1913 on partnered with Arthur James Condon. He passed in 1931. They may have taken this small ...
https://bowlersandhighcollars.com/2016/08/18/death-condon-vignette-portrait/
I enjoyed spending some time restoring this beautiful portrait. The original has a print defect and is sprinkled with black ink from the process. But fortunately Photoshop corrected these ti...
https://bowlersandhighcollars.com/2016/08/17/against-the-rose-curtains/
Same woman, same (lovely) hairdo, different dress: I’ve been collecting these postcards from the same series. I want to say they’re from the late 1910s. Two others, here (with the same ham...
https://bowlersandhighcollars.com/2016/08/15/the-same-couple-on-two-postcards/