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Some women playing instruments. It's all I can muster at the moment. The last 6 weeks, I've been running around like the proverbial chicken with its head cut off. I'm hoping to regain my head, along with my sanity, very soon, and get FringePop back into a regular schedule. In the meantime, I apologize for all the static.
Photographs of musicians is a collecting sub-genre in antique photography collecting. This particular group is a strange lot. Odd, awkward expressions. Stiff stature. Of course, this isn't uncommon for the time. However, I've seen enough antique photos to know that these fellows look stiffer and odder than the norm.
Confused about context of this. Did he act in a play? Perhaps Little Miss Muffet? The spiderweb backdrop is intriguing.
I find antique photographs of lower class people quite interesting. They have a Dickensian character that is not found in formal cabinet cards taken in a studio. But, we shouldn't romanticize this. No doubt, this was a hard life. "People's History of the United States" by Zinn comes to mind.
We have also sought out antique photos of women with long hair, preferably really long hair. This one is a nice example, although there are many good ones out there.
Any thoughts as to the context of this photo? I thought it might be an advertisement for a dress that was showcasing the backside.
Photos of minorities are relatively uncommon in photo collecting. You do find them from time to time, but they aren't "run of the mill" like photos of white folk. I can go to an antique store and look through 500 cabinet cards, and I probably won't find a single photo of a minority. So, it's interesting to find these photos when you do find them. This cabinet card from Baltimore shows an Asian man, probably Chinese.
I got nothing...
Another Native American Cabinet Card from Indian Territory. I'm thinking he's a medicine man?
Original cabinet card of Buffalo Bill Cody.
I just think this whole thing is such a weird interchange...
Well, by god, if she uses it, well I guess we should too!
Tribal affiliation unknown. Whatever the case, an iconic piece of history.
This is a pretty cool occupational cabinet card. The dog adds a nice bit of character to the image. Any thoughts on their job? Perhaps butchers?
He looks like a Dickensian chimney sweep. I would feign a dialect, but I don't want to embarrass myself this early in the morning (yes, I just woke up).
Then, she just a bored Victorian girl enjoying the wonders of roller skates. Oh, what novelty it would have been! Today, she'd join a roller derby league and enjoy bashing into people. What interesting times we live in, indeed.
Long bearded circus freaks or merely rebels in their time?
Just because I find old photos of little girls with dolls sorta creepy.
"Grandpa, what big teeth you have!"
"The better to eat you with."
Then again, maybe Grandpa's not a lech, and this kid's just a brat.
