Most of us are probably well aware of the catastrophic earthquake that struck in San Francisco on April 18, 1906. and the fire that followed. I have always been particularly fascinated with it, and have countless books and dvd’s about the incident. So I was especially excited when I opened an issue of the Burr [...]
Normally, I only post images that I scan into the computer directly from my own collection of ephemera. However, I have become so enamoured of these early color photographs that I had to share some of these images I found online! Believe it or not, the photo above was taken in 1910, in Savannah, Georgia. [...]
I love this early 20th century photo of a pair of lovely young women, but what makes it even more wonderful is the writing on the back of the photograph:
“How do you think we look? We both look like we are sound asleep - but we were very much awake when this pose was taken. [...]
For people in the early part of the century, just as today, going to the beach was a fun way to spend a summer afternoon. I live in New Jersey, not all that far from the ocean, and going “down the shore” is still extremely popular with just about everybody here! Coincidentally, all of my [...]
As I mentioned in an earlier post, I love finding snapshots of what kinds of fashion everyday, real people of the past wore rather than always seeing the idealized versions presented to us by fashion plates and illustrations. These 1922 photographs offer just such an opportunity. In the first photo above, 2 older women and [...]
The owner of the local antique shop that we frequent sold us several old photographs from this particular family. He told us that the entire family was from Argentina and moved to the United States sometime in the first half of the century. I especially love the big family photo above, including the ornate tablecloth [...]
This is one of my husband’s finds, from a wonderful little antique store here in New Jersey. The frame is quite ragged and there is no writing at all on the back to possibly identify anyone in the picture. But I fell in love with this photo immediately.
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