When I saw this photograph something dawned on me. Very few women with light colored hair had their photograph taken…if they did I have not seen any.
She is wearing a lovely blouse with lots of ruching. My eye wants desperately to see an amber colored fabric, with the gal having very blue eyes.
Christiania on the front of the CdV, Kristiania on the back of the card is Oslo Norway. Gustav Borgen was a photographer there from 1891 to 1922. This photo is a CdV or Cartes d’ visite or visiting card.
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Update from Anonymous:
Gustav Borgen donated his collection (of glass plates ++?) to a Norwegian Museum (Norsk Folkemuseum). They have digitized (part of?) the collection, the portraits can be found here:
http://bit.ly/qa2snH
Update from Iggy:
He found the photo in the collection
http://www.primusweb.no/things/thing/NF/NFB.06484?pos=1548
Update from Anonymous:
The page gives the name as "Just t.". I'm not sure what to make out of that.
Just was a reasonable common given name for boys, but I can also find it as a surname (but rather rare, I think).
Gustav Borgen must have been quite recognized in his time. He has portrayed several known figures, for instance a much used portrait of Henrik Ibsen, and several of the Norwegian royal family.
I also find that he at young age worked for H. Ingeberg from yesterday.
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