Photo Number 474

I will let the reader decide where this photo was taken.  I admired the timber post construction of the building on the right. Very Scandinavian.

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Update from anonymous:
The jewelry of the ladies are similar to what is often used on Norwegian folk costumes (bunad), but I'm no expert (I don't know what they use in Finland and Sweden).

Photo Number 473

This is a CdV that I purchased at a quaint little Antique Mall in Grand Forks, North Dakota.  I love her hair, it is a style I wish I could pull off.  Her lace collar is stunning..there must be a special name for the lace?
Perhaps someone can translate for me?  I think it may be Norwegian.

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Update from someone Anonymous:
Hamar is an inland city in the eastern part of Norway.

It seems some words may have disappeared?

Idas (?) Julekort = One dozen Christmas cards
smaa = small (?)
den hvide krave = the white collar 
borttages = can be removed
saa det bliver mørkt = so that it becomes darker

(presumably about the collar of the dress)

Photo Number 472

I purchased this cabinet card at the Flea Market in Wadena, Minnesota.

I believe it is German.

I get the impression that this family was headed to America..don’t know why..the lady seems to have traveling clothes on.  Was the gentleman a Captain of something..an airship? 
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Update From Iggy:
Kyllburg is indeed German. The town is located near the Belgium/Luxemburg border about 125 miles/ 230 km due west of Frankfurt am Main. 


Update from Norkio:
The child has really poor posture and I wonder if that is what contributes to her looking like she has a belly on her. If she was older I'd speculate she was pregnant, but instead I suspect scoliosis or something that prevents her from standing up straight.

Also interesting is that her dress features a "pinner" apron, one that has the bib but no ties to go over the shoulder or around the neck. Her's may be sewn in place but traditionally they were pinned to the dress underneath. It's a very old style if this is circa 1910. The pinner was popular during the 1860s.

Photo Number 471

This week we will look at some foreign photos.
  This is a CdV or Cartes d’ visite or calling card. I purchased this card at an Antique Shop in Bemidji, Minnesota.

Sisters or friends?  This is a totally different type of photograph, with the girls being photographed in a stair step way and a unique way of highlighting the photo.

I think that this might be from Sweden..but I am not sure.  Input is always appreciated.

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Update from crex:
Yes, it's from Sweden.


Update from Iggy:
Tranas, Sweden is in the south-central region, about 170 miles/275 km southwest of Stockholm.

Gottfrid Wahlgren worked in the town of Aneby in 1897, Tranås in 1898. I think he was born 25 aug. 1872 and died in Aneby.

Photo Number 470

This is another photo from the Antique Mall in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota.

This is similar to our wallet photo.  It has some notched edges.

Irwin Dietrich is the name found on the back. In the photo he appears to have been a young man 12 to 14 years old.

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Photo Number 469

This is another of those on the diagonal photos.  This is Harry Talbert. 

This photo was purchased at the Antique Mall in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota.

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Update on Diagonal Cards:
From Brett Payne
This style of card mount is very similar to those which were used for either the Pocket Kodak camera, produced from 1895, or the early Kodak Brownie series, produced from about 1900 onwards. I estimate a date of around 1895-1905 for this particular example.

Photo Number 468

This is a Cabinet Card that may go with the photo from yesterday. I bought them at the same shop.

A J Feay of Evansville, IND was the photographer.

Notched edges appeared in Cabinet Cards from 1894 to 1900.

????  Jessie Glenn Lockwood  8 months old.

I have no idea what the first word is…Mifs??  Input is appreciated!

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Update:

Thanks to Imagespast, Molly M and Catanea!  The consensus is that is it a fancy Miss. 

Update from Iggy:

1910 United States Federal Census
Name: Jessie G Lockwood
Gibson County, Indiana
Age in 1910: 19
Estimated Birth Year: 1891
Household Members: Name Age
Stephens V Lockwood 63
Esther Lockwood 37 <----- Yesterday's post
Jessie G Lockwood 19
Mae I Lockwood 18
Ruth D Lockwood 12

Wright, Glenn J, 28 Dec 1890, 5 Jun 1963, nee LOCKWOOD.  Wife of Edgar D WRIGHT.  Married in Vanderburgh County, Indiana.


Update from Connie:
We can now date this photo 1891 with the known Birth date for Jessie Glenn. 


This photo went Full Circle 25 on April 10, 2011