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.
Yes, it's from Sweden.
ReplyDeleteI really like the way this photo was taken. With my old SLR camera, I had the props to do this, but how could we produce a picture like this with a digital camera????
ReplyDeleteThis rather cool effect can be mimicked using a photo-editing program (such as Photoshop).
ReplyDeleteTranas, 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. Prehaps crex can tranlate the entry for him in -- http://www.genealogi.se/pdf/1911.pdf (in swedish)
wow. nice shot.
ReplyDeleteGreat photo! I have never seen anything like it! Boy- those women look stern!
ReplyDelete@Rosie, you'd have to become a Photoshop expert, ugh.
ReplyDeleteConnie, is there any possibility you could make it so we can enlarge photos again? I always love to study the clothing and I can't with this image.
Norkio..sorry sometimes I forget using live writer..I hope this is better:)
ReplyDeleteMany thanks!!
ReplyDelete"Etabl. i Aneby 1897, flyttad 1898. Filial: Aneby. (1899)
ReplyDeleteEtabl. i Aneby 1897, i Tranås 1898. Inneh. Gottfrid Wahlgren, f. 25 aug. 1872. Filial i Aneby."
This says he was born 1872, started in Aneby 1897, and moved to Tranås in 1898. "Filial" means branch, so it seems he kept a branch in Aneby.
Tranås and Aneby are in the same part of Sweden (Småland) as "Emil of Lönneberga" (A. Lindgren) comes from.
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