Photo Number 395

I received two photos from Gillian, they are foreign photos.

Gillian wrote:

This is my maternal grand mother Jane Ghee (nee Arnot) (standing) and my maternal great grand mother Jane Arnott.
Jane is our family name for girls and it has been handed down to my sister and now her daughter.
I just LOVE this photo.  I love how they are dressed and how they took pictures so seriously!

The second photo is a picture of a group of Sunday School children at Kilmarnock Baptist Church in Scotland, United Kingdom.  One of them is my Aunt Jane Ghee but I'm not sure which one.

Large group photo are hardly ever marked.. so they become part of the “Forgottens.”  The thing that I noticed about this group photo was the little girl on the end with the open or perhaps ill fitting coat..everyone else looks prim and proper and many have hats. They must be dressed in their “Sunday Best.” 

I enjoyed both of these photos..I enjoyed seeing the fur trims on the coats..back in their day they were very elegant. I will guess that the fur coats are from the 1920’s..a time when one button coats with large fur trims were very popular. 

I am not a fur expert but the smaller fur appears to be Mink and the larger fur looks like Fox to me.  Input is always appreciated!

Thanks Gillian for sharing your old photos!

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Photo Number 394

This is a lovely photo of Nan.  This photo is from Sophie, her Great Grandmother Nan was born On November 10, 1910. If she had lived she would have been 100 years old last month.

This photo was taken when she was about 18 years old in 1928.  It is an English photo. Apparently she is wearing silk stockings..her legs are very shiny. Quite a change from the dark stockings…you can actually see her legs!   I did not realize that hemlines were above the knee in the late 1920’s, note the dropped waist of the dress and the sleeves ending with the handkerchief like trim. Her hairstyle is sleek and short.

I am not sure what kind of flowers are in the vase..Daffodils perhaps.

Sophie wanted to share this photo with me because she found it very nostalgic…she found it recently when she was going through some of her Great Grandmothers things.

I thought it would be a good photo to share, because it could be dated, and because it was a foreign photo of a beautiful young lady.  Thanks Sophie for sharing!

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Photo Number 393

This is an old snapshot..

Cash and Ida Swint with Negir the cat.

The dog apparently was not important enough to mention. I am not quite sure on the date of this photo..1930’s? Interesting name..Cash..how many people do you suppose had that first name?

Thank you Pam for sharing all your photos with us!

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Update from Abra:

The 1910 census lists  Ida Swint, a servant for Cassius & Ella Phelps in Williamstown, Berkshire, Massachusetts. Is it a coincidence, or, since the photo was found in this same area, is it plausible that this is the same Ida Swint as in the photo?

A theory I have is that Ida is pictured with either Cassius Jr or Cassius Sr. Is it possible the owner of the photo labeled it in such a manner as thinking those viewing it would automatically know who Cash was but needed to identify Ida? If this is the case, it would have been more clear if it was written 'Cash with Ida Swint and Niger the cat.' Does that make sense?

Ida Swint no longer lived with the Phelps' in 1920, so if this is the correct Ida, then I would guess the photo was taken between 1910 & 1920. I couldn't find Ida in either the 1900 or 1920 census, so she is a bit of a mystery woman.

I was also theorizing that perhaps the cat is a gift from Cassius/Cash Phelps to the servant Ida, thus the importance of naming it in the photo. Note that Cash is dressed rather formally, while Ida is wearing an apron, which could be another indication of her servant status. 

Photo Number 392

The photo today is a young family with two little girls, they are close together in age..they might even be twins.  I think this photo was probably taken in the late 1890’s because of the poufy sleeves on the dresses.  This is a cabinet card, and the dark green color card was popular in the 1890’s.

The photographer is A. Joyce Jr. of Housatonic, Mass.  This is another of Pam’s photos.

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Photo Number 391

This is another of Pam’s photos from a small Antique shop in Massachusetts.  I call these types of photo..babies in chairs and in this one I can almost imagine a Mother crouched down behind that chair hanging on to this baby who is not only on a chair but a covered stool of some sort on the chair.  Can you see her arm on the left?

If we are to follow the small children hair rules..boys hair is always parted on the side..then this is a boy.
The Photographers name is very difficult to make out.. Allece or Alliee or Allice ( edited: Albee) of Torrington, Connecticut. Given the heavy card that this photo is mounted on..I believe it is from around 1900 to 1910.

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Update: The correct name of Albee from Salome.
Update: From Iggy
Albee Studio was located at 45 Water Street, Torrington, Connecticut.

Photo Number 390

Today I have some foreign CdV’s or Cartes  d’ visite or visiting cards that belong to Pam. 

 

I think this one is from Sweden..Venersborg?  The “thick” tie was popular from 1890 to 1895 in America, but I am not sure if that was the case overseas or not.  CdV’s from this time are typically head and shoulders and the back can be very elaborate with colored backs and gold print was common.

I think this one is from Denmark.  I will guess that this one is from around 1890.  The lace on the ladies gown is stunning.

Perhaps one of our readers can tell us more about these foreign CdV’s.

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Photo Number 389

This is a tintype, it measures 2 inches by 3 1/4 inch. I will guess that this is from the early 1870’s.  The dresses have slightly dropped shoulders and have lots of trim in the form of bows and tassels or fringe.  Their hair styles are also less severe and their ears are showing.

I wonder..Mother and daughter or sisters?

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Update from Norkio: 
I agree that these are 1870s dresses. The early bustle period (1869-1876) featured softly bustled dresses created with flounces, padding and pillows, not the exaggerated and structured cage bustles of the later bustle period. I also agree that these are sisters and relatively young - maybe late teens. The girl on the right has her hair down which is definitely a hairstyle of youth and an advertisement to young men of her charms and beauty. The girl seated has a faux curl dangling on her shoulder. That would have been an "add on" made from natural hair, possibly her own, that she could clip into her hair. It was designed to convey a soft and gentle femininity, and was they height of fashion to have between one and three on one side of the head.

The dresses are luxurious with lots of trims. First, the seated girl has a simple and clean look but she is not lacking in trim. Her dress has some sort of apron that comes to midthigh or even midcalf. You can just see that it goes around to the back of her dress - there's a fold of fabric in the chair. I think the apron probably goes to her knees in front, is gathered up on the sides, then back down across her bottom in back. Very clean lines. The other girl has a very feminine and flounced dress. Her skirt in back may be bustled sort of like we bustle wedding dresses today - the skirts are folded up underneath themselves, not he best description - and that creates the poufs that were desirable. I can just see the edge of something from behind her, but I can't tell what it is, some part of her dress.