Young Person (Girl?) in Overalls with Graflex Camera
Jack noticed this 4 X 6 inch sepia photograph on the bottom shelf of an antique shop case. It was mounted in a brown cardboard folder that opens to make a stand up display. The print shows some free silver in the shadows but the appeal of the young person, a boy we thought, proudly showing off a Graflex type camera was immediate. When I looked at the scan I made I changed my identification of the gender of this young person. I think it is a girl. The overalls and cap said boy but the shoes appear to be patent leather Mary Janes. The face could be a girl's.
A study of the props and pose invites me to start to invent a story. The straps of the overalls are extended with string and the cuff shows the telltale line that says they have been hemmed and then let out. Likely they were adapted for a growing child or hand-me-downs. The camera is supported on the right knee while the right foot rests on a cardboard box. Has the studio just received and unpacked a new camera that is being held by the studio owners daughter? The folder and photograph are unmarked so we will never know.
Young Person (Girl?) in Overalls with Graflex Camera
Jack noticed this 4 X 6 inch sepia photograph on the bottom shelf of an antique shop case. It was mounted in a brown cardboard folder that opens to make a stand up display. The print shows some free silver in the shadows but the appeal of the young person, a boy we thought, proudly showing off a Graflex type camera was immediate. When I looked at the scan I made I changed my identification of the gender of this young person. I think it is a girl. The overalls and cap said boy but the shoes appear to be patent leather Mary Janes. The face could be a girl's.
A study of the props and pose invites me to start to invent a story. The straps of the overalls are extended with string and the cuff shows the telltale line that says they have been hemmed and then let out. Likely they were adapted for a growing child or hand-me-downs. The camera is supported on the right knee while the right foot rests on a cardboard box. Has the studio just received and unpacked a new camera that is being held by the studio owners daughter? The folder and photograph are unmarked so we will never know.