Easter Sunday 1890
On Easter Sunday 1890 my great-grandfather took several photos of the interior of St. Michael's Church on Meeting Street in Charleston, SC. This one of the minister Reverend T. Trapier is a closeup of a longer shot. Thanks to Photoshop I was able to bring out the more subtle contrasts in his face. Great beard!
This and other photos of the church's interior were probably taken Easter morning before services. Also present for this photo shoot is a single deacon. Considering the ample Easter garlands and Spanish moss (this photo gives you some idea of the extent to which the pulpit has been decorated), I think the three of them were probably present to do the decorating themselves and record their work on film afterward.
This and other very fragile, yellowed photos from that day were kept in a photo album I removed from my mom's home after her death in 2004 (discussed in an earlier post here).
I'll post more photos from Easter morning and afternoon soon.
I wrote the staff at St. Michael's to tell them of this cache of photos I'd uncovered to see if they'd be interested in having them for their archives, but they never wrote back. So screw 'em.
Easter Sunday 1890
On Easter Sunday 1890 my great-grandfather took several photos of the interior of St. Michael's Church on Meeting Street in Charleston, SC. This one of the minister Reverend T. Trapier is a closeup of a longer shot. Thanks to Photoshop I was able to bring out the more subtle contrasts in his face. Great beard!
This and other photos of the church's interior were probably taken Easter morning before services. Also present for this photo shoot is a single deacon. Considering the ample Easter garlands and Spanish moss (this photo gives you some idea of the extent to which the pulpit has been decorated), I think the three of them were probably present to do the decorating themselves and record their work on film afterward.
This and other very fragile, yellowed photos from that day were kept in a photo album I removed from my mom's home after her death in 2004 (discussed in an earlier post here).
I'll post more photos from Easter morning and afternoon soon.
I wrote the staff at St. Michael's to tell them of this cache of photos I'd uncovered to see if they'd be interested in having them for their archives, but they never wrote back. So screw 'em.