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"H.P. Garnes, Photographer, Rooms Over Post Office, Brandon, VT."
In this image the little girl wears white with black applied designs, which was typical of children's mourning clothing of this decade.
Finally, an update on the camera situation!
It turns out that getting my camera repaired will cost $160 CA – expensive, but not as expensive as buying a new one. Since I have no money right now (I'll be spending it all on university!), I've set up a fundraiser through Dropcash, a very cool site designed by Jason Kottke. If you could spare a few dollars, I'd really appreciate it if you would donate to a worthy cause! :) Thanks, Flickr friends.
Here's a link to the campaign, and since I can't post graphics in photo descriptions, I've posted a nifty little progress meter below in the comments section. Thanks, everyone
The painting, unfinished at El Greco's death and listed in a postmortem inventory, depicts a passage in Revelation describing the opening of the Fifth Seal and the distribution of white robes to "those who had been slain for the work of God and for the witness they had borne." It is cut down from a large altarpiece commissioned in 1608 for the church of the hospital of Saint John the Baptist in Toledo. The missing upper part may have shown the Sacrificial Lamb opening the Fifth Seal.
The broad open brushwork is characteristic of El Greco's late style. The picture is much damaged. Much admired by twentieth-century artists, the picture was studied in Paris by Picasso when he was working on ‘Les Demoiselles d'Avignon’ and it was sketched by Jackson Pollock.
[Oil on canvas, top truncated, 222.3 x 193 cm, with added strips 224.8 x 199.4 cm]
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Interesting portrait of what appears to be twins. Curiously one appears to be living (left) and the other postmortem (right) based on the pose and the addition of flowers around the body. Photograph by Houghton Studio. Found in WI.
Skull found in the Superstition Mountains east of Phoenix, Arizona. This skull was likely that of someone who perished sometime before 1900 while searching for gold in the rugged mountain range and were bleached white after years of exposure to the desert sun. Today, the remains repose under glass along with an assortment of other items found on the desert floor....
Whether both the teens in this image are in mourning or not is arguable--at least so far as the girl on the left, who may be indeed be wearing later-stage mourning clothing. The teen on the right is not wearing mourning. However, both girls show us conspicuously placed handkerchiefs. The open look of the girl on the right draws the viewer in; her finger, nearly pointing, takes us to a tiny portrait within the portrait--surely, the deceased. The girl on the left is woeful--the dead person may be her kin. The other teen seems to be cast in the role of supporter as well as explainer to posterity.
"From C. H. Spieler's Photographic Rooms, No. 720 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia."
This woman is wearing a black wrapper, almost certainly associated with mourning. Women wore wrappers in the morning hours before accepting visitors. Wrappers were also commonly worn by pregnant and nursing mothers.
Post-mortem portrait of Samuel Charles Stowe, 1849.
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Will we ever learn? It happened again! We have moved from a life obsessed with packing and getting a house ready to sell. To a life obsessed with unpacking and getting a new house in order. We are making progress but there is little time for anything else. We took a Saturday off to go to some local antique shows with my sister. Not to buy of course, just to look and get some exercise. If you read my posts back in October you may be able to guess what happened. Yes, we found and HAD to buy a post mortem. This is a cased 1/6 tintype of an elderly woman that filled a niche in our collection. We have post mortem babies, children, young women, and adult men but had none of an older person. I have posted a close up of her face.
We were pleased to find a scrap of paper advertising daguerreotype cases behind the tintype. There is faint writing of a name and village in Pennsylvania. When time permits me to follow up with research I hope to learn who she was.
Written on the reverse: "R. Bowman--???, Gunnison City, Aug 12, 1884"
"Dean, Imperial Portrait, Gunnison, Colo."
Although the majority of the details of her clothing are lost, she appears to be wearing a black overcoat and black gloves. Her face and bonnet have survived well, save for one area of damage to the veil, which I have tried to reconstruct.
Minnesota- Late 1800s. I think it must be for a husband and father, judging by the woman and girl in deep black before the casket. This might be a member of the Parkos familly, and the cemetery is probably one located in Rice County around Lonsdale or thereabouts.
This hunting expedition begins north of Aachen, in the area of Geilenkirchen and will finish in the area of Rheindahlen, only about 27kms to the north-east. Around 78 years ago wolves and wild pigs roamed this area in defense of their territory, which invading US Army tankers learned to become very wary of. Often well concealed and waiting in ambush, these wild creatures could suddenly strike and escape before an accurate shot could hit them. But occasionally they were caught in the open and slain. It's some of these beasts that we will be performing a postmortem on.
Hetzer “223” has been published many times, but its unit was never confirmed. The walk around photos above can be traced back to a British 21st Army Group intelligence report on the wreck, which the Tank Museum posses. NARA also has a copy, as it was shared with the US Army. The US eBay photo above belonged to a USA veteran, indicating the wreck was in or near a US Army secor. The German ebay photo is the key piece of evidence though. The Wimpel (command pennant) seen on the Wanderer W23 staff car indicates Panzerjäger-Abteilung 219 of 183. Volksgrenadier-Division used the Wildeschwein (wild boar) insignia seen on “233”. In November 1944 183. Volksgrenadier-Division defended the sector near Geilenkirchen, Germany, which fits well with Hetzer “233”, as it was on the boundary between British 21st Army Group and the US Army’s 12th Army Group.
This montage is also posted here:
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Grenier Photography Studio, Moosup, CT and Natick, RI. I have had this image in my collection for some time. The photographer did a masterful job of taking a very sad subject (post mortem photo) and turning into a work of art. The vignetting and handling of light is superb. The child looks angelic in appearance which was almost certainly the photographer's intent.
This is a closer view of the couple with a sleeping baby. I have posted an image of the complete double tintype.
Post Mortem CDV by D. McLeod, Sterling, Illinois. The lady's name is scrawled on the back, but I cannot read it.
David McLeod was listed as a photographer in Sterling, Whiteside County, Illinois, in the 1880 census. He was 35 years old, born in Canada. His parents were born in Scotland. He was listed as married, but there is no family listed.
This is a tough one to date. The card itself looks very late--I want to say the late 1880s. But the woman in the image is dressed as if it's much earlier. Yes, she is granny and she's clearly retro-fashion, but it makes it hard for me to pin her down in time. Maybe she would have wanted it that way. In any case, one can tell that she was a stunner in her prime. (Detail here: www.flickr.com/photos/60861613@N00/13407667203/in/photost...)
"Devereaux Bros., Photographers. Fenton, Durand, Byron, Bancroft, Perry." The Deveraux brothers main studio was Lancing, Michigan. These are the names of other small towns in which the brothers also operated.
"J. Hinchliffe, Photographer, Wellington Road, Dewsbury."
This is yet another image of a women who appears to be wearing mourning clothing also wearing what I call a black-and-white widow's head piece.
Part of the set: The Blob.
COLUMBA: Ongoing photographic project started 16.8.2011
DMC-G2 - P1250496 17.1.2012 Bearbeitung 24.1.2012
Carte de visite by William Nick, traveling photographer. A child lay in a dark, enameled lined with light silken material and decorated with ornamental brass or silver-colored handles and edge trimmings. A small spray of flowers is tucked into the baby's hands. He or she wears a full-length dressing gown. The casket sits atop a table adorned with a dark tablecloth.
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"R. A. Lord, 158 Chatham Street, N.Y."
There are two names written on the reverse. The first, "Emily Beadle," is struck through and the name "Sarah Ann" and what looks like "Lynn" or possible "Lyns" has been written by the same hand below it. I've found several possible Sarah Ann Lynns, but because I am not sure the Lynn is actually the correct surname and I have no additional information, I can't proceed further with research.
She's dressed in very elegant mourning and wearing a black-enamel and hair mourning brooch similar to several I own.
Here is a close-up with link to a similar piece: www.flickr.com/photos/60861613@N00/8556113830/in/photostream
This albumen CDV has a 2 cent revenue stamp on the reverse dating the image to between June 1864 and August 1866. "Bonta & Curtiss, Successor to B.E. Howland & Co., No. 4 Franklin Buildings, East Genesse St., Syracuse, N.Y."