Search Results: Titles starting with T from Erin Waters Fine Photographs

These thirty, daily diaries cover thirty years of Brown's life. Of all those years, he rarely missed an entry after he finished school. He lived a quiet, bookish life, never marrying, never having children. He did not fight in either world war, shockingly for an Englishman, although he did participate in the Civil Defense during WWII. He also grew a LOT of vegetables during that war and was quite the gardener besides. Many of the entries are about gardening on a large scale. In a quick skim of 1918, the only mention of WWI was on Armistice Day. That year he instead wrote about men's sewing circle, choir, gardening, and teaching. A glance at 1922 was more of the same and also yielded several mentions of printing his own photographs as well as doing legal work for his father. 1924 was more of the same and and that he "pottered about" a lot. He was a lover of cinema and saw many movies in the 20s. In Dec. 1924, he saw "The Covered Wagon," which he proclaimed, "Jolly Good."
Throughout WWII, he saw a slew… Read More

This tin has more plants than most and rock too, including one that has "Lind" painted on it. Perhaps this is the name of the photographer? I've never seen it used before. Note also the white reflector at the left. At the right, we see another man thumbing his nose at us, slightly blurred, as he popped into the exposure already in progress.
The image measures 2.25 x 3.5. It is in good condition with minor bend across the middle and an area of emulsion loss at the lower right.

This album is nicely bound and there is a book plate of an Otto Kochl in the front. The snaps of the ships on the Nile and the various runs, sphinxes, and hieroglyphs are especially lovely.
There are 12 pages with 48 images total along with 4 loose in the back. Condition is fine.

These cabinet cards are in very fine condition thanks to having been kept for about 100 years in their studio branded sleeves and envelopes. I showed the cards to a Hungarian photo friend and he looked up the studio for me. Hunnia operated from 1905-1935. He also noted that the Kodak camera the man holds was probably brought from the States to document his trip as those cameras weren't readily available in Budapest at the time.
Written on two of the envelopes are the names Blanchard W. Means and Miss Frances Blanchard Means. They were brother and sister and the children of Rev. Oliver W. Means of Hartford, CT. Thanks to Ancestry.com, I found that Rev. Means traveled to Europe several times in the 1920s. These cards probably date to the middle 1910s. Rev. Means would have been in his 50s. Did he travel to Hungary and give portraits to his children? Or is this an older relative? The family papers seem to be at UMass-Amherst and include a series postcard photos taken by Rev. Means of a flood. The… Read More

Not only is Hews' face on the card, but his wife, mother, & young daughter also take center stage. Surely his wife and mother helped to run the store? The photographer and card's designer was H.M. Beach, also of Lowville. The back of the card trumpets about the store and lists what they sell.
It measures 4 x 5 inches and is in very good condition with a few spots and slight edge wear.