Awwww! Well, it looks like this little girl is having kind of “a moment.” She was unhappy about something when the photo was taken. I love the dress (was it handmade?) with the contrasting sash-like piece and the matching cuffs…Read More…
Category: Children
Aunt Ida’s Son
In 1909, when this postcard was sent, little boys were still wearing dresses, so this photo would not seem at all unusual back then. Dresses for infants and toddlers were gender neutral and white clothing, and of course diapers, were…Read More…
“The Raggedy Man”
Poetry at Our House I like to tie one post in with the next, and the tie-in on this one is maybe a stretch, but the Coney Island post reminds me of the Dog Days of summer, as does this…Read More…
One With Nature
Rosy-cheeked little girl in bonnet and blackbird (not really a red-winged blackbird, but maybe so with artistic license 😉 or maybe a starling with the light reflecting off the feathers) are one. By her expression we imagine this is a…Read More…
Willard Alton Griswold & Wilma May Pollitt
A well-identified couple of children (nice!) The back of this Real Photo Postcard with ACME (doesn’t that remind you of the Roadrunner and Wyle E. Coyote?) header gives names, birth dates and ages of the two babies, as well as…Read More…
Frederick At The Sea-Shore
“My dear Aunt Hetty: –Â Here I am at the sea-shore, well and happy. I send love to Marie and Aunt Flora your loving, Frederick.” Addressed to:Â Â “Mrs. H. L. Demarest, 468 Ellison St., Paterson N. J.” The adorable little…Read More…
Three Cheers For The Red White And Blue
Divided back, embossed postcard. Postmarked June 22, 1909 from DeBeque, Colorado. Artist:Â Cyrus Durand Chapman. Publisher info: “Painting only copyrighted by S. Garre” [Garre or Garret?] Printed in Germany. No. 51668. Price:Â $2.00 Happy 4th! Who was artist C. Chapman…Read More…
Myrtle Olson, San Francisco, Circa 1897
Here’s a Cabinet Card of adorable Myrtle Olson, about seven or eight years old, posed for the photo wearing a plaid dress with long sleeves which are puffed from elbow to shoulder, a white collar and button-top boots. Myrtle appears…Read More…
A Singer For The Girls
Trade card. Circa 1910 – 1914. Publisher unknown, Form 1653.  Size: 5 and 1/4 x 3 and 1/2″ Price: $15.00 True, this trade card is not in the best of shape, with some major creasing at the top right, and…Read More…
The Girl In The Plaid Hat
Divided back, unused Real Photo Postcard. Circa 1907 – 1920’s. Price:Â $10.00 Here’s a Real Photo Postcard of a beautiful girl, age about eleven, posed standing at the side of a doorstep. Is that a gingham dress she’s wearing? I…Read More…