Portraits from the first 100 years of photography
Where are you going, my pretty maid?I'm going a milking, sir, she said.May I go with you, my pretty maid?You're kindly welcome, sir, she said.What is your father, my pretty maid?My father's a farmer, sir, she said.What is your fortune, my pretty maid?My face is my fortune, sir, she said.Then I won't marry you, my... Continue Reading →
Apple season is in full swing in New England. It will continue until early November, which is probably the time of year when the photo above was taken, considering how few leaves are visible on the trees. The photo is the right half of a stereoview by Edward L. Allen (1830-1914). Edward Allen seems... Continue Reading →
I had hoped to share a sporting image here on the blog while the Summer Olympics were going on in Tokyo, but the two weeks went by so fast that I didn't manage it. Since today is the day after the Olympics, it seems appropriate to share a stereoview titled After the Regatta. Published by... Continue Reading →
The image above is the right half of a stereograph (stereoview) published by Benjamin West Kilburn and James M. Davis in 1898. The Klondike Gold Rush began in 1896 and lasted until 1899, with many fortune hunters arriving in the summer of 1898. Canadian authorities required all prospectors to bring a year's supply of food, weighing... Continue Reading →
"Now I lay me down to sleep" Stereoviews often portrayed scenes of domestic life, with people in costumes and staged settings. Such narrative scenes were generally meant to entertain or amuse. Some, especially the ones with children, were designed to touch a sentimental chord in the viewer. The subject of children saying bedtime prayers was... Continue Reading →
This stereograph (stereoview) was made from real photographs in 1898 by commercial photographer Truman Ward Ingersoll (1862-1922) of St. Paul, Minnesota. Ingersoll produced many images of Ojibwe (Chippewa) people and their ways of life in northern Minnesota. I was unable to find additional information about the couple in this portrait. In the Library of Congress's... Continue Reading →
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