Showing posts with label couple. Show all posts
Showing posts with label couple. Show all posts
Friday, September 11, 2026

Howard's Photos, Altoona

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  The only reason I bought this Cabinet Card is because I grew up an hour's drive or so from Altoona, Pennsylvania.  I'm also fascin...
Tuesday, March 17, 2026

A Faded Couple

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  I buy a fair number of photos as lots.  I'll buy an envelope, usually to get two or three prints, and while many of them are interesti...
Thursday, March 5, 2026

4 on the Face

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  As a former professional black & white photo printer, I can say that black marks on a print are where white light is getting through t...
Wednesday, August 27, 2025

A Real Old Car

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  This car was probably the pride and joy of this couple.  Mobility, nothing beats it. 
Tuesday, August 19, 2025

Cut Off His Head

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  It occurs to me that there are those out there who don't understand old-fashioned film photography.  That bar at the top of the print ...
Wednesday, July 2, 2025

Cut Down

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  This slim photo has been cut down from a larger photo.   There is some writing on the back, but like the picture itself, some of it has be...
Thursday, September 7, 2023

House Building

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  It doesn't look like much of a photo, but if you think about it, it's kind of fascinating.  The clothes look like post-World War 2...
Saturday, August 12, 2023

Ice Work

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  It's been so hot out just lately, that I thought I'd put something up that's a reminder of winter and cold weather.  Anyway, I...
Friday, December 2, 2022

Christmas Is Coming

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  I haven't lost interest in this blog, nor have I stopped collecting old photos, but I have been very short of money for a while, hence...
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Monday, September 5, 2022

Palm Springs

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  Written on the back, "Palm Springs 1946."  The man looks like he's about the right age to have been a World War 2 veteran, a...
Sunday, July 31, 2022

Veda & Cambell

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  There was a time when many people carried family pictures around in their wallets.  The type of photo labs that I used to work in was more...
Saturday, June 11, 2022

Jo and Lucy From Italy

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  There's some Italian writing on the back of the print and after running it through Google Translate, I've come up with a meaning, ...
Tuesday, May 17, 2022

Comfort

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    It looks like this poor guy is all set for a lazy day on the back porch, but his wife, purse in hand, is ready to go.  Dated, "OCT ...
Tuesday, April 5, 2022

The Happy Couple

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  Well, if nothing else, they look like they enjoy each other's company.
Thursday, July 8, 2021

Swinging

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  It looks like they've got a mountain cabin somewhere.  All conifers, a sure sign of a more western local.  I didn't notice it unti...
Tuesday, May 18, 2021

Old Folks and a Mandolin

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  Well, I guess it's true.  Women love musicians.