A Whole Bunch of Women

 And one person didn't make the cut.  I hope there is another version of this where the photographer handed off the camera and got to be part of the fun.  I wonder how many of them fit into the car in the background? 

That Stripe!

What's going one with the woman in the middle?  Has she shaved the center of her head?  Or has she dyed a blond stripe down the middle?  Hard to tell, though a better question might be why.

What's Mrs. Sperry Doing?

Good question.  What is she up to?  Obviously Mrs Sperry and her friend are building something, but what?  And by the way, "Mrs Sperry" is written on the back which is how I know she's in the picture.

Music To My Ears 5

Stamped on the back, "PLEASE CREDIT Kerr 43 west 51st street new york, n. y. eldoarado 5-3178."  And yes, they did use lower case letters as I've typed them.  Well, I did find a bit about The Kerr Studio.  It was opened in 1951 by husband and wife team, Justin and Barbara Kerr.  Originally they specialized in theatrical portraits, but by the late 1950's they began restoring and photographing pre-Colombian artifacts from Mexico and Central America.  I dug up a bit on Barbara, but nothing about Justin.  Barbara went to the Pratt Institute and died in 2014.  As I wrote, a bit.  This collection isn't finished yet, but I'm going to shelve things for awhile and move on to other photos.

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This one's a bit of a mystery.  Another picture of the same woman, at least I think so, with yet another name.  So, is it Mary Reagan, Ann Parker or Penny?  In any case she loves Bill.  Stamped on the back, "MAX MUNN AUTREY, M. Ph.  Photographic Artist 7009 Sunset Blvd.-Hollywood 28, Calif."  There's also the stamp on the lower left corner of the print.  I was able  to find a bit about Autrey on line.  He was a successful photographer, both at his own studio and as the official photographer for Fox Studios in the 1920's.  I'm about to put some of Autrey's portraits on my Fair Use blog.

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A studio portrait but from her Mary Reagan or Ann Parker period?  Stamped on the back, "Photo by ATLANTIC STUDIOS 1901 ON THE BOARDWALK ATLANTIC CITY, N.J."  Very likely she was performing at an Atlantic City nightclub.  Atlantic City, the lungs of Philadelphia. Click on Music To My Ears in labels to see more.

Party Time

This one's going to the last from the throw-in file for awhile.  So, there's a clock on the wall, it's ten after eleven, it's dark out, so it's P.M.  Too late for dinner, so it has to be a party.  The color restoration setting really worked well on this one.