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1930s photograph

A couple in the 30s, and then again in the 40s or 50s

Mary doesn’t remember her aunt being very wealthy, and doesn’t know if this first picture from approximately the 1930s is her wedding photo to her second husband, or was just a special occasion photo. Either way, both of them look rather uncomfortable in the first picture. As you can see, this woman is heavy set [...]

early 1900s boy

Turn of the century Children’s photos – from 1906

I found a date on these turn of the century children’s and family photos I scanned. On the back of the photo of the young woman in a white dress by St. Louis photographer J. Hass, was written “1906″ (which I also scanned). I’m guessing that the other photos in this group were also from the [...]

Very formal turn of the century wedding photo, and a random one or 2 from 1914

J. Haas shot a very lovely looking portrait of a young couple, which I am guessing (but not sure) would be around 1908-ish because of her high necked long tulip flared gown and poofed sleeves. Please correct me in the comments if I’m wrong! I am finding the backs of these old photos more informative [...]

1945 Wedding Reception or Garden Party

I found these slides, of the same couple as the last, in a box labeled “August 9 – 45″, so presumably from 1945 … it looks like they attended a wedding and snapped some family photos, or maybe the wedding picture is just accidentally mixed in. You can see the hat and dress styles of [...]

1940s Swimming Pictures

I can imagine this World War 2 era couple having a nice week or two of bliss together, perhaps they got married while he was on leave, and taking a break to go swimming in the hot summer weather of wherever they were at. Maybe it was July when these pictures were taken in 1944!