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Old Family Photos from 1880s to 1942

The young in the black dress looks very uncomfortable, as if her corset has been laced too tight. The young man staring directly into the camera, perfectly exposed and focused, is my favorite of this set. Then, there’s a child on a play horse, and a photo of young people on a bridge that is [...]

Turn of the century photos by St. Louis Photographers

I am not sure how these photos were ordered, or if there is any order. In this batch that I digitally preserved, there is a photo of a baby taken by When Studios, dated 1893; Parsons Studio, J. Haas,  Genelli, Theo E. Setzer, G. Schneidt, Boehl & Koenig – these last old photos have no [...]

1800s Photos from St. Louis, MO

This is my final set from the first batch of old photos. They appear to be taken mostly by St. Louis city photographers and photographers who were in the Carondelet neighborhood at the turn of the century. The two boys’ eyes haunt one photo, taken by Star Gallery… What silly looking turn of the century [...]

More scanned photos from the turn of the century St. Louis Photographers

These are more from the When Studio, with a different kind of back print, a totally unmarked old photo, my first from Crescent Studios, and J. Haas took some very proper looking headshots of young men. What grabs my eye from this batch is the interesting bridal photo with the bride in a black or [...]