Tag Archives: young woman

1890s bride and groom

Turn of the century wedding, couples, and portraiture

I found these old turn of the century wedding photos especially fascinating, especially the girl in the black wedding dress that looks quite corseted. I wish I knew more about turn of the century fashions, because I am guessing that the black would be from the 1890s and the white dresses from more about 1910s? [...]

1890s brother and sister

1890s Childrens Portraits

This is my second to last batch of turn of the century photo scans, and I’ve divided them roughly into “children” and “adults”. One of the little girls’ photos had a small picture fall out from the backing of the cardboard when I picked it up to scan, and I’ve included a scan of it [...]

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 [...]

Family Photos (mostly) from the 1880s

These pictures were inserted into archival plastic sleeves with no apparent order! There is a very pretty young girl, and on the back it’s dated “Christmas 1885″. Another, from 1889 by Hagendorff of Milwaukee Wisconsin… is this one of the same girl? I like the one of the older woman with glasses in a black [...]