Woman With Pearls

From Morrison Studios in Chicago and Milwaukee. Comes in a folder. Probably from the 20's or 30's.

Swingers in the Seventies

Polaroids were perfect for the swinging seventies. I really went back and forth about putting these two images up. More than likely these two women are about my age, and still alive.

Pittsburgh Party

A small collection of snapshots taken at a party in Pittsburgh. Each print is captioned. The young lady, standing near the basement steps, "FOR MY NEXT NUMBER." The man standing with the fake microphone, "Thank You Rudy Valentino." The laughing man, with women on each side, "Who Goosed Who." The hugging couple, "Restful." The man talking to the person in the mop wig, "I SAID, WHAT'S YOUR NAME." And the last photo, "Whatcha Lookin At?" When copying down captions, I always try and use caps when they're used in the original. The hand writing isn't the same on each print, which explains the odd mixture of capitol and small letters. All these seem to be from the 1950's.

On the Set With Hal Roach, Jr.

Written on the back of the print, "Sat. Dec 17, 1955. "The Set" Can see me at the camera with script. Man in light suit (with arrow) is Hal Roach, Jr." The arrow referred to is on the print's white boarder, and cropped out, but it points to the man in the light suit in the group of people on the left side of the print. He's just of center. I've run an imdb search for Roach, and there are three shows listed as have been produced in 1955. The most likely candidate would be The Public Defender.

You Too Can Photograph Beautiful Models

Lesson I INTRODUCTION TO ART PHOTOGRAPHY Good art photography is about one-half technical and one-half imaginative. Any good photographer, well trained in darkroom and camera techniques will find the first half quite simple. The second half is considerably more difficult. There are fine points that the photographer must master in order to successfully produce quality art photos. They are posing, lighting, and creative imagination. Post marked Feb. 14, 1955 from Washington, D.C. and sent to Dr. Alfred Thelin, Jr. 208 third St., N.W., Albuquerque, New Mexico from the National Institute of Art Photography, included are a couple of sample photos, and a lesson plan for home nude photography.

Two More From Maurice Seymour

I'd love to know who this woman is. Taken by Chicago based Maurice Seymour, this is another post of theatrical portraits from one of the most talented commercial photographers I've run across. To pull up some more Seymour portraits, go to the labels section at the bottom of this post and click on Seymour's name. Stamped on the back of both prints, "Chicago Herald-World S. BJURSTROM", and "THANKS FOR CREDIT MAURICE SEYMOUR PHOTOGRAPHER CHICAGO, ILLINOIS."

Vaudeville Love Triangle

Hugh Herbert was a Vaudeville performer and writer who made the transition to films. Most famous in the sound era from the 1930's through the early 50's he was noted for playing eccentric millionaires, and dim witted professors. His trade mark was his fluttering fingers while making a hoo-hoo-hoo sound, which was supposedly the inspiration for Daffy Duck. His first wife was Vaudeville and Broadway dancer Anita Pam. Pam appeared in seven Broadway shows between 1925 and 1933. Herbert's second wife was Rose Herbert, nee Epstein. Hugh Herbert, Rose Herbert, and Anita Pam all appeared in the 1928 film, Lucky In Love. This is a picture of Rose Herbert standing in front of an ad for Anita Pam.