Pin-up Slides

Two wonderful 35mm slides from the 1950's of a pin-up model.

A Strange, Hand Painted Tin Type

I try and report the things that are written, stamped, or printed on the backs of photos, but I rarely use up picture storage space to publish them to the blog. Tin types aren't all that uncommon, but finding one like this that has been hand painted is kind of rare.

Rowing Boats

A small collection of, mostly, unconnected photos, all showing boats that are rowed. Only a few are dated or labeled. The one with the little girl, in the foreground, and mother in the background is embossed with the date, "SEPTEMBER 1941" There are two photographs that show the same, dark haired woman. In one she sits in a row boat, alone, and the other has her rowing while another woman sits in the rear of the boat with her legs up, and that one is labeled, "What's the matter grumpy?" There are two square format images of the same row boat, one with a slightly overweight man, and the other with a woman in a two piece swimsuit are each stamped, "Osisee-Drogerie, G. Loscher, SEEBAG BANSIN, Reg.-Nr. 11/1/9" There is an image of a row boat with three kids in the rear of the boat, another kid rowing and an adult man in the front of the boat is labeled, " I'm sending this one along so you can show Willie and your friends how Janc. Co cooks along the creek also so you can see Father Brown. The one boy is a Ditzler. I guess you've seen him around up there already. You know they have Katie's cottage. Mom Earl, Dick, & Fat. " And finally, there is an image of a single person rowing, with nothing else but water to be seen, "Sat. July 10th, 1948 Life Guard-Lake Erie, Peninsula Beach #2-Erie, Pa. By Leonard."

Another French Postcard

I really should have published this real French Postcard with the last one (published 10/6/09) but I forgot that I had two of them. Some time in the near future, I'll be putting up a couple that I've hand printed from glass negatives. Anyway, this is the real deal, a period postcard, not a modern reproduction.

Florida Park, Madrid Spain

I've only got a couple of these old souvenir photo folders from night clubs that still survive. Florida park was once part of a royal estate in Madrid, Spain. Donated to the people for use as a park, the building was used for several things, before being converted into a night club. For more info, go to their web sight, www.floridapark.net/web_eng.htm I purchased this in the United States, so these couples are probably American tourists, but I've got to say if I was looking for Franco, with the sun glasses, and the furs, this would be what I think I would find in fascist Spain, circa 1960. Printed on the inside, "FOTO LUIS TELS. 273 10 74, 273 10 99, 273 56 80 FLORIDA PARK" On the back of the folder, "IMPRENTE EL ARTE-FERRAZ 11-MADRID-DEPOSITO LEGAL: M. 12.599-1968" It's possible that 1968 is the date, and then again it's possible it's not.

Family Portrait

An old albumen print mounted on a card. The card is damaged, and also the print. There is a date, 1929, written on the card, but the clothing, and the tricycle look more like the late nineteenth century to me.

A French Postcard

A real French postcard, not a modern day, screened reproduction. Printed on photo paper, probably smuggled into the United States.