Woman as Man

A woman dressed as a man, probably from the 20's or 30's. A time when it was rare for women to wear pants.

Green Bay Business College- Another Dance

Another picture from the Green Bay Business College package. A dance, but with a different date from the two previous posts. On the back of the photo, "THIS IS A KODACHROME PRINT Made by Kodak WEEK OF FEB. 16-59 RD."

Green Bay Business College-Riverside Dance #2

These square format photos are from the same Green Bay Business College dance as the previous post. Those photos were done by a professional photographer, these look like amateur pictures. Stamped on the backs of the color images, "THIS IS A KODACOLOR PRINT MADE BY EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY T. M. REGIS. U. S. PAT. OFF. Week ending June 23, 1956. Ro 3" With the June 3 post mark from the earlier post, the dance was probably end of May. An end of term dance.

Green Bay Business College-Riverside Dance

I've got a lot of these. A few years ago I purchased a group of pictures from the Green Bay Business College in Green Bay, Wisconsin. There are far too many of them to put up in one post. There is also some variety in the collection. Many of them are family pictures that appear to be family pictures of a faculty member. I'm starting with a small group of pictures that were all in the same envelope. The envelope is addressed to the "Green Bay Business College, 123 S. Washington, Green bay, Wis." The return address is "G. Ashert Studio, De Pere, Wis." The post mark is from De Pere and dated July 2, 1956. The theme of the dance is I Love Paris. There is an image of three guys standing in front of the punch bowl, written on the back, "Three too many." The name Ken Bierke is written on the back of several of the photos.

Rural Cross Dressing

This is either a picture of a man in a dress or a very ugly woman. I found this in a box of dollar snapshots in a junk shop. One of the interesting things about collecting old photos is trying to guess context. This makes me wonder if these two are a gay couple living in the country.

An Old and Odd Strip of Photos

I'm fairly certain these images predate photo booths, so I would guess it's a contact print from a strip of film.

Swiss Soldier

A nineteenth century cabinet card of a soldier, from Switzerland. On the back, "Alb. Ramstein FRIBOURG (Suisse) Diplome Geneve 1896. Les Cliches sont conserves. Die platten bleiben zu Nachbestellungen aufbewahrt."