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In the Photographer’s Studio – Hats On or Off?
Boy with boater hat in hand. Carte de visite ca. 1870 by J. G. Steiger, Savannah, Georgia; collection of E. Lee Eltzroth This week some images of people in the photographer’s studio with a hat in hand, or on their head! I think in the studio it would be the photographer who would decide about […]
“when every man must give the best in him” – C.W. Reeves, WWI Aerial Photographer
This year’s Veterans’ Day post will concentrate on only one of the many Georgia photographers who served their country in war. Many served on both sides during the Civil War, and others participated in the Spanish-American War and in the First and Second World Wars, but I only know of one who served as an […]
Georgia Photographers, Oh My Stars!
The week before I left for Austin and the Daguerreian Society Symposium, when I should have been doing other things, I took time out to do some online research on a photographer I knew worked in Tifton, Georgia. I wanted to know more about him – just because. Per usual, other photographers, actually several, appeared […]
The Elephant in My Room – Saturday Stats
A newspaper cut by Earnest S. Wilkinson of the elephant Nemo, renamed Clio, made from a photograph by Kuhns (W.T. and/or J.H.); Aug. 10, 1890 Atlanta Constitution Here are the current statistics for my ongoing, and self-titled, Georgia Photographers Documentation Project. All that Hunting & Gathering for lo these many years surely adds up. Total records = […]
Friday Faces – Siblings in the Photographer’s Studio
Unidentified girl and little brother, carte de visite by J. W. Perkins, Augusta, Ga., ca. 1868; author’s collection [Click any image to enlarge] I thought it was time to show you more Georgia portraits by various photographers. The following are only some of the cartes de visite, cabinet cards, and other card photos from my collection […]
Monday Musings – Share that research!
Today, only a short post. It has been quite a week, or perhaps ten days – full of business, and busyness. I spent time updating a biographical document I compiled on a Savannah photographer some time ago. I had a lot of new information, more than I thought. A descendant, a great, great granddaughter of […]
Food.Family.Ephemera: Food Friday: Watermelon Pickles from Tullie’s Receipts
Happy Friday. Here is a fun post my Georgia friends will appreciate. I have my own worn copy of Tullie’s Receipts so I felt good about sharing an extra with Gena, among other goodies I thought she could use. If you are interested in this topic, see if you can locate a copy from a […]
Tuesday Tips – Researching Photographers Working in the South part 2
North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee A Section of one of my bookshelves, photo by the author Welcome to the second of my series of posts on Researching Photographers Working in the South. There is a good reason to become familiar with these sources. We must continue to seek the facts that will help […]
A Psychic Photographer, the Mysterious Grace Gray DeLong – Faces & Places Friday
Portrait of Madame DeLong used in her Aug. 1911 “Ask Mme. DeLong” advertisements, Savannah GA This post could easily be a Monday Mystery. My subject of the day is Grace Gray Delong who briefly ran a photography studio in Savannah, Georgia, but spent most of her career working as a psychic. She worked as a psychic […]
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