Alan Mays' photos with the keyword: jewelry

Mother and Child

24 Oct 2022 2 2 260
A Vintage Photos Theme Park photo for the theme of infant adoration (babies with those who love them) . This is an unused real photo postcard with a nicely lit portrait of a doting mother and her young child. The Azo stamp box (with four corner triangles pointing up) printed on the other side indicates that the photo may date to sometime between 1904 and 1918.

Girl with Glasses and Lapel Watch

26 Sep 2022 4 4 348
A Vintage Photos Theme Park photo for the theme of photo with decorative border or frame . Printed on the other side of this real photo postcard: "White House Photo Parlor, W. H. Burnham, Prop., 25 Clinton Ave., Cortland, N.Y." A portrait of a young girl with glasses. Her dress has a lacy collar, she has a bow in her hair, and she's wearing a necklace and a lapel watch with chain. The type of Azo stamp box (with four corner triangles pointing up) printed on the other side suggests a date that may be as early as 1904 to 1918. Compare the oval border of this photo with the one used for Man's Portrait in Elaborate Border .

Smiling Mother with Wide-Eyed Baby (Full Version)

11 May 2020 1 1 307
For more information, see the cropped version of this real photo postcard.

Smiling Mother with Wide-Eyed Baby

11 May 2020 3 1 452
A mothers and babies photo for the Vintage Photos Theme Park. A fashionably dressed mother with a gentle smile poses for a picture as she holds her baby, who's staring in wide-eyed astonishment at something off camera. This is an undated real photo postcard from Paris, France (based on a partial address— Ave. de Neuilly —stamped on the other side). See also the full version of this photo.

Cyanotype Woman with May 1908 Calendar

16 Jan 2020 2 1 618
Handwritten note on the other side of this calendar: "Ida Massimore. For faithful attendance at Sunday School. From your teacher, Mrs. E. W. Gregory." Mrs. Gregory is wearing a cross necklace in the blue-tinted cyanotype photo on this calendar, which she used as an attendance reward for her Sunday school students.

Alice G. Junker, Yreka, California

10 Jul 2015 2 1708
"Compliments of your neice Alice." Handwritten note on the back of this photographic calling card: "Mrs. A. E. Junker, Yereka, Cal. Taken some years ago." Based on the handwritten additions, this card and its inset tintype photo belonged to Alice G. Junker, who was married to Albert E Junker. In 1910, when Alice was 44 years old and Albert was 48, they lived in Yreka Ward 2, Siskiyou County, California. It's likely that the calling card dates to the 1880s or 1890s.

Photobooth Girl in Forty Poses (Nos. 21-40)

21 Jul 2014 5 3 1004
See also Photobooth Girl in Forty Poses (Nos. 1-20) and the complete set of Photobooth Girl in Forty Poses .

Photobooth Girl in Forty Poses (Nos. 1-20)

21 Jul 2014 2 896
See also Photobooth Girl in Forty Poses (Nos. 21-40) and the complete set of Photobooth Girl in Forty Poses .

Photobooth Girl in Forty Poses

21 Jul 2014 3 1140
For larger versions of the photos, see Photobooth Girl in Forty Poses (Nos. 1-20) and Photobooth Girl in Forty Poses (Nos. 21-40) . For another anonymous fan of photobooth photos, see the following article in the Huffington Post: Exhibition Features 445 Vintage Photobooth Portraits From A Single Unknown Man .

Ring-Gauge Card, Bailey, Banks & Biddle Company, G…

09 Jul 2014 1 1 1845
"The Bailey, Banks & Biddle Co., goldsmiths and silversmiths, Philadelphia. Kindly designate the finger size by number." While this ring-gauge card probably dates to the 1890s, Bailey Banks & Biddle is still in business today with an online presence and a number of retail jewelry stores, including one near Philadelphia at the King of Prussia Mall.