Contributions of the group Old Studio Photos

Fred Halkard Grimshaw, 1930s

nobody@ipernity.com (Deborah Lundbech) — Thu, 14 May 2026 22:41:47 +0000

My husband’s great uncle - his grandmother’s brother.
Fred’s wife and first child died in childbirth. He later married a woman from Texas (he was a Vermonter).
He died in 1964, in Farmer’s Branch, Dallas, Texas

Below is a photograph of him (brought forward) as a child.

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A Little Italian Easter Baby

nobody@ipernity.com (Deborah Lundbech) — Tue, 12 May 2026 23:32:58 +0000

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One year, 2 months and 2 days.
I can’t read the surrounding words, though - can anyone help?

Below is the back of the photo card with the same message.

Embossed on the front:
International Art Studio
145 Manhatten Ave
Brooklyn, N.Y.

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Man with Long Beard, Valley Falls, Kansas

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Mon, 11 May 2026 03:44:02 +0000

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A Vintage Photos Theme Park photo for the theme of hippies (certified or imitation).

Photographer: "[Arthur] Mason's Art Studio, Valley Falls, Kansas."

A nineteenth-century cabinet card photo of an unidentified man with a long beard. If he were alive today, perhaps his beard would have qualified him as a hippie or possibly a hipster.

For other hip longbeards, see Man with Beard, Topeka, Kansas, Rasputin and the Amorphous Enigma, and Benjamin Purnell, Founder of the House of David, Benton Harbor, Michigan.

Leroy Horton, Age 11 months

nobody@ipernity.com (Deborah Lundbech) — Thu, 07 May 2026 21:39:06 +0000

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Purchased at an antique store in Bristol, VT
The imprint on the front reads:
106 Stephenson St.
"Smith"
Freeport, Ill. (Illinois)

Photo on cardboard - non-standard size.

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Solemn

nobody@ipernity.com (Deborah Lundbech) — Sun, 03 May 2026 22:39:31 +0000

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Added (late) to the Vintage Photos Theme Park monthly theme of: CDVs AND CABINET CARDS
This is a CDV, a Carte de Visite, (about 41/2 by 21/2 inches) so quite smaller than a Cabinet Card.
I think I bought this in Warrensville, New York.
The photographer was G.F. Marvin of Keeseville, New York.
Back of CDV below.

Those Daring Young Men with Their Jaunty Bicycles

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Mon, 04 May 2026 03:27:04 +0000

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A Vintage Photos Theme Park photo for the monthly theme of CDVs and cabinet cards.

A nineteenth-century cabinet card photo of two young fellows posing with their bicycles in a studio located in Lebanon, Pennsylvania. See also a cropped version for a better view of the guys and their bikes.

Names written on the back of the photo: "Adam J. Althouse & Calvin P. Muhey."

Stamped in ink on the verso: "W. S. Anspach, Photographer, Cor. 3rd & Lehman Sts., Lebanon."

An Intense Gaze

nobody@ipernity.com (Deborah Lundbech) — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 01:53:00 +0000

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Found tintype in Branford, Connecticut, 2023.

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1920s Fashionista

nobody@ipernity.com (Deborah Lundbech) — Sat, 25 Apr 2026 01:20:26 +0000

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This young woman charmingly displays the crimped short hair, the drop waist dress with narrow pleats and the strapped patent-leather shoes typical of the 1920s.
The marking on the back indicates a date from 1918 - 1930.
Hopefully my German-speaking friends will be able to read and translate the handwriting on the back of this Real Photo Post Card.

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Ruth and Sara on Board the L-21 Submarine, August 25, 1917

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Sun, 19 Apr 2026 17:44:02 +0000

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A Vintage Photos Theme Park photo for the theme of fancy studio backdrops.

A novelty photo with two young women in sailor costumes. The elaborate painted backdrop depicts an ocean of heavy waves with two ships billowing smoke on the horizon. A biplane is barely visible in the sky above them. The painted foreground features a submarine labeled "L 21 U.S." The submarine's hatch is open, its periscope is up, and it's flying an American flag.

Submarine hull: "L 21 U.S."

Handwritten caption: "R. Dodd. Sara Miller. 8-25-1917." Writing on the back also identifies the young women as "Ruth Dodd" on the left and "Sara Miller" on the right with the date given a second time as "8/25/1917."

For a similar real photo postcard, see Daddy on the Deck of the F-6 Submarine.

CDV Relative?

nobody@ipernity.com (Deborah Lundbech) — Fri, 17 Apr 2026 11:58:03 +0000

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An unknown person (relative?) from the Springfield, Vermont group in the Halkard/Grimshaw album.
I think this resembles my brother-in-law, Peter.
My husband thinks this looks nothing at all like his brother. : )

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Garden Pose

nobody@ipernity.com (Deborah Lundbech) — Sun, 12 Apr 2026 12:33:31 +0000

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Uploaded for the Vintage Photos Theme Park theme of: FANCY STUDIO BACKDROPS
For the week of: April 13 - April 19, 2026
This gentleman is pictured against a flowery garden backdrop in a rather rumpled suit.
He’s leaning on one of those strange real or fake rocks often used in studio pictures in late Victorian times.
It’s a tintype, found in an antique shop in Branford, Connecticut, 2023.

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Tiny Portrait

nobody@ipernity.com (Deborah Lundbech) — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 13:11:01 +0000

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This is a very small, oval portrait on a 2 inch by 3 inch cardboard matte.

Imprinted on the bottom corner:
Adams Studio
6th Avenue 21st st.,& 22nd Sts
New York

Purchased somewhere in Vermont.

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Cleone & Kenneth

nobody@ipernity.com (Deborah Lundbech) — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 01:03:16 +0000

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Uploaded for the Vintage Photos Theme Park theme of: STRANGE OR UNUSUAL
For the week of: April 6 to April 12, 2026.

It’s not the (probable) twins, it’s not the extremely fancy wicker chair, it’s the large, tilting, apple “mask” surrounding the babies’ portrait that makes this RPPC "strange or unusual!”

Mark on the back of the postcard indicates a date from 1904 to the 1920s.

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Long Ago Little Boy

nobody@ipernity.com (Deborah Lundbech) — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 00:39:45 +0000

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His clothing looks like the American Civil War era - 1860s.
I think I found this in Essex Junction, Vermont - not remembering.

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Mourning Mask?

nobody@ipernity.com (Deborah Lundbech) — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 20:57:59 +0000

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Some people believe that this type of “mask” surrounding the subject was only used for remembering the person after death. A card for mourners.
Other people disagree and believe they were just added as a decoration.
The print at the bottom names the studio, “Gilmore” with an address of 194 Front St. Worcester, Mass. Cabinet card.
See below for lovely back of card

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Grinning Girl with Glasses and Barrette

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 03:50:02 +0000

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A Vintage Photos Theme Park photo for the theme of photobooth kids.

An undated photobooth photo.

Grumpy

nobody@ipernity.com (Deborah Lundbech) — Tue, 24 Feb 2026 13:30:30 +0000

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Well, who wouldn’t be grumpy dressed like that?
Uploaded for the Vintage Photos monthly theme for FEBRUARY 2026 of:
THAT MADE ME LAUGH

Cabinet Card Print on front:J.S or T.s. Robinson 185/187 High street, Homerton [Northeast London nr Hackney]
See below for the lovely back of photo.
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The Soldier and the Civilian

nobody@ipernity.com (Deborah Lundbech) — Sun, 22 Feb 2026 05:29:40 +0000

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Re-scanned cut tintype for the Vintage Photos Theme Park theme of: CANES, BATONS, SPEARS, ETC.
For the week of: FEBRUARY 23 - MARCH 1, 2026

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Nettie Horine

nobody@ipernity.com (Deborah Lundbech) — Fri, 20 Feb 2026 00:03:39 +0000

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Cabinet Card. Found in Ferrisburgh, VT
Her name is pencilled on the back - no other information.
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Mixed Decades

nobody@ipernity.com (Deborah Lundbech) — Wed, 18 Feb 2026 23:53:55 +0000

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My son and our friend’s daughter taken in the mid-1980s, wearing matching outfits from the 1950s (my friend’s baby clothes), and with a distinctly 1970s vibe coming from the brown background and brown shag rug!
Taken at the local pharmacy by a cheap (how we afforded it) traveling photo studio.

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