The Non Shorpy Web All Stars.

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"PaperMate" Hopper!

 

[Hurricane Jack]

My guesstimate...
Make copies of original.
Use online editor to sharpen the image.
Outline and remove the people only.
Drag & paste to first copy that was soft.
Now you have the folks in sharp contrast
to the rest of the image.

They used to get a better 3D effect by layering cutouts on top of the original.

 

[2jakes]

They used to get a better 3D effect by layering cutouts on top of the original.

You mean like this?

Original.

Cutout & layered on top.

 

[Hurricane Jack]

You mean like this?

Original.
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Cutout & layered on top.
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To get this?
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Cool!

Couldn't find a real vintage photograph, but more like this:

 

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"Fabric card” photos

 

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William S. Hart

 

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Gary Cooper

"Duke".

 

[steur]

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The era of the stingy brim by the looks of it.

 

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The era of the stingy brim by the looks of it.

Depressing times!

 

[Hurricane Jack]

 

[2jakes]

The Barclay & Manoil Feud

That other feud.

 

[RBH]

Denison, Texas, 1905
Gathered to see President Theodore Roosevelt

Texas, 1926
Clyde Barrow

 

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Baltimore newsboys. 1915

Santa with children.

 

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Cowboy hat.

 

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Boys Scouts of America. 1913

Boy Scout Troop.

 

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Post Office Department Repairing Mailbags

American Flag

Post Office Department Parcel Post

Mooney, Daniel F. 1914

 

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Geo. McGinty

Henry Eagle J.

Calderon Ignacio