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Vintage Style Reference in Vernacular Photographs

HadleyH

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Warbaby said:
Beautiful photograph, Hadley - is it an early color photographic process or an exceptionally well done job of hand coloring?

Warbaby, i honestly don't know :eek: ... may be is an early color process, but then the cheeks look like they have been hand colored, it's hard to say...
 

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College students, 1916

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College students, 1927
Note the variety of lapel styles on these guys.

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Taken at a CCC camp, 1930s

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MisterCairo

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The hand-coloured photo makes the children look like they were photographed yesterday, it brings it closer to home, so to speak.

If they're alive, they're in their 80s or 90s I'd guess...
 

HadleyH

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So, does that guy on the left have a squirrel in his pocket?[/QUOTE]


Yes Inusuit. I think is some kind of a squirrel he has in there. [huh]
 

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Sorry to double post

So, I posted these last night over in the Powder Room, but I just saw this thread and figured they might actually be more appropriate here, since the gentleman in the photos is just as well turned out as the lady! From a nice collection of photos that came to me by an odd chance. Late 30's-early 40's; y'all can probably date them better than I.

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Warbaby

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Manly Men in the Great Outdoors also had a penchant for riding breeches and leggings or tall, lace-up boots back in the 20s and 30s.

American oil company engineers in Venezuela, 1927

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Hunters in Montana, 1920s

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Sparky, 1933

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Chasseur

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These are repeats from my 'Golden Age Honolulu' thread from awhile back.
These are good for examples of summer/tropical dress clothing.

1920s Honolulu: The Crocodile himself, Averil Harriman and business tycoon Walter Dillingham inspecting the railroad:

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Crowd awaiting the results from the Massie trial in 1932 in Honolulu
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Gov. Poindexter and Dillingham speaking about inter-island travel in 1934
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Amazing how modern she looks with the long, loose hair, the relaxed pose. The whole shot reminds me of a Ralph Lauren picture only better because it is the real thing. Do you know who she is and where it was taken?

BTW great thread.:eusa_clap
 

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