This week's
Sepia Saturday centers around baby carriages/prams. I thought I would have some good examples in my stash, but for some reason I couldn't find any! Here are three that I did find:
First is an early 1900's photograph (cabinet card) of a young toddler identified in a unusual carriage. This photo, which I belive is of a young toddler girl, was taken by Geo. A. Joyce of 1073 Hunter Street, Columbus, O. She is wearing as a sweet little print dress, black tights and black shoes. She must have moved as her face is blurred. I have had no luck finding the photographer in the usual ways.
This next photograph is identified as Frank Owen Wilson, 1924. The young subject is sitting in a wagon and is smiling quite sweetly for the camera. I believe this photograph came from the same lot I purchased the family group photo I previously posted on May 19, 2012,
Family Group Shot in The Front Yard. How this young boy might be related I have no idea. There is no photographer on any of these photos and when I did a Ancestry.com search on Frank Wilson Owen there were too many options to do a good search. Maybe someday someone will be looking for him.
Finally, this last photo is a tin type of a baby approximately one year old in a old-fashioned baby pram. Too bad the tin type has been poorly handled over the years, it is scratched and faded and of course, the subject is unidentified. I'm not entirely sure how to date this photo, I'm leaning towards the late 1890's. Note the fake mountain range in the background painting.
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