PORTRAIT OF A PRETTY WOMAN : BEDROOM EYES : SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA

This cabinet card features a portrait of a pretty and curly haired young woman. She is wearing a light colored dress with lace and a pin (jewelry) that appears to secure the lace. I would estimate that she is in her teenage years. She is well poised and relaxed in front of the camera. Perhaps she is an actress. Her face is very expressive. She has beautiful and engaging eyes. This cabinet card photograph was taken at the Wilbur Wright’s studio. The studio was located in San Jose, California. The photographer of this cabinet card is Wilbur W. Wright whose studio was located in San Jose, California. He is not the famed aviation pioneer, Wilbur Wright, brother of Orville Wright. Photographer Wright is listed in a number of San Jose business directories ranging from 1890 through 1907. The address of his gallery is listed as 24 Santa Clara Street, and not 284 Santa Clara Street, as printed on this cabinet card. (SOLD)

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PORTRAIT OF A WELL DRESSED BEARDED GENTLEMAN : CHELSEA, VERMONT: CARTE de VISITE

This carte de visite photographic portrait features a well dressed gentleman with a handsome mustache and beard. The photographer of this image is H L Bixby. His studio was located in Chelsea, Vermont.  Hira Lewis Bixby (1833-1903) worked as a photographer in Chesea during the 1870”s. A stereograph photographed by Bixby is in the collection of California’s Getty Museum. SOLD

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TWO BOYS RIDING BIG HORSES : WESTERN TOWN : DIRT STREETS : RPPC : (1904-1918)

Look who’s riding into town! Its the Roberts brothers. Someone better go get the sheriff. This real photo postcard is quite interesting. The boys look comfortable on their horses. The kids are on large horses, not small ponies reserved for inexperienced child riders.They appear to know what they are doing. One of the boys has a whip. No cowboy hats for these guys. One is wearing a wide brim bowler while the other is sporting a cap. Note the dirt streets. The town may actually be a frontier town in the “old west”. Also take notice of the boy standing on the sidewalk. He seems truly interested in the horseback riders, or perhaps, the photographer. The young bystander is wearing knickers. The AZO stamp box on this postcard reveals that it was likely published sometime between 1904 and 1918. The cameraman was a studio photographer who was willing to take difficult photographs in the outdoors. (SOLD)

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CHILDREN HULA DANCING IN GRASS SKIRTS : FRENCH POLYNESIA : (1955)

This vintage real photo postcard features two children hula dancing. They are wearing grass skirts as well as infectious smiles. This postcard photo was taken in French Polynesia). More specifically, the setting is Tahiti, and the year is 1955. Note the card’s French Polynesia postage stamp.  (SOLD)

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