Posted 8 years ago
SpiritBear
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The first looks like there's a play going on.
The left lady in a nice dress is over-acting her part as she looks down upon the poorer-looking lady with a corncob pipe and broken shoe. The white line down the middle occurred when the photo was taken.
The second looks like a soldier of some kind.
I do not know what kind.
The third is most likely a mother and her new child.
It's from my city of Muskegon, but they also had a branch in Saginaw.
The fourth is a postcard, actually.
I liked his hat.
Anyone know much more on 1 and 2?
Your soldier (#2) is a WW1 era photograph. It could be a postcard, but is not a cabinet card either.
Some additional photos of #1 might yield some more clues about the image.
scott
#1 looks like it might be a publicity shot from some morality play. Any newspaper mark on the back? #4 look like he might be Chinese or part Chinese. Could be a railroad worker?
Celiene is on target with #1-- it would appear to be from a play/ production. I wouldn't call it a publicity shot-- most likely just a keepsake for the two actors.
scott
Scottvez, thank you for your help. The soldier photo is just a plain photo, and I threw it in with the cabinet cards. Its back is blank.
Number 1 is blank on the back, but the front looks like this:
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-F5fI5nVtT2c/VzO-XcMfsEI/AAAAAAAArv4/rfBZouAM_tgSuugJ2AnoqdsPG-a7gSVJgCL0B/w356-h539-no/Leonard%2BRefrigerator%2B034.JPG
It came from Macomb, Illinois. "Gaites" appears to be the photographer.
Celiene, it's a cabinet card, but the play idea seems correct. To me, the man in number 4 doesn't look very Chinese; but who knows. There's no name on it, I'm afraid.
Thank you for commenting.
Glad to help out-- celiene is deserving of most of the thanks for the id on photo #1.
I agree with you on the last image-- don't see an asian man either.
scott
Thanks all for the props! In #4 - I was looking at his eyes. But some Russians near Mongolia have Almond eyes. That hat is VERY distinctive. Reminds og No. Korea military hats!
Man in #4 does have Asiatic features and the chair looks from Russia as well.
The back of #4 (RPPC) may indicate region or country of manufacture-- what is on the back?
scott
It's a typical 1910s American postcard. It was so uninteresting, dingy, and unwritten on, that I didn't bother to take a photo. I am not around to look at it, but where the stamp goes had the little shapes pattern with the triangles to make up that border.