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Posted: 26 Sep 2022

Taken: 25 Sep 2022

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Girl with Glasses and Lapel Watch

Girl with Glasses and Lapel Watch
A Vintage Photos Theme Park photo for the theme of photo with decorative border or frame.

Printed on the other side of this real photo postcard: "White House Photo Parlor, W. H. Burnham, Prop., 25 Clinton Ave., Cortland, N.Y."

A portrait of a young girl with glasses. Her dress has a lacy collar, she has a bow in her hair, and she's wearing a necklace and a lapel watch with chain.

The type of Azo stamp box (with four corner triangles pointing up) printed on the other side suggests a date that may be as early as 1904 to 1918.

Compare the oval border of this photo with the one used for Man's Portrait in Elaborate Border.

Man's Portrait in Elaborate Border

Lebojo, John FitzGerald, Smiley Derleth, Deborah Lundbech have particularly liked this photo

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 Deborah Lundbech
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I like her serious face with a hint of humor behind her eyes. It's a pretty border - and looks very much like a graduation photograph to me (white shirt, high lace collar, pinned on watch and chain, neat hair (with "wings") pulled back with a large bow at the nape of her neck.
I think it was probably taken on the earlier side of the card's dates.
19 months ago. Edited 19 months ago.
 Deborah Lundbech
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Also, I remember the 2nd card - and writing about the controversy of "elaborate border" cards.
: )
It's a lovely, decorative border and frames such a kind, handsome face.
19 months ago. Edited 19 months ago.
 RicksPics
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Wow. I wasn't aware that such elaborately printed frames were commonly used in portrait photography. The young woman's face appears to have so rich a sense of depth and fine detail (particularly the glasses) that I wonder if it was artfully retouched.
19 months ago. Edited 19 months ago.
 Alan Mays
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Thanks, Deborah and Rick! I'm not sure if amateurs could purchase these frames (or "masks") and create the photos themselves or if you had to send away somewhere to get them made. I haven't yet located a good explanation of the process.
18 months ago.

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