- Still there
- Tasty Treat
- Couture
- Dairy barn cats
- De-Colorization
- Newer cars
- It just occurred to me:
- Still a big deal
- About 5 pounds
- Boys Will Be Boys
- Worst Beach Town Name Ever
- Noise Payette Lumber Company
- Classic cheesecake
- Greyhounds
- Something's lacking
- Graffiti
- More like 1947 or later
- 15+ years earlier
- So rare!
- Lovely girl. Great photo.
- Winners! Shoeless is best!
- Love those peep-toe pumps!
- Boy on left
- They had hot water heat
- Fit bunch
- Winners
- Chalk one up for the girls.
- Our Gang comedy in the making
- Twins?
- Adding and subtracting
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Newport Laundress: 1902
Newport, Rhode Island, 1902. "Informal portrait of a young Negro woman working amid clotheslines heavy with sheets and stockings." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative by Gertrude Käsebier (1852-1934). View full size.
Superb
This is just what I would expect from what has become one of my FAVORITE sites. The woman is just radiant.
I remember this photo well
Such a beautiful radiant smile! I bet this lady held a warm life attitude to match.
Anachronistic casual
Stockings
Probably something like what these girls are wearing. I think stockings back then were more socklike. And thanks!!
Newport Laundress
Wonderful photo and this has become my favorite web site. Does anyone know about the stockings? They look very large and tall -- they would stretch long of course if wet, but they also seem wide at the top.
Brilliantly beautiful!
Brilliantly beautiful!
She is beautiful, isn't she?
I agree with everyone before me. These are great photos on this site, and this one is spectacular. Thank you!
Beautiful
I love seeing early examples of photographers making the most of framing. What a wonderful shot.
105 years later and ...
... a bazillion people are looking at you through that camera. you are beautiful!
Fantastic
This is a great photo! It's so real, but beautiful at the same time.
Great post!
Very vibrant
Not stiff or stagey like so many early photos. Great use of foreground and background elements to frame the subject, too.
This has to be one of the
This has to be one of the best photos I have seen on your site thus far. Hard to believe this was taken in 1902. Thanks for it.
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