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Vacation Snaps: 1904
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 05/17/2010 - 9:42am.
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Old Orchard, Maine, circa 1904. "Photographer at Old Orchard House." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
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Smile for the camera
Submitted by Sgt McG on Thu, 05/20/2010 - 8:47am.
Something tells me he didn't specialize in child photography.
The future is now
Submitted by Pavel on Tue, 05/18/2010 - 7:55am.
This is amazing! Is that the new Leica prototype? It is so small and portable for the time. I wonder if he felt as if he were traveling with a pocket (big pocket) camera!
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Untold story
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Mon, 05/17/2010 - 10:16pm.
I would love to know more about this man! I know that Maine had a small African American population & this image makes me curious. Who was he? What was his role in the community? Was he an itinerant photographer or did he maintain a studio of some sort? What was his connection to Old Orchard House? Perhaps the answers lie in the archives of a local historical society.
This is a fine example
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Mon, 05/17/2010 - 8:01pm.
of why I love this blog. My imagination raises questions that can never be answered -- Who? Why? What happened next?
Those Hands
Submitted by Troy1288 on Mon, 05/17/2010 - 6:24pm.
That is a huge set of mitts. They look like a bunch of bananas.
Big hands
Submitted by Kait on Mon, 05/17/2010 - 5:21pm.
I bet he would hate my little digital camera.
Holy Cow!
Submitted by JohnD on Mon, 05/17/2010 - 1:52pm.
They finally found him -- the model for the modern baseball glove. Look at the mitts on that guy!
The Shadow
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Mon, 05/17/2010 - 12:07pm.
Who's the creepy figure in the doorway? I sense a Stephen King plot coming on.
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