This happens to be another master photography from the mid 1920ies [1]. Mind the perfectly balanced contrasts and symmetry and the stunning focus. The young mother seems to be shining as she steps out of the shadows of Birkigter Garden which is supposed to be (or to have been) located in Western Bohemia. The two neat girls were certainly fascinated by the photographer and his equipment.
[1]…Photo post card, labeled “ALFRED KRAUS, BODENBACH”, image developed on “FOTO BAYER”, dated 1925/05
Nice fashion dedicated image. This sepia coloured portrait was taken by L. Bollinger in Vienna, 1927. Strange hat, this.
Silver gelatine print from probably the early 1920ies showing a mother and her son. Both have similar expressions on their faces: Just nothing to laugh about. Glad she is not my mum. Guess this image was taken in Eastern Europe.
Early Agfa Lupex contact print showing a typical Carinthian Rauchküche (kitchen with open fireplace). Three generations stand together on this image when a meal is prepared in a huge wrought iron pan. The girl does not seem to know what is going on, her mother and grandmother are aware of being imaged. The image is labed “Eine alte sogenannte “Rauchküche” am Sonnberg | Stall, 13.08.1933″. Should be Republic of Austria | State of Carinthia | District of Spittal an der Drau | Community of Stall | Village of Sonnberg. Really nice portait of rural Carinthia and its traditional costume. This is one to behold.
This is a silver gelatine print of a mother wearing traditional costume with a wide skirt, black leather boots and a headscarf. She proudly presents her smiling baby wrapped in white clothes. Could be within photo studio – there is a painted wall behind her and there is a fur on the floor where she is posing. Guess the unlabeled photo was taken in Eastern Europe, probably in Eastern Slovakia, Eastern Poland, Southern Belarus or in the Western Ukraine about 100 years ago.
This damaged albumen print from the WW1 period reminds us of old women’s might. Not hard to tell who is the commander here.
This is a set of two Kodak colour prints showing a mother who holds up her newborn girl. Note the typical hairdo of the late 1960ies. Even her face features that period of the 20th century.
This small albumen print shows a travelling kid accompanied by probably its mother or its grandmother. The print is lettered: “Elbeschiff Dresden-Pillnitz, 1917”. Means this print shows a steamboat on the river Elbe between Dresden and Pillnitz, Germany near the Austro-Hungarian border.
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