tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2654707306721822289.post3790808025709270719..comments2024-03-20T13:19:13.512-11:00Comments on TATTERED AND LOST PHOTOGRAPHS: EDITH WILKINSONTattered and Losthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00208918251232477186noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2654707306721822289.post-11750806465486676662010-06-13T03:35:48.154-11:002010-06-13T03:35:48.154-11:00This young woman is absolutely lovely. That bustle...This young woman is absolutely lovely. That bustle business makes sense as an explanation for the one-armed chair...Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11954692169914973706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2654707306721822289.post-57047954502219615542010-06-09T10:57:21.318-11:002010-06-09T10:57:21.318-11:00Yes, I hadn't even thought of those blasted bu...Yes, I hadn't even thought of those blasted bustles. And why were those ever invented? Was their a logicla reason or just more fashion nonsense? When fashion hampers movement I say "Pooh" on it.Tattered and Losthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00208918251232477186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2654707306721822289.post-83916365670745800612010-06-09T05:51:28.495-11:002010-06-09T05:51:28.495-11:00Ah those darn bustles..oh I would have hated them....Ah those darn bustles..oh I would have hated them..but it does make sense! I had to come back and see what your other readers thought about that chair! :)Far Side of Fiftyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07995757632158408442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2654707306721822289.post-86642924358860541302010-06-07T09:41:31.151-11:002010-06-07T09:41:31.151-11:00She reminds me of someone you'd find in "...She reminds me of someone you'd find in "Anne of Green Gables." I can easily imagine her being one of Anne's friends.Tattered and Losthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00208918251232477186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2654707306721822289.post-64701776527986193662010-06-07T09:02:35.275-11:002010-06-07T09:02:35.275-11:00Grand find.
There is so much warm personality in...Grand find. <br /><br />There is so much warm personality in her portrait. A relaxed, confident woman. So often the portait is stiff and posed. She looks as if she just walked up and sat down.anyjazzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03319237414264543250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2654707306721822289.post-32901234158150089422010-06-07T04:34:16.233-11:002010-06-07T04:34:16.233-11:00Thank you Alan. Welcome aboard.
Yes, Willow, I ca...Thank you Alan. Welcome aboard.<br /><br />Yes, Willow, I can imagine here walking down the street with that had and coat on feeling very confident. And occasionally smiling when some man tips their hat to her. Once home lots of silly girlish laughter.Tattered and Losthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00208918251232477186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2654707306721822289.post-41454152461063524272010-06-07T00:36:25.036-11:002010-06-07T00:36:25.036-11:00I feel lots of personality behind that smile!I feel lots of personality behind that smile!Tess Kincaidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04889725786678984293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2654707306721822289.post-91211611218790659742010-06-06T22:10:15.670-11:002010-06-06T22:10:15.670-11:00Love the post, love the blog. You have another loy...Love the post, love the blog. You have another loyal follower.Alan Burnetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01015127443616786425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2654707306721822289.post-45697425207291179062010-06-06T13:07:39.357-11:002010-06-06T13:07:39.357-11:00Well there you go. Bustles. I hadn't even thou...Well there you go. Bustles. I hadn't even thought of those dang things! Excellent observation my friend.Tattered and Losthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00208918251232477186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2654707306721822289.post-42263360671270175722010-06-06T12:42:34.878-11:002010-06-06T12:42:34.878-11:00I always assumed chairs like that were made to acc...I always assumed chairs like that were made to accommodate bustles.<br />A woman would have to sit sort of side saddle.Diahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04329428660364958117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2654707306721822289.post-85930176350986213682010-06-06T12:31:16.767-11:002010-06-06T12:31:16.767-11:00You've got a point. Perhaps the chair came wit...You've got a point. Perhaps the chair came with both armrests but the photographer didn't like the way it looked. Late one night his wife heard a sawing sound coming from his studio. She was stunned to find him cutting off the arm of the chair that had belonged to her father. They didn't speak for a week.<br /><br />I was wondering if perhaps she isn't even younger, around 14.Tattered and Losthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00208918251232477186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2654707306721822289.post-71752497872101549672010-06-06T12:26:13.837-11:002010-06-06T12:26:13.837-11:00No one is that formal anymore..not even old ladies...No one is that formal anymore..not even old ladies! <br />I love her hat...and those shoes..1909..how old do you think she was ..eighteen or twenty? <br />I purchased a cabinet card the other day..with a one armed chair or settee, perhaps they were specially built for photographers, then again maybe he just hacked the other arm of the chair off:)Far Side of Fiftyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07995757632158408442noreply@blogger.com