Sepia Saturday

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Now that I'm back home, I'm delighted to create a Sepia Saturday post. This week I searched the Library of Congress for some photos of girls on chairs.


Little Girl in Curved Chair. France, 1918. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2017675129/.

Du Bois, W. E. B. , Collector. African American girl, full-length portrait, seated in chair, head resting on right hand, facing front. Georgia, 1899. [or 1900] Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/99472097/.


Two Unidentified Girls, Full-Length Portraits, Seated on Chairs Next to Table With Tablecloth. , None. [Between 1850 and 1860] Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2004664364/.

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Comments

  1. KristinAugust 21, 2022 at 9:17 AM

    The kids in these posts all look so wideeyed and serious.

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  2. Mike BrubakerAugust 21, 2022 at 12:12 PM

    I agree with Kristin, they all look too serious, especially the two sisters. It's as if they've never seen a camera before and don't know what will happen.

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  3. AmyAugust 21, 2022 at 6:30 PM

    They are all very cute and seem in awe of the camera.

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  4. ScotSueAugust 22, 2022 at 3:02 AM

    Three lovely photogrpahs, spot on the match. My favourite is the first image - she is so bonny. The second little girl looks totally fed up of the whole exercise - an elaborate chair and a fur cushion seem to be the fashionable setting for such portraits both sides of the Atlantic (see my post)

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  5. Barbara RogersAugust 24, 2022 at 8:38 AM

    Hard to believe that one is an African American girl...I wonder if she could "pass." Those last two not only had a table next to them on one side (as we are led to look at) but a hand on the other side, which was probably going to position them again if they wiggled.

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  6. AnonymousAugust 24, 2022 at 8:41 AM

    I can imagine the sisters' parent off camera giving them instructions.

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