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7 Responses to “Smile For The Camera – Crowning Glory”

1. Lidian (6 comments.), on August 31st, 2008 at 8:45 PM Said:

   That is a truly wonderful picture – and a marvelously fancy hat!

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2. Roy Dixon (7 comments.), on September 5th, 2008 at 7:46 AM Said:

   Sure, it’s a fine hat…. But I want that chair!

3. historylover (2 comments.), on September 6th, 2008 at 6:01 AM Said:

   Hi,
   I love the picture. And I want to thank you for your comment on Geronimo, I had no idea that his skull was stolen and taken by the Yale society. After I looked it up I was so surprised to learn about that, and to know that the Bush family was in on the theft also. Wow!

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4. Brenda (1 comments.), on September 9th, 2008 at 7:43 AM Said:

   Hi Carol,
   I get so envious of folks with these great photographs. I had a step-aunt that thought the photos were ? no good ? when I was a kid and they were taken to the dump and burned.

   Not only great hats but very pretty ladies!

5. Nikki-ann (2 comments.), on September 15th, 2008 at 9:45 AM Said:

   It certainly is a fancy hat! Do you know if the photo was taken for a particular occasion or just for this portrait?

6. Brett Payne (3 comments.), on September 15th, 2008 at 3:42 PM Said:

   Great photograph, Carol, thank you. This style of fancy ornate chair, often made of wicker, became very popular as an item of decorative studio furniture in the late 19th and early 20th Century, although I can’t imagine they were very comfortable. The hat is an excellent example of what I think of as the “alighting bird” style! I have one of my great-grandmother, taken in the mid-1890s, which will eventually make its way onto Photo-Sleuth. The dates that you have provided give a nice date range of c.1905-1907 for your fine family portrait – thanks again.

   Regards, Brett

7. webduck (69 comments.), on September 17th, 2008 at 4:24 AM Said:

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   I’m not sure what the occasion was that prompted the need for this photo to be taken. I believe that these girls and their other 5 sisters remained close after their mother died in 1901. Myra was the oldest girl, and the youngest Cerilda was just born a few days before her mother died.

   @Brett Thank you for your “alighting bird” observation. I think that is the most apt term for that glorious thing perched on her head.

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