Comments on: Smile For The Camera – Crowning Glory http://ipentimento.com/smile-for-the-camera-crowning-glory/ Our most treasured family heirlooms are our sweet family memories. --Unknown Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:29:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: webduck http://ipentimento.com/smile-for-the-camera-crowning-glory/#comment-729 webduck Wed, 17 Sep 2008 11:24:53 +0000 http://ipentimento.com/?p=468#comment-729 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. :) 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. :)

]]> By: Brett Payne http://ipentimento.com/smile-for-the-camera-crowning-glory/#comment-723 Brett Payne Mon, 15 Sep 2008 23:42:54 +0000 http://ipentimento.com/?p=468#comment-723 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 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

]]> By: Nikki-ann http://ipentimento.com/smile-for-the-camera-crowning-glory/#comment-720 Nikki-ann Mon, 15 Sep 2008 17:45:27 +0000 http://ipentimento.com/?p=468#comment-720 It certainly is a fancy hat! Do you know if the photo was taken for a particular occasion or just for this portrait? It certainly is a fancy hat! Do you know if the photo was taken for a particular occasion or just for this portrait?

]]> By: Brenda http://ipentimento.com/smile-for-the-camera-crowning-glory/#comment-710 Brenda Tue, 09 Sep 2008 15:43:45 +0000 http://ipentimento.com/?p=468#comment-710 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! 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!

]]> By: Roy Dixon http://ipentimento.com/smile-for-the-camera-crowning-glory/#comment-697 Roy Dixon Fri, 05 Sep 2008 15:46:47 +0000 http://ipentimento.com/?p=468#comment-697 Sure, it's a fine hat.... But I want that chair! Sure, it’s a fine hat…. But I want that chair!

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