Forgotten Lives Behind the Photographs and Artifacts
Historical Hotties or “My Imaginary Dead Boyfriends”
The first of an occasional series.
Hoo Boy! 1/6th-plate daguerreotype with tinting and solarization, circa 1846. Ann Longmore-Etheridge Collection.Fresh from the cornfield, tintype, circa 1885. Ann Longmore-Etheridge Collection.Ol’ Blue Eyes, 1/6th-plate, hand-tinted daguerreotype, circa 1852. Ann Longmore-Etheridge Collection.Handsome fellow, 1/6th-plate Weston daguerreotype with solarization, circa 1852. James P. Weston operated a daguerreotype gallery in New York City between 1842 and 1857. The studio functioned out of 132 Chatham Street from 1852 to 1856.
"Your Dying Charlotte" 
My goodness! They are good-looking. Especially the first fellow! Hot!
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Ol’ Blue Eyes looks more than a bit like Tom Jones. Rawrr.
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There’s something sad about the last gentleman. He seems wistful, perhaps?
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