My Other Granny's Photo Stash

[poliphilo]

My other granny didn't actually have much of a stash.  That side of the family didn't get into serious snapping until the 1920s. My grandfather effectively deleted all records of his early life and my grandmother only kept a few commercially produced pictures of her girlhood.

Here's one of them.

These are the Bridges children. Their father was a draper (like Kipps.)  My Granny, Violet, is the oldest of the three girls. A fourth daughter, Joan (my favourite great aunt) was either not yet born or too young to join the parade.

Date? 1910- something like that.  Perhaps a little earlier...

Comments

[halfmoon-mollie.livejournal.com]

Adorable.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

I don't know why they were dressed like that, but it could have been for a family party with amateur theatricals...

[pondhopper.livejournal.com]

Those hats or headpieces or whatever they are! So funny but cute in an odd sort of way. Different times...

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure quite what's going on. I don't think those outfits are everyday wear. They could be party clothes or even fancy dress. I gather the family went in for ambitious amateur theatricals.

[charliemc.livejournal.com]

Fabulous. I love it.

It was common then to go to a studio and get a photo that was made into a postal card...

We have quite a few photos from that time period. Or at least that resemble this. Are you sure it's not earlier? I have a bunch from the late 1800's that look similar...

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

The little boy- Harold- was born in 1897 (I've just found his birth certificate) and looks to be about 7 or 8 in the picture. So the date has to be 1904-5- and slap bang in the middle of the Edwardian era.

[charliemc.livejournal.com]

Yes, when I looked at it again I realized that. Sorry!

It's an amazing photo. They all are, actually...

So glad you're sharing them.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Thanks