Maurice Donald Bussard
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in Chicago, Cook Co., IL
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Maurice Donald Bussard
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Suzanne Reaume
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04/16/2002
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AncientFaces
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08/03/2018
No question about whether this is boy or girl! But look at this 1908 version of a stroller - cool, huh?
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AncientFaces Same difference. Probably wicker because bamboo too exotic.
Ree Young
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08/03/2018
Wicker is not a plant. It's the technique used...the weaving of pliable plant material to create these items. The plants used are usually rattan (palm), willow, reed, and bamboo.
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Is this a post mortem photo? It looks like it
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AncientFaces I opened the link and see now that it was someone’s grandfather, so no. Haha. My mistake
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Jessica Rose Saunders Actually, it wasn't her grandfather and she didn't share a death date . . . hoping she'll add more information! :)
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AncientFaces oh god. I scrambled to open the link and didn’t read properly...and then you’d already seen my comment and replied. Perhaps it is a PM photo...
Ree Young
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08/03/2018
No, it's a stroller. I saw one like this in the old photo album of a paternal aunt some years ago.
Ree Young
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08/03/2018
I don't understand why so many people automatically think a photo of someone not smiling, looking somber or staring at something must be a dead person. Formal photos of folks back them simply didn't show a lot of facial animation.
Maurice Donald Bussard did not die until 1967.
Maurice Donald Bussard did not die until 1967.
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You couldn’t have much animation in your face in Victorian era photography. It would have been captured as a blur.
You had to hold an expression for a few minutes while the image was set onto the negative.
You had to hold an expression for a few minutes while the image was set onto the negative.
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Cynthia Ann Foberg not by this time. Exposure times were about the same as they are now in 1908. Long exposures were in the very early days of photography.
Ree Young
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08/03/2018
I wasn't talking about the process of taking the photos. What I wrote was that, in formal photos, people did not show a lot of emotion. In the Edwardian times, the photographers did not have everyone say "Cheese"! It wasn't until the 1920s and 1930s before people became more relaxed and smiled more as more folks had Brownie cameras and took more photos themselves rather than the formal portraits by a professional.
My father was born and grew up during the Edwardian period. I have hundreds of old photos of my parents and their siblings and friends taken in fairly casual settings, like at the beach and at family gatherings, and few of the photos have anyone smiling.
Sure, some people smiled during these times, but it was not the common thing to do.
And getting a baby to smile when you want he or she to do so is a tricky business no matter what era!
My father was born and grew up during the Edwardian period. I have hundreds of old photos of my parents and their siblings and friends taken in fairly casual settings, like at the beach and at family gatherings, and few of the photos have anyone smiling.
Sure, some people smiled during these times, but it was not the common thing to do.
And getting a baby to smile when you want he or she to do so is a tricky business no matter what era!
Jacqueline Anne
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08/03/2018
The cap is a typical boys style. So could be... but either way, how adorable.
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