Beautiful portraits from a different age used as collector cards in cigarette packs. For more info and other pics see this post These photos have not been madeover, just scanned and tone adjusted
I love portraits of all types. Portraiture was one of the most popular forms of early photography, providing many people with a self image that was previously only available to those that could afford painted portraits.The spread of affordable photographic portrait prints was also a way to know the appearance of people you had not met....