Elise is the only child in this series whose name we know as it is handwritten at the bottom of the photograph. She appears very sad, or perhaps just tired of posing.
Archive for January, 2009
Elise is her real name
Posted in Vintage children, tagged girl with daisies, sad child, vintage hat on January 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Elegant Deirdre
Posted in Vintage children, tagged children, elegant, girl with hat, girl with roses, sophisticated, vintage on January 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A girl on the threshold of womanhood, Deirdre exudes an elegance and sophistication way beyond her years.
The innocence of childhood
Posted in Vintage children, tagged children, girl with flowers, girl with hat, vintage on January 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
And here is Chloe, wearing one of the ‘popular’ hats … a hat which would be fasionable today. Chloe is innocence personified. Many of these photos were hand-coloured, or perhaps coloured in Photoshop in more recent times. Some were very badly done. Where this was the case, I converted them back to black and white, [...]
The very coy Candice
Posted in Vintage children, tagged children, flowery hat, girl with hat, vintage on January 27, 2009 | 1 Comment »
If you’ve ever tried to photograph children, you’ll know how difficult it is to capture a natural expression, especially in a posed shot. Photographers of this period had no option but to pose their shots, yet, with primitive equipment by today’s standards, they were able to capture fleeting expressions in their young models. Here the [...]
Beth: another Little Woman
Posted in Vintage children, tagged children, girl with hat, pink hat, vintage on January 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Beth is wearing one of the hats which features in a number of the photographs.
Amy … she could have come from ‘Little Women’
Posted in Vintage children, tagged children, girl with hat, girl with iris, vintage on January 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I’m thoroughly enjoying the challenge of finding names for the girls … I may need some help after the first couple of hundred! ‘Amy’ has been one of my favourite names since I read Louisa May Alcott’s ‘Little Women’.
Joanna, a child in a splendid vintage hat
Posted in Vintage children, tagged children, girl with hat, vintage on January 24, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Joanna’s faraway expression is intriguing. Don’t you wonder what she’s thinking? You might have noticed that, so far, all the girls in these photos are wearing hats. Children of all eras just love dressing up, and there is something particularly charming about these little girls wearing hats that could have come from their mother’s wardrobe. [...]
Jennifer
Posted in Vintage children, tagged children, girl with hat, girl with roses, vintage on January 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Wouldn’t it be amazing if I chanced to get some of the names right! Today’s lost child is the lovely Jennifer.
Emily
Posted in Vintage children, tagged children, girl with hat, vintage on January 20, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Banner-girl Emily is today’s lost child. She appears to have been one of the photographer’s favourite models as she appears in a number of the photos.
Lily
Posted in Vintage children, tagged children, girl with hat, vintage on January 19, 2009 | 2 Comments »
The second in our series of Lost Children
