Old photography

I occasionally take on requests to restore damaged family photos in Photoshop. Some of these photos have suffered heavy damage, and I enjoy that particular challenge. Most are precious in one way or another to the client, and many times it’s the only photo someone has of a beloved or lost relative.

Gambier Curtis Reeks (1864-1917) was the younger brother of my great-great-grandfather, Alfred Augustus Reeks. Their family owned a photography business in England. He married Rachel Woodnutt in 1895 and had three children: Frederick (1891), Elsie (1894), and Ida (1896).

Vintage

Jean Dieuzaide: Albarracín, Spain, 1955

Minnie Ashley (1878-1946) - American Actress, Singer and Dancer. Circa 1892-1900.

Moving the museum’s remarkable photography collection to London won’t reverse the slump in numbers. There’s a far simpler solution

Here are some hilarious photos from the past that will surely make you laugh or creep you out as well. This Beauty Contest..... This child with OCD

Good old Leon and Levy where would I be without them. There is a Police Officer standing on the traffic island in the middle of the photograph, he is probably from POW. On the left is a hoarding surrounding the building site for what was then known as the New Government Offices and is now The Treasury; work was started in 1899 and completed in 1915 so I may be on the cusp here. Lovely bonnets Ladies.

Today we're celebrating your sister from another mister, your brother from another mother—your best friend. Tag your bestie. #BestFriendDay • “Day Dreams," c. 1930–32, by William M. Rittase

The Gibson Girl began appearing in the 1890s and was the personification of the feminine ideal of physical attractiveness portrayed by the ...