tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post6060788782784496045..comments2024-03-08T07:03:12.909-05:00Comments on Life at Willow Manor: sepia saturday, double date 1913Tess Kincaidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04889725786678984293noreply@blogger.comBlogger74125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-43926491012388426092010-01-31T15:06:16.958-05:002010-01-31T15:06:16.958-05:00I do love the outfits. How wonderful it would be ...I do love the outfits. How wonderful it would be if men (and women) wore hats once again. They always seemed to give an outfit class.Garyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08715784900659276067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-19320768937571308092010-01-31T14:14:39.268-05:002010-01-31T14:14:39.268-05:00hh, these are such fine photographs and love the o...hh, these are such fine photographs and love the old vintage sepia toning. I usually get those looks when I'm trying to get my subject to do. . . .something different.<br />I always loved how people in the past posed and dressed for a photograph. I think photography was a lot more special and not something to come by very often in the old days and so it was treated with a higher degree of importance than most of the snapshoting that goes on these days.ghhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07964296075867476410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-7575591967877701872010-01-31T11:48:14.768-05:002010-01-31T11:48:14.768-05:00So nice to see those pictures!So nice to see those pictures!Candiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09820349874923006162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-67507371779406843342010-01-31T10:30:31.149-05:002010-01-31T10:30:31.149-05:00These are beautiful family photos, Willow. I love ...These are beautiful family photos, Willow. I love how soft, yet sharp they are. I know that doesn't make sense.Country Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14432335393660130255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-85422903806877793862010-01-31T08:00:47.450-05:002010-01-31T08:00:47.450-05:00We do dress so informally now. I wish we had kept ...We do dress so informally now. I wish we had kept some of the classiness, as far as clothing is concerned!Tess Kincaidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04889725786678984293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-17728069147377282192010-01-31T07:46:01.179-05:002010-01-31T07:46:01.179-05:00these are wonderful - so dressed up but also so in...these are wonderful - so dressed up but also so informal.<br />I wonder what they would think of us admiring them now?lettucehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13872380339261609060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-23947626849703578852010-01-30T23:22:20.892-05:002010-01-30T23:22:20.892-05:00Great clothes, great photos. We are so slobbish no...Great clothes, great photos. We are so slobbish now in comparison.Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17712046924863763290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-45454331809786531032010-01-30T22:21:36.506-05:002010-01-30T22:21:36.506-05:00I really like their posing for the camera. It remi...I really like their posing for the camera. It reminds me of the Bonnie and Clyde movie and how they dressed. They are really good photos to own.L. D. https://www.blogger.com/profile/02270923121962761209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-38721577879345825292010-01-30T20:25:32.399-05:002010-01-30T20:25:32.399-05:00Oh I love these! I have several from the same era...Oh I love these! I have several from the same era~ my Great grandparents on my mother's side but they are not so rich in color. i do love how they dressed and how serious they were when photographed!janishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18424946398926069813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-87331531869497091432010-01-30T20:17:50.697-05:002010-01-30T20:17:50.697-05:00I've been back to look at these several times....I've been back to look at these several times. What incredible photos!Leahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14061893047279652658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-74341971580541815722010-01-30T17:24:38.031-05:002010-01-30T17:24:38.031-05:00Wonderful photos--it does strike me when looking a...Wonderful photos--it does strike me when looking at very old photos--say pre-1920--that people's expressions in them aren't what we expect, & I wonder if people as photographic subjects had a different way of interacting with the camera. Or maybe it's just the ant hills!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15687192784861682991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-86982027129780252382010-01-30T17:05:25.159-05:002010-01-30T17:05:25.159-05:00Fabulous photos! I immediately thought "sout...Fabulous photos! I immediately thought "southwest" before I read the story!Stephaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02197440053108414394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-55180464527545989822010-01-30T17:02:15.412-05:002010-01-30T17:02:15.412-05:00Hi Willow, I came from Suki's blog to find out...Hi Willow, I came from Suki's blog to find out who Willow is:) These photographs are so astonishing. They are beautiful because of the sunny contrasts but also the people (your people:) look very much like modern people. I see that others here have this same impression. I love their gloomy expressions, it's okay cause the sun is there...<br /><br />Nice to meet you and your Great-Grandfather and Great-Grandmother,<br />greetings from Paris<br />AndreaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-35670016770323952692010-01-30T16:40:41.169-05:002010-01-30T16:40:41.169-05:00Great photos!
I have posted the poem for you at la...Great photos!<br />I have posted the poem for you at last (Milosz).Cait O'Connorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04569760764766505179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-12296029662573886832010-01-30T14:59:16.580-05:002010-01-30T14:59:16.580-05:00Oh, I love these old timey family picts.
We hav...Oh, I love these old timey family picts. <br /><br />We have stacks to go through that my gram left behind. They speak history.*https://www.blogger.com/profile/06484208765656281917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-61472974385246610392010-01-30T14:22:41.253-05:002010-01-30T14:22:41.253-05:00I love how they dressed up to the nines just for a...I love how they dressed up to the nines just for a simple date. That is pretty rare in this world anymore, but, I do know it still happens from time to time. :)<br /><br />Happy SS, Willow! Hugs!Lizziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04786192029162127233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-54791396191733505192010-01-30T14:10:49.029-05:002010-01-30T14:10:49.029-05:00fabulous photos to own. I wish I was there in tha...fabulous photos to own. I wish I was there in that heat right now. I esp like the first photo.sukipoethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09351851210507048174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-460796500477451842010-01-30T12:59:56.867-05:002010-01-30T12:59:56.867-05:00Incredible!
Formal and informal .
And I'm alw...Incredible!<br />Formal and informal . <br />And I'm always struck by how hot and bothered I imagine everyone to be in these outfits. Yet they never seem to be. <br />This is a great idea, this Sepia Saturday.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15924061349390319473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-79783059561419110202010-01-30T12:43:26.053-05:002010-01-30T12:43:26.053-05:00Remarkable images -
each one a treasure .... .
J...Remarkable images -<br />each one a treasure .... .<br /><br />JjjstudioJudithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05560914513878435960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-2159878024666818622010-01-30T12:03:06.360-05:002010-01-30T12:03:06.360-05:00Mary Boone looks downright sultry in the first pic...Mary Boone looks downright sultry in the first pic. I bet she was a pistol!K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10222703055177237209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-54838358515862623642010-01-30T11:43:51.020-05:002010-01-30T11:43:51.020-05:00The first photo is just fantastic! Really beautifu...The first photo is just fantastic! Really beautiful! <br />Also love the crystal on the ice!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15783877262954668959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-84761577559841343892010-01-30T11:34:47.921-05:002010-01-30T11:34:47.921-05:00I love these photos! They look so young and full o...I love these photos! They look so young and full of energy! :)<br />The BachAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-80625347102329856452010-01-30T10:45:36.724-05:002010-01-30T10:45:36.724-05:00These are great. The framing, the composition is s...These are great. The framing, the composition is so exquisite! And they didn't have photoshop to help create these images. Wow.<br /><br />Nice dresses on the gals in the last pic, too.Reya Mellickerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13076092659507965666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-14835053611839344642010-01-30T09:48:57.076-05:002010-01-30T09:48:57.076-05:00Two handsome young couples who look as though they...Two handsome young couples who look as though they have what young people <b>should</b> have...all the time in the world and none of the worry. It's a nice thought that they may have been playing up to the camera, and deliberately wearing glum expressions in the first shot.Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13494219959077922220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-46182824356119531062010-01-30T09:39:47.349-05:002010-01-30T09:39:47.349-05:00I love the looks on their faces - so telling! I th...I love the looks on their faces - so telling! I think your ancestors are beautiful people!Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12003379181294550035noreply@blogger.com