First I have an old postcard with a tinted photo of a little girl (at least I think it's a girl) and a cat. I don't know the age or the country of origin. The clothes are probably clues to the age. The bonnet is of a type I haven't seen before. On the back the words for postcard are printed in many languages.
Next is a tinted photo of me as a baby. My mother had a set of colors for tinting photos, but she seems to have used it only a couple of times. I'm not sure what I am holding--it looks like it could be the cap I am wearing in the next photo.
The photos below are ones that appear to have been taken during the same photo session by my father.
All the pictures were so sweet, but of course the one with the Jack-in-box is the cutest! I remember we had one of those hand-tinting sets at home and there are a few examples of its use in the family album.
ReplyDeleteI have seen the little bonnet, the name eludes me, but it was meant to keep the sun of the back of the neck. Lovely pictures of you as a young girl.
ReplyDeleteThose tinted photos are amazing! Did your mother do the tinting of your photo? She did an amazing job! What lovely little girls!
ReplyDeleteSugar and spice! I like how your photos were tinted.
ReplyDeleteWow, look at you on that postcard!!! What a treasure, particularly given your interest in postcards. Awesome!
ReplyDeleteOops, it's a photo, not a postcard. I guess I was in too big a hurry to post!
ReplyDeleteLove those photos.
ReplyDeleteHow perfectly delightful!
ReplyDeleteHow do you measure cuteness? Let me count the ways...
ReplyDeleteInteresting - I wasn't aware that you could get a set for home tinting photos. This perhaps explains why so many of them were so inexpertly done.
ReplyDeleteI think the marks at the bottom right and bottom left of the first postcard may provide clues as to its origin. I can't read them on this version of the image, but if you can, try and google them and see what you come up with.
You look a good deal more cheerful about having your picture taken than the little one in the first.
ReplyDeleteOh these are so darling, love the tinting...but most of all besides being just a cute little princess, the kitty cat looks so much like one of my own cats that hopped into your photo. So cool!
ReplyDeleteYou look truly delighted, opening that box in the last photo.
ReplyDeleteI didn't know you could colour photos by hand - she did a good job on the first picture.
ReplyDeleteYour Dad had some talent with a camera; taking pictures of young children isn't easy!
Very cute - and quite a resemblance between you and the little girl with the cat. The tinting makes such a difference to the overall effect :-) Jo
ReplyDeletesure looks like you had fun, not too distressed being photographed. great pics!!
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All of them are wonderful, but that last one with the Jack-In-A-Box is priceless. I'm suddenly hearing the song "Pop Goes the Weasel" in my head. Until now I never bothered to analyze what a very odd song that is.
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