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Civil War Era CDV, SISTERS IDA & FLORENCE AND THE HOUND DOG ON THE FLOOR

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    Posted 8 years ago

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    From Civil War Days, sisters (same dress pattern) IDA & FLORENCE and their poochy-hound-dog pose before the painted background and the threadbare carpet under their feet. This favorite of mine shows Ida with a long hanky...why?--go figure.
    Photo is possibly even before the Civil War period. No clue on the back--- Thin card with the usual double edge of an early CDV. That hound was nicely mannered for the photo. Good Boy Jim-Bob!!! Back to the porch..
    The camera I used back then was really inferior!

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    1. jscott0363 jscott0363, 8 years ago
      Lois,
      I love this photo! The homemade dresses and what appears to be the old button type boots are really very neat to see. Not to mention the old hound dog:) Nice one!!
    2. PostCardCollector PostCardCollector, 8 years ago
      Thanks so much. These really old ones have been around SO LONG that some of these examples we show are bound to be fading . I may take this somewhere and see if it can be restored a bit, or re-photographed with sharper or darker detail.
    3. PostCardCollector PostCardCollector, 8 years ago
      Not a problem about embellishments-- Seamstress (mom) could have run out of trim..--and maybe because they are were sewing from one bolt of material as was so often done ( bought by the bolt back then at the general store--often all family members added at least one thing from that same bolt to their wardrobe--Dad a shirt ,Grandmother an apron, sister a sash ( embroidered in cross stitch, )a tablecloth (and napkins) curtains, etc. and scraps of the material. a rag rug - Anything left on the bolt, a trade with a neighbor for some of her bolt and "down the line" with others in town. The girls have the cut--same color and to me look much alike. a whole lot alike, actually. Anyway, you could be right. Why not?? One of the moms could have made the same pattern to make a dress for the neighbor girl in the next county. We will never know. Fabric was bought by the bolt, and excess traded down the line--That is how quilts were supplied with material. ( also old scraps could be used for "everyday" quilts and coverlets . I really wish they would take a moment and write at least the names on the back of the photos. This one came without a photographer's mark, so we don't even know where--whatever, I love the photo in every possible way no-matter. Thanks for dropping by--I am glad you took some time to imagine and think about this photo. I do exactly the same, so we are alike, with different opinions--cool!!
    4. Gillian, 8 years ago
      Cripes! I'm an idiot. I swear I didn't mean to say they weren't sisters. Of course they are. What was I thinking?

      Actually, would you be good enough just to delete my post altogether? Thank you, and again my apologies.
    5. PostCardCollector PostCardCollector, 8 years ago
      No problem,Gillian I am happy you enjoyed the girls And the lovable dog!
    6. PostCardCollector PostCardCollector, 8 years ago
      Many thanks to the kind 6 folks who loved this antique. Photograph!!
    7. SpiritBear, 8 years ago
      A very neat photo (love the dog), but what does kindness and loving an antique have to do with each other?
    8. PostCardCollector PostCardCollector, 8 years ago
      For myself,it is .the spirit of comraderie and the sharing of things we love with one another . I get happy when another finds that something and a hug is not out of the question.some people care less
      I have no doubt of that.
    9. racer4four racer4four, 8 years ago
      The dresses entrance me actually Lois. I can see the same pattern and fabric, but each has been decorated differently - so much care and love in them I think!
    10. PostCardCollector PostCardCollector, 8 years ago
      Care and love READ POST 3.... Mom made each dress a little different so the girls could feel special! This photo has so much heart. And that precious pooch so loved the parents took him with and he plopped right down like he lived there. That is a "hound" dog, right? Folks in the south were really attached to their hound dogs! I can picture him laying out on the old porch...content and happy. If I had to part with all my pictures, but could keep just one...this is it! Maybe you CAN take it with you..... Thanks racer4four
    11. PostCardCollector PostCardCollector, 8 years ago
      Thanks!!
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