“Residence, Woodbine, Iowa,” 1940, by John Vachon, via Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
Note the ornamental flourish under the window on the right.
Category: vintage landscape
The Sunday porch: extended family
“Self and Dog family. Mrs. D’s house,” between 1880 and 1891, photographer unknown, Pontotoc County, Mississippi, via Mississippi Department of Archives and History Commons on flickr.
How long do you think it took them to get all seven dogs in the picture?
Vintage landscape: a curious garden
So many little faces. . .
Garden and wall of the Old Curiosity Shop, Ballarat, Australia, ca. 1895, via Museum Victoria.
“Little girls would bring their broken dolls to Mr Warwick for him to mortar into this wall,” according to the museum’s online catalogue.
The photo (and the one below) were contributed by Mrs Wilma Mahoney to The Biggest Family Album of Australia project.
Mr. and Mrs. Warwick in the garden of their Old Curiosity Shop, ca. 1895.
Happy Halloween!
The Sunday porch: rain in Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1941, by John Vachon, via Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
The Sunday porch: work space
“Chair with tatted cover and tatting tools. Middlebury, Vermont,” July 1940, by Louise Rosskam, via Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
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