Saved from the landfill.

[Blacksheep]

Glass negatives saved from the landfill. Some interesting content that may help identify jewelry etc. Ran across this by accident while researching a notary public stamp machine I picked up for $5.

One thing I noticed, not only did these people dress in style but also some incredibly beautiful women.

http://www.2manitowoc.com/04/glassnegatives.html

[geo4472]

good post

[AKiwi]

Really enjoyed the post.
Some lived to a good age considering all the diseases that abounded at the time.
Thanks

[lennon631]

The one guy J Holliday? That isn't DOC Holliday by chance, hmmmmmm?

[RON (PA)]

Awesome find/save....great pieces of history.

[joeyfresh]

hehehehehe....

http://www.2manitowoc.com/04/glas0026.html#boegejacob

[birdman]

Wow,this was really cool. Thanks for posting!

[trikikiwi]

Great site posted for all of us to share, Thanks.
I searched the site for some ancestry of mine
and found.
ANNA (SCHILDHAUER) FRANCKE
http://www.2manitowoc.com/04/glas0081.html#frankefrank - shuffle up the page.

Anna passed over - literally - on her 101st Birthday - WAY TO GO

Mike

[Blacksheep]

Great site posted for all of us to share, Thanks.
I searched the site for some ancestry of mine
and found.
ANNA (SCHILDHAUER) FRANCKE
http://www.2manitowoc.com/04/glas0081.html#frankefrank - shuffle up the page.

Anna passed over - literally - on her 101st Birthday - WAY TO GO

Mike

[BuckleBoy]

[diggummup]

Great post and i'm glad these didn't end up in the landfill, it would have been such a waste of history in my opinion. I looked at almost every photo and figured i'd have a little fun with a few of them, hope you don't mind.


Darn Yankees!
Before the war started


same guy after it was over!


Now this guy is not funny ha ha if you know what I mean! or "Things that make you go Hmm"



Unibrow, wow!



Victorian Swingers!



And last but not least, a rare smile (almost)

[Chadeaux]

Glad I found this post. The images are still there.

The quality is pretty good for images from the 1800's so I played around with one of them. (Didn't do the eyes though)

This young woman evidently died not long after the photo (she died at 21 years of age). Her name was Gretchen Arens.



Tried to colorize, then did a bit of cleanup (scratch and dust removal) and then some "frequency separation". It's not a finished piece, but I am doing it on breaks at work.

It is our sad duty to report the death of Miss Gretchen Arens at Chicago
on April 1. The deceased was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Arens of
our burg and was born 21 years ago. Being the fourth child and first
daughter, she was the pet of the family. Receiving an excellent home
training, her character was as nearly perfect as anyone’s can be, and
her departure, just in the prime of life is indeed a heavy loss to the
family. Deceased leaves, besides parents, three brothers and two sisters
to mourn for her death. Mr. Wm. Greverus delivered the funeral sermon.
Chilton Times -- April 11, 1891

[Chadeaux]

Figured out more on how to do the recoloring ... and how to do it better.

Another image from that site, here's the original:



After a bit of experimenting and learning:



Look closely at the detail of the lace on her left arm (right side of photo). Learned a valuable lesson that makes this level of detail a couple of minutes, not an hour or more.

[A2coins]

Wow crazy what people throw away