Images Of The Dead
It’s an odd hobby, like collecting stamps, but the stamps are much bigger and one of a kind.
A room full of frames looks most awesome.
The current collection of 80 frames
- Finds from 32 different antique shops, flea markets, and online - Much time spent wandering around
- Crayon Portraits & photos dating somewhere between 1865 & 1915
- 3+ generations down, people are selling their ancestors, which is odd to me, especially since physical images seem to be going extinct
Refurbishment steps
- Take apart for a thorough cleaning
- Minor frame repairs while attempting to keep the original finish
- High-resolution photos of both image sides (without glass glare) & just the frame
- If there is any info on the back, documentation & online research
- Reseal with new backboard, tape & glue
- New hanging hardware & wire
- Update public Google Photos album (list below) listing image details
- Glue QR Code which links to Google Photos album for that image on the backside
- Create vector files in Adobe Illustrator of images for a possible future project
Details for each image - 62 of 80 (78%) are refurbished (r)
All Photos
1 - Mustached man w/carnation (r)
2 - Man straight on with tie (r)
3 - Amelia Fremlin (r)
4 - Man with lopsided hair (Pedro) 14x17 (r)
5 - F.S. Godfrey (r)
6 - David Russell Gray with 2 puppies (r)
7 - Jim Hindman with turtleneck (r)
8 - Old woman with buttons (r)
9 - Man with bowtie 16x20 (r)
10 - Couple - woman has flat top 19.25x15.75 (r)
11 - Couple - woman has big hair man with bow tie 18.1x14.2 (r)
12 - Woman plaid neck band b&w 16x20 (r)
13 - Confirmation one girl 16x20 (r)
14 - Confirmation two girls 16x20 (r)
15 - Family of 13 (r)
16 - Oregon IL family of eight 16x20 (r)
17 - Standing child (man on backside) 14.9x23 (r)
18 - Stanley & Anna Skinprirski (r)
19 - Woman with cross necklace (r)
20 - Baby holding rattle (r)
21 - Redhead twin infants (r)
22 - Man with checkered suit 15.6x19.5 (r)
23 - Sitting toddler 8x10 (r)
24 - Wedding couple sideways oval (r)
25 - Wedding couple large 20x16 (r)
26 - Woman gold ornate frame
27 - Mother with 3 daughters (r)
28 - Worker with pork pie hat & scarf 14x17 (r)
29 - Woman with fringes 14x17 (r)
30 - Woman in 4x deep wood dark solid frame
31 - Woman in turtleneck light scalloped frame 16x20 (r)
32 - Woman in 4x deep wood dark solid frame square head
33 - Man in wood paneling frame
34 - Marriage Cert 1899 - Carl Ludvig Jessen 15x20 (r)
35 - Joseph Bergling - striped tie (r)
36 - Child standing on chair in blue dress (r)
37 - Pointy Mustached man 15.5x19.5 (r)
38 - Mustached man - map on back 16x20
39 - Clean shaven young man 18x22
40 - WWI Solider in patriotic frame (r)
41 - Woman looking 2 the right 16x20 (r)
42 - Papa Klint & 2 daughters - metal frame (r)
43 - Imitation carved wood frame with mat
44 - Man with neck beard
45 - Ava L. Schwensen 16X20 (r)
46 - Charcoal man with tie (r)
47 - Sister & brother in color
48 - Woman w/scarf - gold & silver frame 16x20 (r)
49 - Girl with brunette curls
50 - Man with beard & fabulous hair
51 - Man on scroll in deep frame 12x20 (r)
52 - Frank R. Taylor 16x20 (r)
53 - Bow tie and big ears in carved wood frame
54 - Man with misshapen head looking right (r)
55 - Beard with unmatched eyes 16x20
56 - Man with large flat cap and mustache
57 - Wife of man with large flat cap (056)
58 - Child with hair brush 16x20 (r)
59 - Man with bow tie (r)
60 - WWI Soldier (r)
61 - Couple in oversized 4x frame 22x18 (r)
62 - Girl with blonde curls 16x20 (r)
63 - B&W woman with ribbed dress in gold frame (r)
64 - Young man in heavy frame 16x20 (r)
65 - Boy in chair 16x20 (r)
66 - Baby portrait 16x20 (r)
67 - Toddler in chair (r)
68 - Woman in ornate wooden frame
69 - Grey haired woman in light frame (r)
70 - Siblings with blue background (r)
71 - Hand tinted photo in walnut frame (r)
72 - Redhead toddler in patriotic frame (r)
73 - Husband with beard & bow tie 16x20 (r)
74 - Wife of beard & bow tie (073) 16x20 (r)
75 - James Putnam 14x17 (r)
76 - Diadema Putnam 14x17 (r)
77 - US Civil War Veteran & Wife 16x20 (r)
78 - Standing boy in a striped nightgown 14x20 (r)
79 - Blonde girl with ruffles 16x20
80 - Mrs. Knute Henderson