 | What I know: This photograph is from Emma Johnson Ferrer's album, so it's safe to this man is a Ferrer or Johnson. Sadly, there is no inscription or photographer's mark, so we have nothing more to go on here. He is wearing the plantation tie popular in the American South. But that only tells us he was stylish; it does not narrow down his location. Being stylish, we assume he was irritated that no one fixed that stray strand of hair before snapping the photograph.
Do you know who this is?
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Wednesday, June 5, 2013
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Actually this picture does have writing on the back. Indicates this is Jas. J. Ferrer. Also it has the stamp of J.G. Mangold, photographer, Eufaula, AL. Also written by hand is "Harris, Barbour Co Ala. There is another type of stamp in blue that say "Pacific Portrait House New York.
ReplyDeleteAt the bottom is handwritten "2586Pd4" I googled JG Mangold and found evidence that the studio was active in the 1870's-1880s'.
I found an article posted in the Pittsburgh Press from 1890 that states you could send any cabinet picture, etc. to them and they would send you a life size crayon portrait free of charge. I hope that is why this photo was stamped with their name, and that we someday find a large crayon rendering of this man!
ReplyDeletehttp://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1144&dat=18901221&id=j_4aAAAAIBAJ&sjid=a0gEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6114,2452347