Photographic Arcadia
They weren't really there . . . how I love them for pretending. Arcade photos, photo booths, painted backdrops, novelty props . . . so real simply because they were not real at all. Moments which never existed, caught for ever, dearer than reality.
20
2012
two girls on a wonderfully bizarre paper moon
19
2012
written on the back is: Friday, July 1, 1943; Riverview; Chicago, Ill
15
2012
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2012
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2012
![waheedpix:
Father Henry & Mrs. Washington’s Daughter
June 1942
[Donated by the Earl McCann Collection]
©WaheedPhotoArchive, 2011](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwxvzuYpaF1qhljlao1_r1_500.jpg)
8
2012
1940s novelty arcade photo - sailor & girl on a mule/donkey
6
2012
Boy and girl with painted backdrop - perhaps of Bethlehem? Or perhaps not :) c.1950s
6
2012
Reblogged from papermoonphotostudio-deactivate :
1
2012
Young girl poses with a stuffed bear cub against a painted backdrop of “Bar X Ranch” - early 20th century.
24
2012
Souvenir photo of 2 young servicemen with hula girl against a ”native” backdrop
24
2012
Photobooth strip of young woman with glasses late 1940s/early1950s
24
2012
c.1940s woman and child - painted snow scene backdrop
13
2012
“Two Friendly Persons”
11
2012
c.1930s young woman against painted trellis backdrop
11
2012
Hand tinted portrait of 1940s beauty in picture hat
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