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Two in One

~ Shayne Davidson ~ 9 Comments

I purchased this photo because I’d never seen one like it. It was made in 1892 at the Woolfall & Welcome photography studio. The business was in Pittsfield, a city near the western edge of Massachusetts. There are few examples on the web of the work of Woolfall & Welcome, so my guess is that … Continue reading Two in One

Blue-eyed Boston Crooks

~ Shayne Davidson ~ 15 Comments

I call them the Boston Crooks, though to be honest I’m not sure where they were arrested, but it might have been Boston. Like half the population of Boston in the late nineteenth century, all except one of them have Irish surnames. The guy in the yellow turtleneck, Paul Lemto, is the exception. The man … Continue reading Blue-eyed Boston Crooks