HOUSE OF MIRTH PHOTOS & EPHEMERA

Blogging about all types of photography and ephemera - from vintage snapshots, tintypes and cdv's to ephemeral items found along my way.

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Tuesday, November 15, 2011

A LAWSUIT, PHOTOGRAPHY, AND AN IRONIC ENDING by Jimmy Leiderman

It's 1906 in Auburn, New York. Herbert Phayre, an Indian-born photographer, had established his studio in Auburn 6 years earlie...

Thursday, November 3, 2011

WOW! BOY IN A DRESS - Part II by Pat Street

In an earlier post, I suggested ways to determine the gender of children in nineteenth-century photos by examining the hair style. An...

Tuesday, October 25, 2011

"PWI": PHOTOGRAPHING WHILE INTOXICATED by David Rheingold

While drinking and driving don't mix, alcohol and cameras are a heady cocktail. Intoxicated people, especially normally reserved people,...

Saturday, October 15, 2011

TRICK OR TREAT! A FAVORITE HALLOWEEN PHOTO

In this post 9/11 world of vampire books, zombies, the TV show True Blood, and the goth fashion scene it is not surprising that Hallow...

Wednesday, October 5, 2011

AND THE WINNER IS. . .

First a bit of a post-mortem. The premise of the contest now seems ridiculous: I wasn’t really asking you to identify photographers, b...

Wednesday, September 28, 2011

NAME THAT PHAKE PHAMOUS PHOTOGRAPHER! by Joel Rotenberg

These snaps have been selected for their resemblance to the work of actual, specific art photographers. The first House of Mirth reader ...

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About Me

Stacy Waldman: I'm a collector and dealer of vintage photos and ephemera. You can find my wares at www.houseofmirthphotos.com and as houseofmirth on ebay. I also set up at several different shows throuhgout the year.

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