These two images are a set as far as I'm concerned. These are my mother's mother's parents. The top image has the following written on the back: back reads: "To my dear Kathryn, John & Jane. Easter 1931. Age 73". A very sweet Easter gift.




The second has written: back reads: "Mother (Ida Moore Morris) Dec. 1928 age 70".




These two images really embody the popular style of the time. Very reminiscent of Hollywood publicity photography, these images were surely shot on large format film and meticulously retouched by hand. That is what gives them the soft, luminescent quality in the skin.