Re: [Cz-L] Old Picture

I am less impressed with the looks of these two girls than with their
very long hair. I have a photograph of my mother from about 1920
with similarly long hair.
But not much later she had it cut very short to what was called
a "Bubi-Kopf". Romanticism gave way to Modernism.

Mimi

Quoting HARDY BREIER <HARDY3_at_BEZEQINT.NET>:

> In the old time photographing was a complicated matter.
> And expensyve too .
> Not everything was left to nature.
> After the taking of the picture on a glass plate the
> size of the post cart (no enlargement) the negative
> underwent a touch- up process (Retouchieren).
> The touch- up man was an artist who could put glitter
> to your eyes , straighten teeth, remove moles and
> change your personality, shorten your nose and
> remodel flaring ears.
> For an extra he could remake yor hair-do .
> And the result was astonishing.
> Hardy
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Berti Glaubach"
> <berti.glaubach_at_gmail.com>
> To: "Jacob Greenberg" <grs_software_at_bigpond.com>
> Cc: "HARDY BREIER" <HARDY3_at_bezeqint.net>; <Czernowitz-L_at_cornell.edu>
> Sent: Sunday, November 11, 2012 12:02 PM
> Subject: Re: [Cz-L] Old Picture
>
>
>> They were afraid of the coming lightning.
>> Also must have a romantic look in the eye when gondoliering on the Prut
>> (sorry Russische Gasse).
>>
>> On Sun, Nov 11, 2012 at 8:23 AM, Jacob Greenberg
>> <grs_software_at_bigpond.com>wrote:
>>
>>> Why is everyone looking so serious on the old photos!
>>> Hardy, you must know the answer to this mistery.
>>>
>>> Serah Kraft (Greenberg)
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