5 very nice Studio portraits....

[USA-Alex]

Hello,

I just got these 5 studio portraits, all 5 photos are attached to a hard cardboard piece.....

First time I have WW1 and pre WW1 photos, so I thought I share them with you


Alex

[Wild Card]

Great pictures.

Damn! Those old studio cameras had a quality that just cannot be duplicated.

Thanks for sharing them with us.

[USA-Alex]

Great pictures.

Damn! Those old studio cameras had a quality that just cannot be duplicated.

Thanks for sharing them with us.

I agree, I made some high resolution scans of the photos and the detail is just incredible

[Gerdan]

Alex

I want to give you the text on the bach of the both pictures:

1) s./l. (seinem lieben) Fritz z.(ur) freundl.(ichen) Erinnerung an seine einj.(ährige) Dienstzeit

von seinem Kameraden Karl Gärtner

Dedicated to his dear Fritz in memory of his annual (one year) of service from his comrade

Karl Gärtner


Gerdan

[METZ]

Hi Alex,
the two pictures from Darmstadt (with Litzen) could be Einjährig-Freiwillige from the
Leibgarde-Infanterie-Regiment (1. Großherzoglich Hessisches) Nr.115 http://wiki-de.genealogy.net/IR_115
I can't read the other numbers on the shoulderboards. Best regards,
Jens

[Gerdan]

Here the text of the other one:

s./l. (seinem lieben) Blome (?) gewidmet zur freundl.(ichen) Erinnerung an unsere Militärzeit

M. Traurisch, Darmstadt, 22.1.98

Dedicated to his dear Blome(?) in friendly memory of our military service.

M. Traurisch(?), Darmstadt 22.1.1898



Gerdan

[USA-Alex]

Hello Gerdan,

thank you very much for decipher the writing, it is much appreciated

Metz, that sounds like a winner, it goes along with the writing on the back on at least one of the cards "s./l. (seinem lieben) Fritz z.(ur) freundl.(ichen) Erinnerung an seine einj.(ährige) Dienstzeit

von seinem Kameraden Karl Gärtner"


The photo ob the bottom left. His boards show the number "10".
The photo on the upper right it hard/impossible to read...but it looks like a "75".


Alex

[METZ]

...
The photo ob the bottom left. His boards show the number "10".
The photo on the upper right it hard/impossible to read...but it looks like a "75".
...

Hi Alex,
with the "10" it's maybe Niedersächsisches Fußartillerie-Regiment Nr.10 from Straßburg!?
with the "75" it's maybe Infanterie-Regiment Bremen (1. Hanseatisches) Nr.75 from Bremen !?
The first one, I don't know (but Infanterie or Fussartillerie, I think Infanterie before 1897 - just with one Kokarde on the cap).
Best regards,
Jens