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Antiques! => Antique Questions Forum => Topic started by: gerspee on November 27, 2013, 06:56:57 AM
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Just found this and would like to know who's the man on it and who is the photographer Offenbach from Brooklyn ? And data must be before 1922 as seen on glued newspaper fragments on the frame . So who is able to tell me more ? Size is 17x14 inches so big picture .
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The photographers at this address were called Leeds.
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Thanks and any internet links somewhere to be having some more on them ? Can't find much yet
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Enter the address, including Brooklyn, within quotation marks in Google. Plenty of results.
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Yes that works but Leeds is not Offenbach so any idea who he was ? And my photo is handsigned on the photo or in the negatief itself so not like what i see on the Leeds pictures . Any idea about that ? And who is this man himself on the picture ?
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Most likely it's anyone.
Try a google image search using the second image.
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Yes that works but Leeds is not Offenbach so any idea who he was ? And my photo is handsigned on the photo or in the negatief itself so not like what i see on the Leeds pictures . Any idea about that ? And who is this man himself on the picture ?
who is the man in the picture....his name is Needle....and he lived in a Haystack.... ;D
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Maybe these folks could help:
http://www.brooklynhistory.org/visitor/contact.html (http://www.brooklynhistory.org/visitor/contact.html)
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The a blogsite that researches lost family photos. I think I can find it on this site it was posted a while ago.
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http://lostmementos.blogspot.com/ This is one of the sites. You could contact them.
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Thanks and will contact them . Must be possible to find out .
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Yes that works but Leeds is not Offenbach so any idea who he was ? And my photo is handsigned on the photo or in the negatief itself so not like what i see on the Leeds pictures . Any idea about that ? And who is this man himself on the picture ?
who is the man in the picture....his name is Needle....and he lived in a Haystack.... ;D
;D ;D
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because she has a sense of humour.... ;D.....
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Why has he said that ?! Have you antagonised him ?
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I think when he stated the needle and haystack thing he just was indicating it will be hard to locate one person in such a large area to look. I have a lot of photos from early on and I do know who some of them are but trying to find the other people I have pictures of would be very difficult. I wouldn't know where to start even. I always start with asking the person I get them from what they know to make it possible to have a direction to go.
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That's not on at all.
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I think the person in your picture may be Joseph Offenbacher. http://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Joseph_Offenbacher_%281%29
This person Eliezer Leo Offenbacher may be his grandson. I would contact him and see if he recognizes the picture at http://www.carionltd.com/doc.php?st=ny&cy=brooklyn&pn=eliezer-leo-offenbacher&id=799199. Eliezer was also Joseph's fathers name. Joseph died in 1945 at 67 years old. I may be way off but the last name is not common here and the information fits in with Brooklyn.
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Nice sleuthing icedgold10!!! Good hunch!!!
gerspee, continue to post your items on this site. That is what this site is all about...trying to help find answers. What one person finds intriguing to search out, others may not. That is the beauty of the forum...
Don't know what is going on with the rest of the posts above...but hope it is resolved and this forum retains the reputation and purpose it was created for...to be an enjoyable site to find out more about things from the past in a positive manner.
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Thanks and will ask this man if he is related . But the names are not similar in spelling . I look for Offenbach and this man is Offenbacher . And why would you put the posers name above your company's address without the company's name ?
So I think that the name Offenbach on the picture is the photographer who made this photo . The problem is that the photo itself has been glued on the carton . And maybe the posers name is written-on the back including the date ? Any cunning plan to release the old glue and take the picture off without damage to it ? I don;t think that wetting the carton will do the trick without any damage to the picture ?
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To me it looked like a way of the photographer marking who the picture is and where it was taken. The company usually put their names on the front and professionally printed. The name difference could be one of three things. The pencil could have worn off over the years, the penmanship of some is not always legible to others and it was not uncommon to have names become a variant when moving into this country. Either because of document errors or the person wanted to fit in better with a shorter name. I have seen both happen. This was around the same time my grandmother would have come here from Germany and she had issue with her name on her documents.
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Found something and I think there quite lookalikes ? What do you think ?
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I had seen him too at one point. What is the link to that picture?
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Although the look is similar,, the ears are wrong !! Bottom pics ears are smaller and set lower that the man at top !!
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The eyebrows are wrong too.
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The eyebrows are wrong too.
Maybe he waxed them? ;D
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Made a new print from the two face together . But a similar photo off this man just with his face straight looking in to the camera is not easy to find . Henry James Montague (1844-1878) is this man to look for . And then the date would be before 1878 what would be correct with the fashion on the photo ? And Offenbach as photographer would then maybe be the first one on this address ? And hair in style and moustache in a curl could be done to make a perfect image from him ? Photo is big so must has had some costs even in that time ?
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Here is henry looking straight on,
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I think I need get it from the carton board to see there's nothing like a name written on the back off it . Already tried wit a very bright light from the back but it's to thick to shine to the front . So soaking would maybe do the trick but I don.t think the photo would survive this treatment . The photographic layer is lying on the paper and is old so ? Any nice trick somewhere and any idea what glue was used in these days ?
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Be careful with any liquid. Very gently try to raise it with a razor blade.
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Turn the photo face down on a clean soft cloth and try a blow dryer to soften the glue from the back !! Heat sometimes works on old glue !! Then inch it up and away from the pic little by little !!
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Turn the photo face down on a clean soft cloth and try a blow dryer to soften the glue from the back !! Heat sometimes works on old glue !! Then inch it up and away from the pic little by little !!
Great idea!
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Turn the photo face down on a clean soft cloth and try a blow dryer to soften the glue from the back !! Heat sometimes works on old glue !! Then inch it up and away from the pic little by little !!
Great idea!
If it will work !! And that's a big "if" !!
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Thanks for the advices . Think that the glue would be a gelatine glue so animal based like used in bookbinding . So first I will try on one of my old books to see if heat will release this glue . Wetting the paper would work then but the paper off the photo is old and the photographic layer maybe will be getting lose from the under layer . And that's not what would be very clever . So testing first and let you know what's come out .
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This thread ;D
OCD ALERT !!!! OCD ALERT !!!!
;)
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Heating is not working so I just leave it where it is . Heating makes the photographic layer lose on the carrier paper so that will damage the image .
Identity finding off the person would be the best thing now . And the photographer if that's the name of him above the written address.
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Go to this link: http://pardonmeforasking.blogspot.com/2008/11/back-in-time-on-columbia-street.html
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Excellent work Icedgold10 !! Now he knows who it is !!
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Not sure he does.
I think you should keep looking ;D
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Not sure he does.
I think you should keep looking ;D
He shall not rest. ;D
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Well, I am resting !!
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Well, I am resting !!
Feet up, Mart. It's Sunday !
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Yep feet up! Watching Eagles vs Arizona game. Go Eagles!
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Thanks all but the last picture is not him . But the forum gave me more directions to look and I.am hopeful to find the answer with these directions . And you're right about the fact that I will not stop in searching because if there is a answer I really want the answer . And like most off you I like buying so there's so much stored away now in the house that even I don't know what's all there any more .
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That's funny, I am the same way. I don't stop until I find the answer. I have a hard head as my parents told me.
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Thanks all but the last picture is not him . But the forum gave me more directions to look and I.am hopeful to find the answer with these directions . And you're right about the fact that I will not stop in searching because if there is a answer I really want the answer . And like most off you I like buying so there's so much stored away now in the house that even I don't know what's all there any more .
If that's not him its his twin !! What makes you think it isn`t ??
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Feet up and booze up, Mart ?!
They don't look alike
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The one I saw did !! Or was it wishful thinking ?? Did you get my PM Ipcress ??
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Look through enough pictures and they all start looking like him. lol
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The one I saw did !! Or was it wishful thinking ?? Did you get my PM Ipcress ??
Yes Mart ;D
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Could always go to a plastic surgeon and make me related in looks ::) Then it's going to be great great grandfathers from my mother side and my newest family portret ;D
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There you go. I have fake family photos up in my house. I make a story up to go with them. lol ;D The post I did on Italian soldiers, that picture is on my wall like I know them. Fun! ;D