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The cowboy outfit

I can tell by your outfit
That you are a cowboy.
You can tell by my outfit
That I'm a cowboy too.
You can tell by our outfits
That we are both cowboys.
If you get and outfit
You can be a cowboy too.

-Smothers Brothers circa 1965

NEW ADDITIONS

Here is another one from an itinerant photographer. This one has very elaborate costuming.

...This one has not.

I usually try to include only photographs
from the mid 1950's or before
but this one seemed very special.

Itinerant photographers brought a pony around to neighborhoods for the purpose of selling photographs to dad and mom. They would lead the horse up, plunk a kid on it and what mom could resist having a photograph? Some brought lots of costuming too. Here we have chaps, hat, rifle and scarf. The process was called "kidnapping" in the industry. (Thanks to opiejeanne for the background information)

Howdy. Come up and sit a spell.

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The most popular photographs
An album of the most requested photographs in the Lost Gallery.

Area 51 and a Half
You are probably not authorized to see these.

Don't take my picture!
Oh! You DID didn't you!

This is a collection of photographs that disappear on the way home from the photo processing shop.

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THE KIDS
It is always a mystery
how a photograph of any
of these precious children
could end up lost
or abandoned.
Here are a few.
You will probably say
"Ooh..." at least once.

Dee and the Business School
The beautiful Dee. A curious story; What do you see?

WHAT'S GOING ON HERE?

"What are they doing?"

Back Page - The Novelty Photobooth

The novelty Photo Booth. Shall we call it the "Cut-out" back drop? You go behind a backdrop and put your face through a hole and SNAP! You are part of history!
And the laff of the party!

NEW ADDITIONS

Souvenir photograph, Chicago c. 1940s
Here's a new one from guest contributor
CINDY

Many are from the "New Chinatown" series.
Have you seen any of these?
Do you HAVE one of these?
Contact me! I'll add it to this collection!

Some are done a bit differently. There is no painted backdrop, just a prop to sit on or in. This one is a fake airplane against the background view of the beach.

This is the more common novelty set up. A painted backdrop with openings for the subjects.

Sometimes it isn't a booth at all.
Sometimes it is just a corral and a costume and a fake horse...or two.

This one is from the
TASTEVICK Flickr collection

This one is from the
TASTEVICK Flickr collection

This one is from the
TASTEVICK Flickr collection

This one is a rare find. Three Poses, Same People!
It's from the
TASTEVICK Flickr collection

This would be from a later time period.
It is an early Polaroid shot.

This one we have learned, is from Knotts Berry Farm.

This one has been enhanced a great deal as the original is very faded. Quality work, you know.

Here is one that is a little different. Instead of a comic cut-out, a stuffed donkey with a wagon is the prop. These two photographs were obviously years apart.

Looks like somebody didn't quite grasp the concept.

Can't get enough? There are more examples on the way.

Watch this space!

Go back to THE MAIN INDEX PAGE

There are now more than 4,000 photographs in the Lost Gallery.
Or try out the NEW BACK PAGE INDEX

The most popular photographs An album of the most requested photographs in the Lost Gallery.

Area 51 and a Half You are probably not authorized to see these.

Don't take my picture! Oh! You DID didn't you! This is a collection of photographs that disappear on the way home from the photo processing shop.

And don't miss
Cabinet Card Gallery
One Man's Treasure
Penny Tales
Square America
Tattered and Lost
Vernacular Photography
The best
FOUND PHOTOGRAPH
sites on the web.

And for postcards try
THE DAILY POSTCARD.
POSTCARDY

All images are the property of Lost Gallery and the author. Permission must be granted for their use. All rights reserved.

THE KIDS It is always a mystery how a photograph of any of these precious children could end up lost or abandoned. Here are a few. You will probably say "Ooh..." at least once.

Dee and the Business School
The beautiful Dee. A curious story; What do you see?

WHAT'S GOING ON HERE?

"What are they doing?"