Vintage 10" x 13" Albumen Photograph "Man With Pipe" ID-Info Help?

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  1. SPERLS

    SPERLS sperls

    Any help on subject or photographer appreciated! IMG_0357.JPG IMG_0359.JPG IMG_0355.JPG
     
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  2. johnnycb09

    johnnycb09 Well-Known Member

    My very first thought was a WPA thing. Its GORGEOUS. I almost want to say that's a Japanese signature on the back?
     
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  3. Bakersgma

    Bakersgma Well-Known Member

    Interesting shot. His shirt is kind of dirty and the background looks like one of 2 things - either "artwork" or a storefront display. I'm leaning toward 'artwork.' Perhaps an artist?

    Did it come in one of those folders with an opening inside (like a matted portrait?)
     
  4. SPERLS

    SPERLS sperls

    It was framed under glass....The third picture down is the matting & it is glued to the backing :>(..The background does look like artwork (good eyes Bakrgma)
     
  5. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    he looks very relaxed..
     
  6. SPERLS

    SPERLS sperls

    It looks like it says "Fija Kija" ??....Thanks.I do like it!!
     
  7. moreotherstuff

    moreotherstuff Izorizent

    Are you sure it's an albumen print? Looks like silver nitrate to me. Agree it's a good photo.
     
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  8. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    I think it's more like

    F. ja K. ja ......isn't Ja , yes in german !!
     
  9. evelyb30

    evelyb30 Well-Known Member

    He looks awfully familiar....dang. Wish I could remember who that was, if I even know.
     
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  10. jackolin

    jackolin Well-Known Member

    My first thought when I saw the photo was, Bing Crosby. Do not believe it is - just favors him.
     
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  11. yourturntoloveit

    yourturntoloveit Well-Known Member

    Don't laugh but . . . I think it might be a young(ish) Rock Hudson.

    Rock Hudson was in his first movie in 1948 (Warner Bros. "Fighter Squadron"). I'm really starting to think it may be Rock Hudson. It appears from information on the web that Rock Hudson did smoke pipes.
     
  12. SBSVC

    SBSVC Well-Known Member

    Like jackolin, I, too, thought Bing Crosby when I first saw the photo, but I'm not sure the ears "stick out" enough.

    Bing Crosby with pipe.jpg
     
  13. Messilane

    Messilane Well-Known Member

    I messed with it a bit -

    pipe1.jpg

    pipe2.jpg
     
  14. moreotherstuff

    moreotherstuff Izorizent

    He reminds me of Richard Kiel ("Jaws" from James Bond).
     
  15. Messilane

    Messilane Well-Known Member

  16. Figtree3

    Figtree3 What would you do if you weren't afraid?

    I agree that it's not likely to be an albumen print. That type of print was almost never used after the 19th century.

    Rock Hudson is an interesting thought, but the chin on this man is different. Rock Hudson's looks just a little more prominent, and he had a light cleft in his chin. I don't see that here.
     
  17. Bakersgma

    Bakersgma Well-Known Member

    I thought he had a likeness to Bing at first too. But it was just the pipe and not the rest of the face.
     
  18. silverthwait

    silverthwait Well-Known Member

    No, he reminds me of Kiel -- cheekbones especially.

    However, I think he is Irish.

    And, he looks like, not so much the photos, but John Singer Sargent's drawing of W. B. Yeats.
     
  19. johnnycb09

    johnnycb09 Well-Known Member

    I think he looks slightly Asian,does anyone else ?
     
  20. GaleriaGila

    GaleriaGila Hola, y'all!

    Welllllllllll... as I study the face shape, eyebrows, and ear creases, I think it does look like Bing. Kinda looks like his laid back "cool dude" expression. I really WANT it to look like Bing! Gonna go search some images...
     
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