#gonna go try and disassemble the clock now clean it up and ask my uncle if he can cut some plywood for the back

[kenobihater]

here's my current favorite pictures in my collection. i picked up the first two of these in colorado. unsure about the women's names, and i need to clean up/fix the clock frame, but it's such a unique piece. i like the intimacy of the second one of harry clyde greening and friend. they just seem really close yk? not a ton of studio portraits of men circa 1910-1920(ish?? rough estimate from clothing and age) have them both posed closely and focused on each other. then the last one, of ruth adams kline is her marriage portrait at age 17-18. she was a socialite who died tragically after a car crash at 20. i'm not related to her, but i inherited it from my grandfather and i believe she was a close friend to his aunt iirc? the ages line up and my grandma told me she was an aunt, though that's not accurate, so i'm assuming she misheard my grandpa before he passed. she was probably a close family friend and his aunt was given the photo by her widower or family. it's absolutely stunning, the frame is unlike anything i've ever seen and she's utterly ethereal