Ernie Mathews and Ken Forbes

Still mysteries

Harold Brimer

Dave Lancaster and friend?

Earl Clark

Bill Gregg

Bill Grant

Harry Gelfarb

Gene Shuey

Dennis Shreefer

 

James Schwertley and Cal Chess

The struggle is real

Cal Chess and James Schwertley

Cal Chess Day

Filming “A Slight Case of Larceny”

Tom De Carlo 1956

Jessie Dalton

Notes on AMG’s Thousand Model Directory 8

The next variety album (ZE) has a similar fate.

Milton Lippman is now — for understandable reasons — that ubiquitous public figure Walter Lippman[n] (1889-1974).

Louis Craig becomes Arnold Craig.

Joe Hern’s transformation is positively antique: he is called Enoch Hern.

Don Aston and Philip Mathes are reborn as Phillips & Aston.

It’s interesting to see Phil Mathis turn up some years later in the VK album. (I plan to cover Grecian Guild’s 1966 sequel to the Thousand Model Directory soon.)

To be continued.

Notes on AMG’s Thousand Model Directory 7

Continuing with the ZC album:

Bob Powers is now his brother Mike Powers — a double error, since Mike is already shown in the directory, on the same page and in the same row!

(Mike Powers appears in the ZT13 catalogue.)

Howard Thomas becomes Alan Thomas in the directory.

They seem familiar

More Joe Cyr

Norman Moore

Chuck Mahoney

A life of contrasts

Sideways look

Ted and Irene

Photo booth series

Direct gaze

Notes on AMG’s Thousand Model Directory 6

Five of the twelve entries in the ZC album changed between initial publication and the Thousand Model Directory. 

Jack Beltoya becomes Jack Deltoya.

Jon Christen is Bill Christensen.

Jeff Jeffers has become Jim Jeffers.

Continued here.

The Prince of Wales by Downey

Some years later, the Prince of Wales by W. & D. Downey of 61 Ebury Street (Eaton Square) in London; the mount appears to belong to the branch in Newcastle-on-Tyne, located at 9 Eldon Square. The firm’s founders were the brothers William Downey (1829-1915) and Daniel Downey (1831-1881); they occupied the Eldon Square address from 1863, and William opened the London branch at 57 and 61 Ebury Street in 1872.

Early and late

The future King Edward VII, as Prince of Wales (in French, Prince de Galles), by Duroni & Murer of 12 Rue Vivienne in Paris. The Duroni in the name is presumably Alessandro Duroni (1807-1870), who began his career as an optical instrument maker based in Milan. At the time this carte de visite was produced, the Duroni & Murer studio was the court photographer for King Vittorio Emanuele II of Italy, who held that title 1861-78.

Put ‘em up

Now what?

Pleather satisfaction

The many moods of Armando Gonzales