And that is quite a piece of fur behind it, keeping the little Brooklyn tyke warm while he holds the pose, I’m guessing. What a cute kid. But who was he? Just imagine how many years this portrait was probably propped up on his parents’ mantle.
L. S. Batterson was Lincoln Batterson, who ran a popular photography studio in the borough. The back of the portrait says “Instantaneous process used exclusively.”
Tags: christening photos, L.S. Batterson, portrait photography in New York
September 16, 2008 at 10:37 pm |
My humans love old photographs like this – sometimes they go to antique shops and buy them.