Monday, April 23, 2018

Trench Parting


This is an old Cabinet Card of an unknown soldier. How it came into my possession, I do not know. But look at the parting in his hair: as straight as a die, as pronounced as a Flanders trench.


2 comments:

  1. Those are some spooky-looking eyes!

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  2. The man does have a spooky wide-awake caffeinated stare. I suspect the photographer has darkened the pupils perhaps to correct a small blur in the eyes.

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