Pin And Chain

Unknown Man (1920s)
Photographs only came along only once in a while. This was the age before smart phone selfies, an age when a portrait was an event. An event to get out your Sunday best and put on your best pin and watch chain.
There is something rather special about a "Walking Snap" - those brief moments of history captured in the click of a seaside shu...
I also think a gentleman's pins and watch fobs were often very clearly in focus to draw attention to their membership in some fraternal society.
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