Rural South Carolina, c. 1890-1900, Pair of Early Kodak Snapshots delta stains and a few scratches

stains and a few scratches (I have not touched it) but overall good condition and still just great looking

etc--at first for dances but then specifically to sell

The subject is Santa Rita (born Margherita Ferri Lotti

but it seems curious that each hour would be divided into five rather than six segments

and the level of time and care invested in making them singular and special makes me very very happy

Rural South Carolina, c. 1890-1900, Pair of Early Kodak Snapshots delta stains and a few scratchesI purchased this pair from a favorite dealer in Cohoes, NY, who always has lots of interesting photographs. They are early Kodaks, c. 1890s very early 1900s I believe. On the back of one is written "SC" and on the other, the lower photo in first image, "Negro cabin, SC". I must say that I was first struck by them formally the composition of the first one, with wooden pole a perfect vertical in the foreground echoed by the pipe rising tall from the