These ladies showed off what they loved to do....

When it comes to old photos, I kind of just prefer to see the old stuff. Old Cars, Trains, Street Cars, Barber Shops, even the old Cameras themselves. I liked the poses, but I was more interested in the dresses and the style of furniture around these ladies.

@ScribbledAdNauseum I enjoy seeing people "do what they do."

@TheHorse Ah, just the daily routine for them in their time?

@ScribbledAdNauseum I love old things. My great-grandfather was a hoarder, he kept everything. My grandmother hated it and she always tried to convince him to get rid of some of the things, but I loved to explore his attic. It is was full of old things. I found some Donald Ducks magazines from the 50s which I kept. I have seen a pitcher and bowl like you mentioned. They were used as decoration in a hotel.

@Porcospino I have seen a lot of pitcher and bowls in antique stores. I think the one my mom had was a reproduction, and the majority of the ones in antique stores are the same. I am not sure if my mom ever used the pitcher and bowl, probably not. I think hoarding is both good and bad. It's great because it's keeping history, but it would be better if these hoarding types were better organized, they are not. I watch a couple of youtube channels (sometimes) where people explore abandoned places. A lot of the places they explore are filled with so many things from generations of living. A lot of the houses look like a hoarder once lived there.

Yes, I am just as interested in the rooms as I am in the subjects. I love to see old furniture, old things like the pitcher and bowl people once used to wash up. I had one of those, it was my mother's. I am not sure what happened to it,and it saddens me that it might have ended up at goodwill.

@LadyDuck A book, or perhaps in front of a piano. I do not know how to play, but I'd like to think it would be a skill I would have learned in that time period.

That was a lovely photo as well. I think that I would have been photographed with a book as well, if I were living in these times.

@ScribbledAdNauseum My choice would have also been with a book.

The one where the woman was holding the umbrella?

@ScribbledAdNauseum That is the one.

What was number six doing?

@ScribbledAdNauseum She was sitting and reading a book but was really getting into it.

I love black and white or sepia toned photos. I don't know why.

@amitkokiladitya You are right, we are all unique with unique ideas and values.

@ScribbledAdNauseum that is fine...we all have our own good suitable vision

I believe these dresses were thinner than people today think they are. I imagine they are still cumbersome,but I wouldn't think they were overly hot.

I think I would be more apt to look at the snow myself. When it does snow here (we do not get a lot of it) I can't help but to go outside and enjoy it.

Ah yes, that one was nice too. I was paying a lot of attention to the dresses myself. I do not like to wear dresses myself, but I do like the way ladies looked in all their pretty finery back then.

I saw number 4 and thought she looked rather tired of reading... She may very well have been far sighted, or wanted to appear that way. Number 7 is also how I like to read.