Vintage 1930s Vernacular Photo Hand Tinted Couple Tri-Fold Folio Silver Gelatin For Sale

Vintage 1930s Vernacular Photo Hand Tinted Couple Tri-Fold Folio Silver Gelatin
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Vintage 1930s Vernacular Photo Hand Tinted Couple Tri-Fold Folio Silver Gelatin:
$8.00

Shipping is free for this item. See photos for condition. See my store for other RARE goods.SUBJECT: Unidentified Couple Posing by Picket Fence
ESTIMATED DATE: Circa 1920s – 1930s
DIMENSIONS: Miniature Portrait Format (Housed in full tri-fold paper folio mount)
MEDIUM: Original Silver Gelatin Print with period hand-tinted watercolor coloration.
PAPER PROFILE: Housed in its original textured, heavy-weight brown tri-fold cardboard presentation sleeve.
CONDITION: Authentic Vintage Wear / Intact Complete StructureMETADATA & PHYSICAL CONTEXTAn original early 20th-century vernacular silver gelatin print featuring period hand-applied watercolor tinting. The portrait documents a couple standing in a grassy yard adjacent to a traditional wood picket fence, with the male subject clad in era-specific high-waisted trousers and a flat cap.The artifact is uniquely preserved within its original commercial tri-fold cardboard studio mount. The hand-tinting layers remain structurally stable, adding vivid pink highlights to the female subject's garment alongside soft green and teal-blue environmental washes. The layout reflects the classic pocket-portrait presentation style popular before World War II.LOT SPECIFICS & MATERIAL CONDITION
  • Substrate: Miniature silver gelatin print fixed directly into its original multi-tiered brown paper frame border.
  • Folio Condition: Intact tri-fold configuration showing authentic structural aging, light edge fraying, and surface creasing along the hinge lines entirely consistent with age. No missing panels or detachment.
  • Emulsion: The hand-tinted pigments remain fixed to the underlying print layer with zero active flaking, deep scratches, or moisture damage.
  • Verso: Reverse side of the cardboard folio shows uniform vintage toning.
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