Exchanging Portraits (Part 1)

I've noticed how many friends gave me portraits of themselves—most often from high-school-senior sittings—as mementos. I run across them periodically when I'm scouring for photos for the blog. I'm charmed by the tender, young sentiments my friends wrote on the back of those images.

It's also charming that earlier generations engaged in the same ritual of friendship. I'll be posting some of the images in this new little series I am starting today.

Kaunas, Lithuania, April 1, 1932. This fellow is a friend of my Dad's older cousin, Henry.

Thanks to my Kaunas Cousin for making this photo available to us.