#portablefrailty

[thesoundofsilents]

Hello! I am trying to identify an actress from a publicity still taken in 1926 and I was wondering if you could take a look. It's the most recent post on my Tumblr page. Thank you!

hi there, thanks for the ask!!

firstly, i must say that’s such a cool family connection you have to silent films!

anyways, i saw that you thought it was either dolores del rio or eleanor boardman, and i am nearly certain it isn’t dolores del rio.

i looked up the casts for both films you mentioned and out of everyone, i think that eleanor boardman has the closest ressemble to the woman in the picture.

here are some pictures of eleanor boardman that ressemble the picture you posted:

i hope this is helpful!!

-mod shannon <3

[lonestarbattleship]

Hey there. I'm noticing you've got a lot of great interwar warship pics. I'm writing a book about the cruise of 1925 (my great grandfather was on the Seattle) but I've had a hard time finding many shots of ship interiors. I was just wondering if you know of any resources for finding pics like that.

Which ship? I assume you mean USS Texas, but I wasn't sure.

Unfortunately, there aren't many interior photos out there. I'm always on the lookout for them and from what I can tell after talking with some in the museum ship community, the interior of the ships are not that well documented.

You can always graze through the Naval History and Heritage Command photos: link

Navsource is a good place that contains several photos from different archives: link

You can try your luck with the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA): link

I hope this helps.