Comments on: Brigham Young’s Teenagers

By: Anita

Anita — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 03:44:04 +0000

and just imagine life before orthodontics! no wonder everyone was photographed with closed lips.

By: Justin

Justin — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 22:45:11 +0000

Some information about the photos is available here. Also: BYU's copy can be seen here.

By: mondo cool

mondo cool — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 21:05:24 +0000

#36
When Daguerreotypes were first developed, exposure times could take up to an hour. But, chemical processes improved by 1850 so that they were usually under a minute for most processes. Then glass plates with a colloidal/silver medium were introduced which improved the processes further but the habit of remaining still without a smile persisted – still a good idea. We can assume that the photos referenced in #16 above were taken between 1860 – 1875. Careful comparison between the two show that they are indeed two different photos – notice the finger of the girl on the right – apparently taken within a short time of each other. Flash pans were introduced around that time also. Who knows what method was used?

Maybe we can re-introduce this whole thing again to get our teenagers to sit still for an hour – while awake.

By: annegb

annegb — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 20:44:00 +0000

Marriages in Utah that are consummated can be annulled if they are less than a year.

By: cheryl

cheryl — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 20:32:46 +0000

Guidelines

By: cheryl

cheryl — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 20:31:20 +0000

Oh, to be sure, it wasn’t shoulders that were to remain covered. It was the ankles.

By: Jami

Jami — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 20:17:25 +0000

My filter must have air-brushed that cleavage away. All I’m seeing is shoulder and collarbone. Well…and 10 girls.

By: Mark Brown

Mark Brown — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 20:01:57 +0000

Jami, I wish the adults at the stake dances I attended as a young man were as cool as you. Most of them would have called the cops if a young woman showing that much shoulder and cleavage had tried to enter.

By: Jami

Jami — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 19:57:37 +0000

OK, give the young ladies a break. Awaybackthen photography required staying absolutely still for quite awhile. (Factoid, anyone? 5 minutes? 10?) Start smiling and see how long it takes til you lips and cheeks start aquiverin’.

Regarding modesty, what’s a little shoulder to the unendowed?

By: Ranbato

Ranbato — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 19:54:33 +0000

I was at BYU when the ‘Marriages’ happened and my Bishop worked in the Honor Code office. It happened. I believe there were even articles about it in the paper.