Stunning Portrait Photos of San Marcos Residents facing mirrors from the 1930s

Studio photography became easier to accomplish in the 1930s due to advances in lens technology and film speed. Celluloid film replaced glass plates in this period, and the quality improved, and the ISO increased progressively over the next 20 years.

During the Great Depression in the 1930s, documentary photography reached its zenith in the United States. Photographers no longer worked in studios; they went out into the field to capture images of common people. A growing interest in photojournalism and popular magazines like Life and Look coincided with the work of federal agency photographers.

During the 1930s, San Marcos Daily Record captured amazing studio portraits of people posing in front of mirrors.

#1 A woman holding an unidentified infant girl in front of a mirror

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#2 A woman holding woman holding an unidentified infant girl in front of a mirror

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#3 A girl sitting on pillow looking into mirror

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#4 A girl sitting on pillow looking into mirror

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#5 A girl sitting on pillow looking into mirror

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#6 A girl sitting on pillow looking into mirror

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#7 A girl sitting on pillow looking into mirror

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#8 A woman standing and looking into a mirror

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#9 A woman standing in front of a mirror

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#10 A young woman standing and looking into a mirror

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#11 A young woman standing, in profile, in front of a mirror

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#12 Betty Leah poses for a portrait photo in front of a mirror

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#13 Betty Leah poses for a portrait photo in front of a mirror

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#14 Betty Leah poses for a portrait photo in front of a mirror

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#15 Betty Leah poses for a portrait photo while looking in a mirror

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#16 Betty Leah poses for a portrait photo while looking in a mirror

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#17 Betty Leah poses for a portrait photo while looking in a mirror

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#18 Betty Leah poses for a portrait photo while looking in a mirror

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#19 Betty Leah poses for a portrait photo while looking in a mirror

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#20 Dorothy Staudt looking into a mirror

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#21 Dorothy Staudt standing in profile in front of a mirror

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#22 Lee Wallace Coleman looking into a mirror

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#23 Lee Wallace Coleman looking into a mirror

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#24 Lee Wallace Coleman sitting in front of a mirror

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#25 Louise Buckner standing and looking into a mirror

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#26 Louise Buckner standing in front of a mirror

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#27 Tommy Buckner sitting in front of a mirror

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#28 Tommy Buckner sitting in front of a mirror

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#29 Tommy Buckner sitting in front of a mirror

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#30 Tommy Buckner sitting in front of a mirror

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#31 Tommy Buckner sitting in front of a mirror

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