Mary Pickford - Glass Slide - c. 1920s

Generic Mary Pickford personality glass slide from Australia, c. 1920s, featuring a photo by Alfred Lindstedt. The slide is labeled "LINTON SLIDE, 61 Market St., Sydney." and measures 3.25" x 3.25" English size,  slightly smaller than typical slides.

First National Postcard - Photo by Lindstedt - 1919

"Mary Pickford starring with First National Exhibitors' Circuit" postcard featuring a portrait by Alfred Lindstedt. 1919. Gifted from the Pamela Short Collection. 

Mary Pickford - Portrait - Unknown - ca. 1926

Mary Pickford portrait with stamped signature. I am unsure of the photographer of this portrait (and the  slew of others from the same sitting.) It might be K.O. Rahmn, Lindstedt-Phelan, Hesser, or simply someone else. ca. 1926. Do you know?

Mary Pickford - Lindstedt / Walturdaw Photos

Alfred Lindstedt, born in Sweden in 1877, made his way to NY, then Kansas City, and then ultimately Los Angeles, CA. He initially received recognition for for his pictorialist style, with heavy modification in the negative making some of his photographs look more like drawings, but he eventually moved into a more typical portrait style. In the 1920s, he shot for Hoover Art Co. and started the Lindstedt-Phelan partnership, both of which took some wonderful Pickford portraits. Lindstedt died in 1958.

Mary Pickford portrait by Alfred Lindstedt. I do not know if the look of this photo is by mistake or if it was done for artistic effect. Of course, Lindstedt was initially known for his artistic negative modifications which he somewhat moved away from by this point, but this strange exposure very well could have been done on purpose. With that said, the print is consumed by peppering which leads me to believe it might not have been intentional. Part of NZ Photo Album.

Mary Pickford portrait by Alfred Lindstedt. And again, I do not know if the look of this photo is by mistake or if it was done for artistic effect. Of course, Lindstedt was initially known for his artistic negative modifications which he somewhat moved away from by this point, but this strange exposure very well could have been done on purpose. With that said, the print is consumed by peppering which leads me to believe it might not have been intentional. Part of NZ Photo Album.

Mary Pickford portrait by Alfred Lindstedt (Walturdaw Pictures photo.) This particular photo seems to have been used in a good number of places, including the Australian glass slide also in the collection. c. 1919. Part of NZ Photo Album.

This could almost pass for a photo by Evans, but it's another Mary Pickford portrait by Alfred Lindstedt for Walturdaw Pictures. Part of NZ Photo Album.

Mary Pickford portrait by Alfred Lindstedt (Walturdaw Pictures photo.) Photo 1918 though this print is c. 1919. Part of NZ Photo Album.

Mary Pickford portrait by Alfred Lindstedt (Walturdaw Pictures photo.) c. 1919. Part of NZ Photo Album.

Mary Pickford Lindstedt-Phelan Photo & Negative - c. 1925

Mary Pickford Lindstedt-Phelan Photo - c. 1925. This photo originates from the Mary Pickford Estate and comes from her personal collection. While in my opinion there are superior Lindstedt photos out there in the world, this is still certainly a nice photo and which shows a less "glamorous" and more "everyday" studio portrait of Mary from the mid-20s.

Original nitrate negative with Lindstedt-Phelan Studio mark signed in ink.

Closeup of some of the interesting 1920s "photoshopping" on the negative -- tweaking the shadows / fine lines / eyebrow, accentuating the eyelashes, etc.

File folder that contained the photograph and negative with labeling by Mary.