Original Edwardian era studio portrait photograph (cut down from a mount) of a handsome very confident looking older teenage boy / young man, casually holding a cigarette. From the studio of William Towert & Son, 42 St. He is wearing a tweed suit, with handkerchief pocket detail on the front (appears on men's suits in 1880), 4 in hand tie, short hair and a moustache. Victorian CDV of attractive confident looking young man, late teens maybe, sparse moustache.
Bartley Green, Birmingham, West Midlands, England, U.K. This was taken a few years before the outbreak of WW1 so it is likely he was sent to war. Original Studio portrait photograph of nice looking confident teenage boy at King Edward V1 Five Ways Grammar School (K.E.G.S) with prizes - there is a large silver cup dated 1911 and lots of other medals and cups.