Thank You, Jane!
WEDNESDAY 11/14 - SATURDAY 11/17
Anybody here you know? Check out "Rensler's Revisited" at CARTEAUX AND LESLIE, where large photographic prints from Rensler's Portrait Studio's original glass plate negatives are on view through Nov. 24. Photographer Brad Smith bought thousands of Rensler's plates at auction and produced 49 prints for this show. Rensler's opened for business at 925 Vine St. in 1906 and has photographed Cincinnatians through the years, eventually moving two doors away to 921 Vine, where today Carteaux and Leslie handle 19th and 20th Century books and prints. People used to have their pictures taken in regular dress and in costume in front of backdrops or with a paper moon that has long since disappeared. By the time the glass plates turned up at auction, identification was as lost as the moon. Timothy Leslie says "I'm hoping someone will exclaim 'Hey, that's my grandmother in that horrible hat!' " 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday-Friday and 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday. 513-721-9555. (See Art.) -- JANE DURRELL
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