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It looks like freckles on her face, so a little too strong (maybe coarse).
I like the blown highlights, it has a real 'brownie' feel to it.
Needs a squarish crop and a white border for that real Kodak feel.
Why a square crop? Almost no old photo I got is a square, almost all are 2:3 or 1:2 (disregarding the frame).
I dug out an old square photo, it gave me a real pang.
Brownie probably (don't know what type), 3.5 inches square.
It has 1/4 inch borders, for a 3 x 3 inch picture.
I have lots of other square pictures too, most older.
As for image shape, square crops are in the minority amongst my camera collection.
Thanks for the episode link, I will try to watch that one again.
I had a bakelite Brownie when I was younger, googling found me no lookalikes.
I also had an original Kodak bellows camera from my grandmother, but again it didn't look like any of yours - or even any other pictures I have been able to find.
Anyhow, I like square crops - they really trigger a nostalgia reflex for me.
They were housed in 3 1/2 by 4 1/4 inches (the bottom edge held the developer).
All of my older pictures tend towards the square, 3 1/2" by 4 1/4" being a very common size.
Sure, the 35mm standard held sway for a while, but not in older pictures - and especially not with amateurs.
I noticed, however, that most old photos I got have sharp borders and no real frames. It seems as many of them are cutouts of larger ones to fit in an album and therefore most probably no longer have their original aspect ratios.