ca. 1880-1900s, [cabinet card, photomontage of a man in wearing a bowler hat demonstrating how to properly light a pipe], Place.
ca. 1880s-1910s, [hand tinted ambrotype, post mortem portrait of a child in a coffin, clutching a rosary and crucifix]
Hey guys! I’ve returned from another hiatus, and am hoping to find you in good holiday spirits, with enough zeal to compete with this fine lady’s.
ca. 1900, [young lady dressed as a Christmas Tree], Carl Kuskop
ca. 1860s, [composite carte de visite of a young man peering up from his tuba], M.C. Ragsdale
ca. 1860-70s, [tintype portrait of a man fanning some paper currency with a pile of gold coins]
ca. 1870-90s, [tintype portrait of two women sporting some delicious doughnut spectacles]
From the Dutch “olykoeks,” to a sea captain’s doting mother, and WWI-era mechanization, the Smithsonian Magazine does a fantastic job tracing the doughnut’s storied past.
ca. 1860-70s, [carte de visite portrait of two child acrobat performers]
ca. 1860s, [set of ambrotype portraits of a young lady; on the left with paper and paste, on the right, in a more traditional pose cradling something in her lap]
ca. 1850-60s, [daguerreotype portrait of a gent with a book]
ca. 1860-80s, [hand tinted, postmortem tintype of a young woman]
ca. 1870s, [carte de visite portrait of the beautiful albino performer Aggie Zolidra], J. Wood
ca. 1875, [tintype portrait of four men enjoying the view in front of Taghanic (Taughannock) Falls near Ithaca, N.Y.], C.M. Marsh
ca. 1860-1880s, [tintype portrait of a man on crutches]
ca. 1870-1900s, [candid tintype portrait of a young woman with one arm]
ca. 1870-90s, [tintype portrait of an actor in costume]
ca. 1880-1900s, [tintype portrait of a young lady with an adorable smile]
ca. 1880-90s, [occupational cabinet card of an ice salesman posed with his wagon and team of horses], E. Cook
ca. 1870-90s, [cabinet card of a taxidermist on his porch with his pieces and pet dog]
ca. 1850s, [daguerreotype portrait of a boy and his sleeping tabby kitten], Holmes