This photo is courtesy of site reader Ray Jackson who found it in a set of photos he bought from ebay. The back of the CdV indicated the subject is one Horace Jones, who at the time of the photograph looks to have been in his early twenties. We can tell this is an 1860s …
The above CdV came from the Downhome Antiques shop in Orange, CA. I find this hairstyle to be strange and interesting, but it was pretty common because I have seen it in a number of photographs. Often the top of the hair is adorned with some type of fancy decoration, or a fancy hair …
Here we have a nice family portrait with a wiggly baby sitting on Mother’s lap and Father standing. This CdV is from the 1860s, though I am having some difficulty giving this a more firm year. First the card itself. The corners are square, indicating pre-1870. There wasn’t a photographer’s mark on the back, indicating …
Here we have another early 1860s vintage CdV. The distinguishing characteristics are the simple card with no photographer’s information, the absence of borders around the photograph, and the simple furnishings. After the Daguerreian era but before the flush of CdV popularity, the furnishings offered by a photographer were quite simple, often consisting of a chair …
This 1860s vintage CdV has some distinguishing characteristics of early CdV portraiture. The image itself is small and masked in an oval shape in the center of the print. Second, there is no photographer information, the card is hand cut and flimsy, and the corners are square. These all point to the early 1860s. More …
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