The bust portrait was a popular variation of the cabinet card and CdV throughout most of the 19th century, but it enjoyed a renewal in the 1890s. This cabinet card was probably made around 1895, based on the scalloped or deckled edge of the card. This young woman looks so solemn. We know this is …
Making an assumption that this woman and our previous International Lovely are mother and daughter is like assuming two people know each other because they went to the same college, but I can’t help but make the potential connection. These two photographs are one above the other on the left side of an open page …
A beautiful example of a bustle dress from the 1880s. This handsome couple is on the right hand page from our previous photo of the young/old youthful/matron in the Dobb Long Book. I believe this to be our “first impression” woman from the very first page of the book. She is a year or two …
This is the first cabinet card in the Dobb Long Book, and wow, what a great first impression! This young woman is wearing a gorgeous dress, and with the floral embellishment on the bodice I’m guessing it might be a wedding portrait. The dress looks to be from the late 1880s when you take into …
When posting photographs, I often wonder what was the occasion for the sitting. While photography was becoming less expensive to the masses it was still somewhat of a privilege in many areas. Sitting for a photograph was often associated with a special occasion – an engagement, birthday, graduation, birth of a child, etc. Much like …
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