You can definitely tell this photograph is purple, indicating it was made using the collodion process and making its date sometime after 1894. The photo also seems to have something underneath it, making the ridge that you can see around the image. It’s almost padded. This photo is placed under the baby from our last …
I believe this lovely lady to be posing for her wedding portrait, based on the lovely flowers adorning her bodice. Her position in the Dobb Long Book is directly below Mr. Mysterious, so perhaps they were both sitting for their wedding portrait. She has a rather interesting turn to the pouf of her bangs, and …
This photograph lives in the opening below our previous one of the couple on the maroon cabinet card. It was also made in Nebraska, so I assume they are the children of the couple. The boy has a very wide fancy collar and large bow on his suit, with lace cuffs, short pants, stockings and …
I apologize for the long absence, friends. My family was afflicted with flu during the past week which took me away from this site. But, here I am, back to bring you a maroon cabinet card. After observing in my last post that I hadn’t seen a maroon cabinet card, I found that the next …
Just down the street from the Hartley Studios in Chicago we find the Ahlborn Berlin Studio at 333 W. Madison Street, Chicago, who claim that babies’ pictures are a specialty! These children are adorable, there is no question! The child on the left is undoubtedly a girl. I think the child on the right might …
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