Young Woman Partially in Velvet, Chicago IL

Posted on April 26th, 2013 by Annieoakley

Cabinet Card, circa 1885. Photographer: George E. Neidhardt, Chicago, Illinois.

Price: $7.00

Cabinet card of a beautiful young woman taken by photographer George E. Neidhardt. His studio was located at 403 Larrabee St., the corner of North Ave. in Chicago. This card looks like it was once framed with an oval matting. Neidhardt’s studio shows up in city directories at the 403 Larrabee address in 1885. The next directory found for him is 1890 which shows the address of 405 Larrabee. And click on the image for a closer look, note the woman’s jewelry and the braiding detail on the velvet.

Sources: Thomas Hutchinson’s The Lakeside Annual Directory of the City of Chicago, 1885, p. 1015. Ancestry.com. U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995.

Reuben H. Donnelley’s The Lakeside Annual Directory of the City of Chicago, 1890, p. 1610. Ancestry.com. U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995.

Categories: Cabinet Cards, People, Photos Without Names, Women

Frank Robertson

Posted on April 24th, 2013 by Annieoakley

Cabinet Card, circa 1907.

Price: $10.00

A handsome young man, named Frank Robertson, possibly of Paducah, Texas. This Cabinet Card has writing on the back showing, “Mrs. Ruth Robertson, Paducah, Tex., son. Died Nov. 22, 1907.” Maybe this would have been made as a memorial, hard to know, but in any case the border design is very cool. Note the charming butterfly at the lower left.

Tags: Frank Robertson, Ruth Robertson Paducah TX

Categories: Cabinet Cards, Photos With Names

Princess Louise

Posted on April 16th, 2013 by Annieoakley

Nellie H. Bonney trade card showing a beautiful print of Her Royal Highness, the Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll. Miss Bonney can be found in various Haverhill, Massachusetts city directories and also on the 1880 Federal Census taken in Haverhill, showing her occupation as milliner, and born about 1844. To the bottom right of the drawing is the lithographer’s last name and location: Bufford, Boston. This print was produced by John Henry Bufford (1810-1870) an artist, lithographer, and publisher of prints. It is uncertain who was the actual artist of this work.

Trade Card. Nellie H. Bonney, Milliner. Haverhill, Mass. Circa 1880 – 1885.

Price: $25.00 Size: About 2 and 5/8 x 4 and 1/2″

Sources: Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll. n.d. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_Louise,_Duchess_of_Argyll. (accessed November 14, 2015).

John Henry Bufford. n.d. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Henry_Bufford (accessed November 14, 2015).

Year: 1880; Census Place: Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts; Roll: 529; Family History Film: 1254529; Page: 25D; Enumeration District: 182; Image: 0476. (Ancestry.com)

Tags: 7 & 8 Tilton Building Haverhill MA, Nellie H Bonney, old trade cards and advertising, Princess Louise Duchess of Argyll, Victorian Trade Cards Haverhill MA, vintage trade cards

Categories: Bufford, Lithograph Companies, Royalty, Trade Cards and Advertising