Cabinet Card, circa 1870s – 1880s. Photographer: J. Polkinghorn, Darlington, Wisconsin. Price: $7.00 A Cabinet Card by photographer J. Polkinghorn in Darlington, Wisconsin of….surely this must be the dad in the photo with his young daughter and son. He wears…Read More…
Category: Cabinet Cards
That Faraway Look, Detroit, 1894 or ’95
Cabinet Card, 1894 – 1895. Photography by Burton J. Holcombe & Co. Price: $6.00 Size: 4 and 1/4 x 6 and 1/2″ The above photo of the beautiful woman with the faraway gaze looks over-exposed or faded, but to me,…Read More…
Edward F. Hartley, Chicago Photographer
We love these photo studio illustrations with the studio name appearing multiple times (eight in this case, including the name under the building). The block on the sidewalk is called a carriage step, carriage stone or mounting block, if you…Read More…
A Nice Gentleman, Chicago 1891
Cabinet Card photo. 1891. Photo studio: Hartley, 309 W. Madison St., Chicago, Illinois. Price: $10.00 Size: 4 and 1/4 x 6 and 1/2″ Sometimes we get lucky with names, sometimes not: Here’s a beautiful Cabinet Card portrait of a kind-looking…Read More…
Colby & Wilson Cabinet Card, Meredith, NH
Cabinet Card photo of a little boy, (love the expression) about three years old, posed standing with hands in pockets, dressed in a long wool-looking coat with contrasting darker-colored cuffs and collar, the collar buttoned snug at the neck, and…Read More…
Myrtle Olson, San Francisco, Circa 1897
Here’s a Cabinet Card of adorable Myrtle Olson, about seven or eight years old, posed for the photo wearing a plaid dress with long sleeves which are puffed from elbow to shoulder, a white collar and button-top boots. Myrtle appears…Read More…
Frederick Russell Pope
Cabinet Card, circa 1896. Photographer: Duryea, Brooklyn, New York. Price: $20.00 Cabinet Card showing a beautiful photo of young Frederick Russell Pope, estimated age about four years old, taken by the Duryea photography studio, Brooklyn, New York. Russell was born…Read More…
Family Portrait By J. R. Johnson
Cabinet Card, circa 1880s – 1890s. Possible photographer: J. R. Johnson. Possible location California. Price: $6.00 The fourth of four Cabinet Cards found in the small Soquel, CA antique and vintage shop, and it’s possible they may have come from…Read More…
Modesto Siblings By Hanson
Cabinet Card, circa 1892 – 1898. Photographer: Frank Henry Hanson. Price: $15.00 This Cabinet Card was likely done by Frank H. Hanson who is mentioned in the same book about Modesto that was just referenced two posts ago (re fellow…Read More…