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1860-1878
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis cabinet card depicts Gideon Welles on a Mathew Brady mount. Shown from the waist up, he wears a black frock coat and waistcoat over a white shirt. A pocket watch chain T-bar is visible in one buttonhole. There is text at the bottom left corner of the…
November 1892
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA cabinet card photograph of a baby, identified as six-month-old Gracy Elen Crawford, captured by photographer John Green. The baby wears a long gown. Her eyes are wide open as she gazes at the viewer. Directly behind the baby is a hanging curtain of dark…
ca. 1890
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA cabinet card photograph of H. L. Cunningham taken by the traveling photographer, W. W. Fox. Cunningham’s portrait captures him from the waist up, fading out from his waist below. He is wearing a suit with a bow tie. On the back, the sitter's name is…
1888-1891
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis cabinet card portrait depicts a young woman, Ida Allston, looking to her right and wearing a dark-colored pleated bodice with a white ruffled lace collar and earrings. A cartouche and banner with the text "ART STUDIO" inside the banner is printed on…
ca. 1900
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA cabinet card photograph of J. C. Duncan taken by Newton Art Studio in Newton, IL. Duncan is captured from the waist up and is facing to the left. He wears a dark color suit jacket and vest with a tie and a light color shirt. A light color handkerchief is…
1880s-1890s
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA faded cabinet card photograph of Jane Townsend and Lou Ella McMurray. Jane Townsend is seated and facing forward, looking slightly off to the left. She is only visible from the chest up and wears a dark colored blouse or dress. LouElla McMurry is…
1887
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black-and-white photograph of Jessie Olive Adams photographed at the J. P. Ball & Son studio in Helena, Montana. The photo is mounted on dark-colored pasteboard. Adams is sitting on a textile-covered chair and wears a white gown and a bonnet. The name…
late 19th century
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA sepia toned photograph portrait of John H. Scott. He has a full beard and is wearing a dark suit jacket, white shirt and dark bow tie. A handwritten note in blue ink on the back reads [John W. Scott Fayetteville, N.C. origin. Oberlin, Oberlin Ohio…
1884
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA cabinet card photograph of Laura E. Singleton taken by W. H. Farley. The portraits of Singleton captures her form the chest up, as she looks to the proper right. She has a collar of flowers and flower buttons. Singleton is wearing dainty dangling…
1880s-1891
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA cabinet card photograph featuring a bust-length portrait of Laura Singleton taken by H. F. Hoefle at Mrs. E. R. Piper's Studio in Decatur, IL. Singleton is wearing a dark color top with puffed shoulders. The neckline has an embellished embroidery that…
1894-1899
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black-and-white photograph of Laura Townsend. Townsend is standing in the center of the image turned toward the right side of the image. Townsend is wearing a dark dress with a high collar and ruffle detailing on the upper torso. Her dress has billowing…
1887-1900
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black-and-white photograph of Lucinda Nimno photographed at the J. P. Ball & Son studio in Helena, Montana. The photograph is mounted on light-colored pasteboard with the name and location of the photo studio printed on the front along the bottom. Nimno…
mid 1870s-mid 1880s
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA faded cabinet card photograph of Maggie J. (Colyar) Sims taken by photographer R. B. Williams in Winchester, Tennessee. Sims is wearing a dark color floor length dress with long-sleeves cuffed at the end, revealing a light color cuff. Her hands are…
1887
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black-and-white photograph of Mary Agnes Dulgar photographed at the J. P. Ball & Son studio in Helena, Montana. The photo is mounted on dark-colored pasteboard. Dulgar is in a padded seat and wears a white Christening gown with lace trim. The name and…
1887
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black-and-white photograph of Mary Agnes Dulgar photographed at the J. P. Ball & Son studio in Helena, Montana. The photo is mounted on dark-colored pasteboard. Dulgar is in a padded seat and wears a white Christening gown with lace trim. The name and…
1866
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA cabinet card portrait of Mary Jane Hale Welles wearing a funeral dress designed by Elizabeth Keckly (sometimes spelled Keckley). The albumen print is on a Henry Ulke card mount with a narrow black border. This full length portrait shows Mary Jane Hale…
ca. 1880
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA cabinet card photograph of Minerva Singleton taken by Richards Photography in Winchester, Tennessee. Singleton is fully captured and she is posed sitting, wearing a long-sleeve, floor-length dark color dress. Her left arm is leaning on a chair. The…
ca. 1880
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA cabinet card photograph of Minerva Singleton taken by Richards Photography in Winchester, Tennessee. Singleton is fully captured and she is posed sitting, wearing a long-sleeve, floor-length dark color dress. Her left arm is leaning on a chair. The…
ca. 1905
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA cabinet photograph of Mrs. Millie E. Hale by an unknown photographer. Hale is captured from the waist up and is looking forward and slightly to the left. She is wearing a dress with ruffled shoulders and a flower-piece on her proper left shoulder. In her…
1898-1899
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black-and-white photograph of Norman Pulaski Tuck and his son Alric photographed at the Ball & Sons studio in Seattle, Washington. The photo is mounted on dark-colored pasteboard stamped with the Ball & Sons logo and store location on the bottom of the…
February-March 5, 1894
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis cabinet card has a photograph of Rev. G.H.S. Bell looking toward his right. He wears a dark-colored suit and has a mustache and a chin beard. The text "C. M. BELL / WASHINGTON / D.C." is embossed in the lower right corner of the card mount. The…
late 1880s-1890s
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA cabinet card photograph of Reverend Baker taken by Staley Bros., photographers in Tullahoma, Tennessee. Rev. Baker from the knees up, standing and slightly to the left. He is wearing a long trench coat, is wearing a ring in his proper left pinky, and is…
1884-1906
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA cabinet card photograph of Reverend R. G. Garner of Mattoon, IL. Garner is captured from the waist up and is looking directly at the camera. He wears a dark color three-piece suit with a bow tie and presumably a watch chain hanging on his proper left…
November 1884
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black and white photograph of Sarah Ann Blunt Crozely. Crozely faces center left. She wears a tignon and capelet. Text on the bottom of the photograph reads: [Carter / Worcester. Mass.]. The back of the photograph has an inscription that identifies the…
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