An inscription on the reverse of this cabinet card indicates that the man sitting for this portrait is Albert Strout. The photograph was recently purchased from an estate in Porter, Maine. Research discloses that there is an Albert Strout (1847-1925) buried in Cedar Crest Cemetery in Otisfield, Maine. Albert Strout was married to Ida M. Spurr Strout and records suggest that he may have been a carpenter. It is very possible that the biographical information discovered is accurate but it certainly may be incorrect. Albert Strout is a not an extremely rare name and the photographer who produced this image (Smith) does not list the location of his studio on the cabinet card. Perhaps this photograph followed Strout’s ancestors to Maine but originated in another part of the country. Note that Albert Strout is wearing a pin on his lapel and a string tie.
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Wow!
I have been through at least 4000 cabinet photos, CDVs, and tintypes for my book and have NEVER seen a tie like this.
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I haven’t seen a tie like this either. The shirt is unusual too. It looks like a knit, doesn’t it? I’ve seen one original knit top from this era (excluding sweaters), it was a woman’s bodice made of black silk jersey. Clearly nothing like this 🙂
I found a Cabinet Card photographed by Smith of Sanford, Maine. The photographer’s logo matches the logo on this card and it is very possible that
that the Smith who photographed Mr Strout is from the Smith studio in Sanford, Maine.