This cabinet card portrait features a little girl with an engaging smile. She is holding a wooden pail and is standing next to a shovel. She posed in front of the studio’s proverbial wall which the photographer embellished with leafy vines. The photographer of this image is Carl Joseph Horner (1864-1926). He operated a studio in Boston, Massachusetts. I have seen him advertise himself on other images as a “European Photographer”. On the reverse of this cabinet card he describes himself more precisely geographically as being “from Stockholm, Sweden”. It appears that, at least in Boston, European photographers held more status than American photographers. Interestingly, Horner developed a great reputation as a sports photographer. Some of his baseball photographs are very well known. To view more of his images, and to learn more about this photographer, click on the category “Photographer: Horner”.
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I have photos of Carl Horner and his wife Thorella (Tilly).
I think he was my grandfather’s cousin.
Ingrid Horner, Sweden
Thanks for sharing the information. I think it is wonderful when visitors to the blog find relatives who were the photographers or the subjects seen in the images that can be found in the Cabinet Card Gallery. It actually is not an uncommon occurrence. Thanks for your comment and for visiting the blog.