This Cabinet Card captures a sailor posing for his photograph at the studio of L Bradfisch on Fulton Street in Brooklyn, New York. The buttons on his coat are decorated with an anchor shaped design.
SAILOR LANDLOCKED IN BROOKLYN
FIREMAN IN MIDDLEBORO, MASSACHUSETTS
This Cabinet Card is an image of a fireman wearing his dress uniform. Note the badges; one of which indicates that he was a member of the Middleboro Fire Department and badge number 33. The photograph was taken at the Putnam Studio in Middleboro, Massachusetts.
FANTASTIC PORTRAIT OF A CHICAGO JUDGE BY MOSHER
This terrific Cabinet Card is a portrait of a Judge in Chicago, Illinois. The clarity and detail of this image is remarkable. The photographer was C. D. Mosher of Chicago, Illinois. Mosher was an important early photographer of Chicago and made national news for an ambitious endeavor he undertook. The New York Times wrote a story in 1885 about Mosher’s project to collect 10,000 portraits of prominent residents of Chicago. His goal was to finish collecting the images by 1888. The photographs were placed in a special safe and placed in a vault provided by the city to only be opened for the nations bicentennial in 1876. Perhaps this Cabinet Card is one of the photographs that was locked away for Mosher’s effort to preserve history. To view other cabinet cards by Mosher, click on the category “Photographer: Mosher”.
YOUNG AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMAN IN DETROIT (POSSIBLY A SEAMSTRESS)
This terrific Cabinet Card is an image of a attractive young African-American woman posing for her photograph in the studio of Marratt in Detroit, Michigan. The Photographic Times (1884) states that Marratt was one of the principal photographic artists in Detroit. Note the scissors in the woman’s collar. The scissors suggest that she may be a seamstress.
Old Time Doctor Making a Housecall in Bernville, Pennsylvania
Back in the day when doctors made housecalls; they may have looked like this gentleman. He appears to be carrying the tools of his medical profession in his doctor bag. This man was photographed by Blatt of Bernville, Pennsylvania. The physician is identified as Joel Stump.
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