This vintage real photo postcard features a very pretty well dressed young woman. Her beauty is not hidden by her very large hat and by the large bow she is wearing at her collar. She is also wearing a double strand necklace. The postcard’s “CYKO” stamp box indicates it was produced between 1904 and 1920. The photo postcard was produced by a private studio named the Boston Store Studio which was located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
A pretty and well dressed young woman poses for her portrait beside her bicycle at an unidentified photography studio in an unidentified town or city. The young woman is wearing a ruffled blouse with puffed shoulders, a neckerchief, and a hat with a feather. She is also wearing a ring as well as jewelry pinned on her blouse. She is dressed to go riding on her pretty white bicycle. This is in fact the way woman dressed to go bike riding. Interestingly, the reverse of the photograph has a portrait of a little girl glued to it (see image below). It is likely that the little girl in the picture grew up to be the woman with the bicycle. This vintage photograph measures 5″ x 7″ and is a great representation of cycling history.
A pretty teenage girl poses for her portrait at the E. C.Grant studio in Lamar, Missouri. She is posed as if she is deep in thought. She is well attired and her dress is quite ruffled. The girl is wearing a bracelet on each wrist and is also wearing a ring. Her name is inscribed on the reverse of the photograph (see below). I believe her first name is Emma but I can not decipher the rest of her name and any help on this endeavor from Cabinet Card Gallery visitors would be welcomed. The photographer of this image is Ezra C Grant (1848-1894). Research revealed that at one time, the address of his studio was “Northwest Corner Square” in Lamar. A book entitled Truman’s Birthplace: Lamar, Missouri, reports that Gustavus Seyffert, the first cousin of the German composer, Richard Wagner, organized the community’s first uniformed band in 1889 and E. C. Grant was one of the players. Ezra Grant died while still a young man and is buried in Lake Cemetery in Lamar Heights. His wife took over his photography business. Belle Grant (1853-?) is listed in the 1900 and the 1910 census as working as a photographer in Lamar. In the earlier census she was residing with her eleven year old son in Lamar. This image has great clarity. Be sure to note the scalloped edges that border the cabinet card. SOLD
A pretty young woman poses for her portrait at the Rabineau Studio in Albany, New York. The young lady appears to be a teenager. She is well dressed and her wardrobe includes a lace scarf and lace cuffs on her sleeves. She is also wearing a collar pin. She is posed next to an open book and uses her fingers to hold her page. To learn more about the photographer (Charles S. Rabineau) and to view more of his images, click on the category “Photographer: Rabineau”. SOLD
This vintage photograph features a pretty young woman posed as if she is playing her violin. She is beautifully dressed and wears a semi serious expression as she gazes at the photographer. The identity of the subject and the photographer are unknown. To view additional photographs of violinists and other musicians, click on the Cabinet Card Gallery category “Musicians”. This image measures 4″ x 7″ and was purchased in Northern Vermont.
There are a lot of unknowns attached to this cabinet card portrait of a lovely woman in a dark dress with puffy sleeves. Who is the photographer? Where was the photograph taken? Who is the subject? The answers to these questions have been lost to history. The woman projects a strong appearance and has pretty eyes.
The woman who is the subject of this cabinet card photograph is truly beautiful and fabulously dressed. She is also wearing an array of jewelry including a necklace, ring and bracelet. She clearly is from the “one percent” portion of the population and this photograph certainly makes a fashion statement. Her image is captured skillfully by celebrity photographer Charles DeForest Fredricks who operated the Knickerbocker Family Portrait Gallery. To learn more about Fredricks and to view more of his photographs, click on the category “Photographer: Fredricks”. Look at the image below to see the drawing on the reverse of the cabinet card. The drawing depicts the photographer as an artist. He is also shown smoking a pipe. There is a copyright notation from 1881. SOLD
Celebrity photographer John Kimball Stevens photographed this pretty young woman in his studio located in the McVickers Theatre Building in Chicago, Illinois. The woman is wearing a high collar dress with an accompanying collar pin. She has a serious but unfocused expression. To view more of Stevens images and to learn more about him, click on the category “Photographer: Stevens”. This photograph measures approximately 8 1/4″ x 3 1/4″; not a standard cabinet card sized photograph. (SOLD)
A pretty young woman wearing a dark beaded sleeveless dress and a choker poses for her portrait at the Rugg studio in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Arthur Rugg took a profile view of this woman and managed to capture her sweetness, evidenced in her eyes and smile. Mr. Rugg is not a stranger to the cabinet card gallery and you can view more of his images and learn more about him by clicking the category “Photographer: Rugg”. Below, you can see Mr. Rugg’s advertising which appeared on the reverse of the photograph.
A pretty doe eyed young woman wearing a beautiful beaded dress poses for her portrait at the studio of C. H. Townsend in Willimantic, Connecticut. Note the intricate embroidered flowers on the tablecloth next to the young lady. Charles Henry Townsend was born in Athens, Ohio in 1847. He ran away from home at age 16 and enlisted in the 129th Ohio volunteer infantry and joined the fray of the civil war. He served nearly a year and then joined the 141st Ohio volunteer infantry and fought for another 100 days. Townsend was not done serving the Union army. He then joined the 65th Ohio volunteer infantry and served another year including a difficult stint in Texas. Interestingly, Townsend doesn’t appear to have ever rose above the rank of Private. After the war, Townsend took up his uncle’s offer to teach him to be a photographer. A. C. Townsend was a photographer in Springfield, Massachusetts. By 1868, Charles had opened a studio in Willimantic. In 1871 he married Rhoda Taft and the couple had one son who grew up to be an architect. SOLD
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