A young woman poses for her portrait at her graduation or at a religious ceremony. She is dressed in white, wearing a corsage, gloves, and a flower in her hair. She is posed next to a table. She is holding one of two books which are atop the table. The photographer is Adolf Borchers, of Chicago, Illinois.
John and Minerva Summers pose for their portrait at the studio of Harry McDaniel (1868-?) in Fort Recovery, Ohio. The couple is beautifully dressed for this cabinet card portrait. The photographer, McDaniel, was boorn in Gibson City, Illinois. He was known to be an active photographer in Fort Recovery around 1900. Fort Recovery is a very old town. It was established by the US Army in 1794.
This cabinet card photograph features two young children and a large doll. The doll appears to be bisque and is beautifully dressed. The girls seem to be a bit awed by their experience of being in a studio and being photographed . The photographer is E. M. Phillips of Fairbury, Illinois.
A young girl dressed in an elaborate sailor outfit and holding a straw hat, poses for her portrait at the Robinson studio in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The studio was located and 2 & 4 Sixth Street.
Celebrity photographer, Sarony, of New York City, produced this head and shoulders photograph of actress, Leslie Chester. The actress is wearing an incredible hat. A review of one of Ms Leslie’s performances appeared in Life (1886). The review states that “Miss Leslie Chester is so pretty that her dramatic sins can be magnanimously pardoned”. The review goes on to report that Ms Chester “appears (in a role) as an ambitious amateur, who has no idea of acting and the part is distinctly appropriate.” Hopefully, Ms. Chester was as thick skinned as she was beautiful.
Seavy and Fowler, photographers from New Castle, Pennsylvania; photographed this long haired and puffy cheeked baby wearing a long gown. The child is identified as Mary Kirkpatrick Harris and at the time of the photograph, she was eight months old. To view other photographs by Seavy and Fowler, click on the category “Photographer: Seavy & Fowler”.
This cabinet card image is a portrait of an attractive family. The father has a terrific mustache and the mother is holding an open book of photographs. She is a slight woman who looks as if she has just seen a ghost. The couples two daughters are adorable. The photographer is Gericke whose studio was located in Berlin, Germany. The reverse of the card has an inscription indicating that the photograph was taken in 1912.
This cabinet card features a military officer and two women seated at a table. All three individuals appear quite austere. On the table are two small books and a bowl with contents that include a pair of scissors. Perhaps this is a family photograph, but there is likely an interesting story about the lives of the subjects in this photograph. The photographer of this image is Franke & Karcher of Frankfurt. At the time of this portrait, Frankfurt was ruled by Prussia.
This cabinet card dates back to the days of the Ottoman Empire. The photograph features three very adorable children posing for celebrated photographer, Theodore Servanis of Constantinople. As the musical group “They Might Be Giants” describe musically, the city of Constantinople became known as Istanbul (1930). The children in this image are wearing cute bonnets and two are holding toys while the third has a basket of flowers.
This cabinet card is an image of two street kids posing with their hoop toy. The boys have a mischievous expression and appearance reminiscent of the boys who were featured in the vintage television series, “The Little Rascals”. They are wearing wonderful caps. Caps like these must be the predecessors of the baseball cap seen on similar aged boy of today. The studio that produced this photograph was the Metropolitan Photo View Company of St. Louis, Missouri. No further information has been located about this studio or concerning the identity of the two “Our Gang” members. To see other photographs of turn of the century toys, click on the Cabinet Card Gallery category of “Toys”.
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