This Cabinet Card is a portrait of a young woman sitting on a swing. The props and background of this photograph are exquisite. The woman is beautifully dressed. Hopefully a visitor can explain what she is wearing around her neck. It looks like a kerchief but it is clearly something more complicated. The photographer is Farley and the location of the studio is somewhere in Illinois. To view other photographs by this photographer, click on the category “Photographer: Farley”.
BEAUTIFULLY DRESSED WOMAN ON A SWING
FASHIONABLE WOMAN IN NEW YORK CITY
A young woman in a pretty dress poses for the photographer at the studio of Hargrave & Gubelman in New York City, New York. The Post Office Guide (1890) has an advertisement for the studio which indicates that A. J. Hargrave managed the New York City Studio while Theodore Gubelman managed their second studio, which was located in Jersey City, New Jersey. To view other photographs by Hargrave, click on the category “Photographer: Hargrave”.
MUTTON CHOP MAN AND HIS WIFE AND BABY SIT FOR THEIR PORTRAIT IN DETROIT, MICHIGAN
This cabinet card photograph is a studio photograph of a young family posing as if they are sitting in an outside garden. The man has some impressive mutton chops that seem to be distracting his wife. The photographer is Smith whose studio was in Detroit, Michigan.
TOP HAT: FASHION STATEMENT IN DETROIT, MICHIGAN
This cabinet card photograph features a young man formally dressed with a top hat on his head. “Toppers” became very popular at the end of the 18th century and remained in fashion to various degrees during the next two centuries. Viewing the fashionable man in this photograph brings up the question, “in what settings does he wear the top hat?”. The photographer is E. P. Baker of Detroit, Michigan. A Detroit business directory, published in 1873, lists Baker as owning a photographic studio at a different address than the address listed on this cabinet card.
GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN: MEMORIAL CABINET CARD (1918)
This memorial cabinet card was published in loving memory of James Baker Foster (age 26) and his sister, Mary Aurora Foster (age 20). They both died in 1918, less than two months apart. The publisher of the card was H. F. Wendell, of Leipsie, Ohio.
“GOT BUTTONS” PRETTY AND FASHIONABLE YOUNG WOMAN PHOTOGRAPHED AT UNKNOWN LOCATION
This Cabinet Card has no identifying information to reveal anything about the photographer or the subject of this image. Suffice it to say that the image is beautifully photographed and the young woman is quite attractive, well dressed, and projects a quiet confidence and nobility. She also has a lot of buttons.
PRETTY WOMAN PHOTOGRAPHED IN HOUSTON, TEXAS
Lizzie Davant is photographed by Samuel Anderson in his studio located in Houston, Texas. The beautiful Ms Davant gave the photograph to her Uncle Jim and inscribed the back of the card. Samuel Anderson was truly a pioneer photographer. He worked as a photographer for many years in New Orleans and then had studios first in Galveston, and then in Houston. He wrote that he selected Houston because he believed in would become the “metropolis” of Texas. He worked in Houston in 1853-1854 and 1884-c 1901. In 1856, Anderson had a wood engraved portrait published by Frank Leslie. To see other photographs by Samuel Anderson, click on this site’s category of “Photographer: Anderson”.
“BABY IT’S COLD OUTSIDE”; LITTLE ANNIE POSES IN WINTER COAT AND HAT IN SAGINAW, MICHIGAN
An adorable little girl, named Annie, poses in her winter coat and hat in the Smith Studio in Saginaw, Michigan. The photographer, William L. Smith bought the studio in 1883 and had eleven years experience as a photographer prior to starting his own business.
BROTHER AND SISTER POSE FOR PHOTOGRAPHER IN TAMAQUA, PENNSYLVANIA
A brother and sister pose for this cabinet card by Baily, in Tamaqua, Pennsylvania. The children look very serious as they stare at the photographer. Note the draped rug separating the siblings. The Cabinet Card Gallery presents another photograph by Baily and it can be viewed in the category “Photographer: Baily”. The description of this other image contains interesting information about both the photographer and the town of Tamaqua, Pennsylvania.
STAGE ACTRESS: MAI ESTELLE IN COSTUME FOR AN UNKNOWN PRODUCTION
This cabinet card photograph features stage actress Mai Estelle in costume for an unknown production. Her given name was Mai Twiggs Wynkoop. Preliminary research yields little information. In 1889-1990 she starred in the New York production of “Myrtle Ferns”. She performed on Broadway in “Maternity” (1915). The photographer of this image is William Mckenzie Morrison (1857- ?). Morrison was a well known celebrity photographer who housed his studio in the Haymarket Theatre Building between 1889 and 1899. He then moved his studio to the Champlain Building. Morrison was quite successful. He had a ranch in South Dakota and a summer home in Palisades, New Jersey. The Cabinet Card Gallery includes other photographs by Morrison. The images can be seen by clicking on the category “Photographers: Morrison”.
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