A LADY DRUMMER IN UNIFORM : HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA : RARE : CABINET CARD

This rare cabinet card portrait features a woman drummer wearing a military type uniform. Since women were prohibited to serve in the military during this era, she is likely a member of a community band or a stage actress posing in her costume. The female musician appears to be very serious as she beats on the drum. C. S. Roshon is the photographer who took this photograph. The Roshon Gallery was located in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. He also operated a studio in Lebanon, Pennsylvania and Morristown, New Jersey. Roshon was an excellent photographer and produced a number of unique images.  SOLD

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EXCEPTIONALLY BEAUTIFUL YOUNG WOMAN IN LEBANON, PENNSYLVANIA

This cabinet card features a very beautiful and fashionably dressed young woman. Her name, Emma Arter, is listed on the reverse of the cabinet card. Miss Arter is wearing a stylish hat and a pretty fur collar. She appears very self assured.  When I first saw this photograph, I was convinced that Miss Arter was a theater actress. Preliminary research found no information about an actress with that name. More general research could not locate any confirmed biographical information about this lovely young lady. This cabinet card is from the studio of  C. S. Roshon of Lebanon, Pennsylvania. According to printing on the reverse of the photograph, the image was produced in 1891. The Roshon Galleries were located at 142 North 8th Street, and 22 South 9th street, in Lebanon. Roshon also had a studio in Harrisburg and another gallery in Morristown, New Jersey.  To view other photographs from Roshon’s studio, click on the category “Photographer: Roshon”. SOLD

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