This cabinet card features an adorable little girl bundled up in her winter clothing. She is wearing quite the interesting hat. The photograph is by S. A. Bowers of Concord, New Hampshire. The front of the card announces that the Aristotype printing method was used in producing this image. This method employs collodion or gelatin chloride paper.
LITTLE GIRL IN CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE (BUNDLED UP FOR WINTER)
WOMAN POSES FOR INEPT PHOTOGRAPHER IN CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE
This cabinet card photograph features a fashionable New England young woman. However, the main focus of this photograph is the woman’s purse. The photographer ruined the photograph by forgetting to ask the woman to put her purse in a place out of range of the camera. The woman is wearing dress gloves, a large bow, a wide brimmed hat, and is slenderized by her corset. The photographer is Bailey of Concord, New Hampshire and he probably was not really inept. However, he certainly made an error when posing the subject for this photograph. A Concord business publication (1890) writes about a photographer named H. C. Bailey. The articles states that Bailey took possession of a photographic studio in Concord in 1888 and that he had lived in Concord since 1860. The article also states that Bailey had a branch studio and art store in Woodsville, New Hampshire. Bailey was reported to have been born in Lisbon, New Hampshire. There is no confirmation that this cabinet cards photographer was H. C. Bailey but it is likely to be the case. In 1890, the Bailey studio was located on State Block, on the corner of Main and School Street.
PRETTY WOMAN IN A FEATHERED HAT IN PORTSMOUTH, NEW HAMPSHIRE
A very pretty woman poses for her portrait at the studio of the Davis Brothers, located at 15 Pleasant Street, in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. She is wearing a bustle and tailored jacket; as well as a fabulous feathered hat. A corset presents a flattering figure. Lewis and Charles Davis were pioneer photographers in Portsmouth They recorded thousands of images between 1856 and 1903. They produced stereoscopic cards and cabinet cards. A collection of their work is archived at the Portsmouth Athenaeum and 160 of their photographs were published in the book, “Around Portsmouth in the Victorian Era”.
HANDSOME MAN IN MANCHESTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE
Meet Walter Burnham, who is posing for his portrait at the studio of Langley, in Manchester, New Hampshire. The studio was located at 780 Elm Street. Burnham has movie star looks and an interesting mustache which curls upward at each end. The mustache earns him a place in the Cabinet Card Gallery category of “Mustaches (Only the Best)”. Click on the category for other interesting or unusual mustaches.
UNIFORMED FIREMAN IN PORTSMOUTH, NEW HAMPSHIRE
This photograph is a portrait of a uniformed fireman. The photograph is by L. V. Newell & Co. in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Research discloses that Newell began his work as a photographer in Concord, New Hampshire in 1856. Six months later he moved to Portsmouth. He was one of 13 children of a prominent farmer. Newell is mentioned in his role as an event photographer, in an 1893 publication of the Grand Army of the Republic (Portsmouth Chapter). The cabinet card gallery has two other portraits of Portsmouth, New Hampshire firemen which can be viewed by clicking on the category “Firemen and Policemen”.
PORTRAIT OF A RURAL MAN IN LITTLETON, NEW HAMPSHIRE
This photographic portrait is an image of a man who appears to have a rural background. Is this man a farmer; dressed in his best hat and bow tie? Note his bushy mustache. The photographer is Marshall D. Cobleigh who bought his studio in 1891. The studio was located in Littleton, New Hampshire. While working as a photographer, he studied law. After passing the bar, he sold the studio and practiced law in New Hampshire.
PRETTIEST WOMAN IN WATERVILLE, MAINE
This cabinet card is an image of what may have been the prettiest woman in Waterville, Maine. The photographer of this profile portrait was C. G. Carleton. Carleton began work as a photographer in Waterville in 1862. Research reveals that his studio was 25 x 100 feet and he was member of the Free Masons. He was a native of Whitefield, New Hampshire.
ADORABLE BABY IN GREAT FALLS, NEW HAMPSHIRE
This cabinet card photograph is a portrait of an adorable baby photographed by the studio of B Etter in Great Falls, New Hampshire. The baby is wearing a long white linen gown and is propped in a chair. The reverse of the card has the penciled name of Miss Mary Hanscom who is likely the subject of this photograph. This image is the second photograph by Etter in the Cabinet Card Gallery . Click on the category of Photographer: Etter to view the other photograph and to see additional information about the photographer.
ANOTHER FIREMAN IN PORTSMOUTH, NEW HAMPSHIRE
This Cabinet Card captures the image of a young fireman in Steamer Company #4 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. He is wearing his dress uniform as he poses in the photographic studio of E. C. Nickerson located in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. The badge on his cap discloses that he is a member of steamer company #4. The first steam fire engine was built in England by Braithwaite and Ericsson in 1829. Captain Ericsson came to the United States where he produced the Civil War ironclad, the Monitor. In 1840, the first steam fire engine was produced in the United States. An improved and successful steamer in the United States was designed in 1852. The steamer fire engine could produce as many as six separate streams of water. The Cabinet Card Gallery’s category of “Firemen and Policemen” has a portrait of a second member of the Portsmouth Fire Department. Check it out. To view a another photograph by Nickerson, click on the category “Photographer: Nickerson”.
GROOMED BEARD IN NEW HAMPSHIRE
A distinguished serious gentleman sits for his cabinet card portrait at one of the studios of photographer B. Etter. Etter had photographic studio locations in New Hampshire. He had a businesses in Great Falls and in Rochester.
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