Historical Indulgences

ca. 1860-90’s, [tintype portrait of two men, one scratched off the plate]

via Janice Williams

ca. 1870-80’s, [carte de visite portrait of a bare chested, bearded, and tattooed man], Charles Eisenmann

via Syracuse University Library, Special Collections Research Center, Ronald G. Becker Collection of Charles Eisenmann Photographs

ca. 1860-70’s, [ambrotype portrait of a butcher and his son, preparing to slaughter a sheep]

via Cowan’s Auctions

ca. 1860’s, [carte de visite portrait of three young Federal soldier amputees all using hospital issue crutches. The boy at left wears a round metal identification disk pinned to his blouse], W. Snell

via Cowan’s Auctions

ca. 1875, [tintype portrait of a mechanic with a pipe]

via the International Center of Photography

ca. 1860’s, [portrait of Gen. Ulysses S. Grant], Matthew Brady

via the Library of Congress

Today, April 27th, marks Ulysses S. Grant’s 191st birthday.

Feel free to browse Historical Indulgence’s tagged content featuring him.

ca. 1880’s, [carte de visite portrait of a British police officer arresting a “street tough”], Isaac Preston

via Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs, Skylight Gallery #34

ca. 1850’s, [daguerreotype portrait of a pregnant women in a fine dress and curls]

via Be-Hold, Fine Photographs

ca. 1860’s, [ambrotype portrait of a dignified gentleman, possibly a sailor, posed in front of a painted mural of a whaling scene]

via Ebay

ca. 1860-70’s, [tintype portrait of pampered-looking dog, wearing a collar with a tiny padlock attached to it, seated in fancy studio chair before an elaborately painted backdrop]  

via Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs, Skylight Gallery

ca. 1880’s, [tintype portrait of two men with their high wheel bicycles]

via Flickr, Lorne Sheilds’ Photostream

ca. 1855-95, [carte de visite portrait of a young girl with a steroscope], Edward Abraham Kusel

via the Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Carl Mautz Collection

ca. 1880-1900’s, [tintype portrait of a one-armed woman]

via Jeffery Kraus Antique Photographics, Tintype Collection

ca. 1860’s, [hand tinted ambrotype portrait of gentlemen, possibly a part of the Knights Templar fraternal order, wearing an unusual disc-covered jacket, and holding a sword, mask, and hat]

via Be-Hold, Fine Photographs

ca. 1860’s, [composite carte de visite portrait of E.A. Scholfield confronting himself], E.A. Scholfield

via Connecticut History Online, Mystic Seaport, Scholfield Collection