Historical Indulgences

ca. 1857, [daguerreotype portrait of a mother and her dead child, stricken with either chicken pox or measles]

via A Morning’s Work: Medical Photographs from the Burns Archive, Stanley B. Burns

ca. 1901, [portrait of two Ringling Brothers’ circus clowns]

via the Wisconsin Historical Society, Circus and Rodeo Photographs Collection

ca. 1880-1900, [tintype rear view portrait of a gentleman seated on a barrel, gesturing as if riding a horse]

via the Library of Congress, Miscellaneous Items in High Demand

c. 1840-60, [portrait of Obed Hussey, inventor of the reaper]

via the New York Public Library, “The Pageant of America” Photograph Collection

ca. 1860’s, [carte de visite portrait of four blind musicians]

via KaufmaNelson Vintage Photograph Gallery

ca. 1870’s, [tintype studio portrait of a 5th Cavalry Indian Wars soldier]

via Heritage Auctions

ca. 1861-65, [portrait of Old Abe, the bald eagle mascot of the 8th Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry]

via the Wisconsin Historical Society, Album 17

c. 1860, [tintype portrait of three “acrobats”]

via the Smithsonian Institute, Photographic History Collection

ca. 1885-95, [tintype portrait of two women in costume]

via Southern Methodist University, Lawrence T. Jones III Texas photography collection

ca. 1860’s, [tintype portrait of a gentleman and a child spirit]

via Jack and Beverly’s Spirit Photographs

ca. 1895, [portrait of female medical students performing a dissection]

via A Morning’s Work: Medical Photographs from the Burns Archive, Stanley B. Burns

ca. 1885, [portrait of a kitten nestled in a bonnet]

via the George Eastman House Collection on Flickr

ca. 1848, [gentleman posed with carpentry tools]

via the J. Paul Getty Museum

ca. 1861-65, [tintype portrait of Union soldier armed with knife]

via the Library of Congress, Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs

ca. 1860’s, [carte de visite of a doctor with a skull]

via Alex Peck’s Medical Antique Archive