Historical Indulgences

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. 1850, “The Fisherman”, [daguerreotype portrait of a gentleman with a pipe and fishing pole], William C. North

via the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Photographic Collections

ca. 1850’s, [daguerreotype portrait of a bearded gentleman with an uneasy grin]

via Ebay

ca. 1860-80’s, [carte de visite portrait of man with a leather apron], Brown & Otto

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

ca. 1860’s, [ambrotype portrait of a bearded gentleman faced away from the camera]

via Heritage Auctions

ca. 1880-1910, [tintype portrait of two western gentlemen playing chess, with a dog, more likely a taxidermied coyote or wolf, at their feet], Voss

via Jeffrey Kraus, Antique Photographs

ca. 1860-90’s, [trompe l’oeil-esque tintype portrait of a bearded gentleman taking aim at his target]

via Cowan’s Auctions

ca. 1850’s, [daguerreotype portrait of a gentleman with large beard, wearing hat, work shirt, horizontal striped miner shirt]

via the Daguerreian Society, Matthew R. Isenburg Collection

ca. 1861, [Tintype portrait of Joseph Smith, with his tenor horn, of Evansville, Wisconsin, member of the 3rd Wisconsin Infantry band]

via the Wisconsin Historical Society, Edwin O. Kimberley: Regimental Band, 3rd Wisconsin Infantry Photographs Collection

ca. 1880-1890’s, [carte de visite portrait of Annie Jones, “Bearded Lady”], Charles Eisenmann

via the Syracuse University Library, Ronald G. Becker Collection of Charles Eisenmann Photography

ca. 1855, [daguerreotype portrait of a bearded gentleman with leonine coiffure]

via Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs

ca. 1860-1880, [ambrotype portrait two heavily bearded gentlemen in pajama-like costumes and elongated cone hats, possibly clowns]

via Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs

ca. 1870’s, [tintype portrait of a bearded gentleman smoking a cigar and holding up a bottle of whiskey]

via Heritage Auctions