ca. 1880-1910, [cabinet card, portrait of two young girls photographing a dance between two others], Donnell via Be-Hold Fine Photographs

ca. 1880-1910, [cabinet card, portrait of two young girls photographing a dance between two others], Donnell

via Be-Hold Fine Photographs

ca. 1875, “The Sutherland sisters with their brother Charles”, [cabinet card portrait of sever long-haired women with a gentleman] The seven Sutherland sisters included Sarah, Victoria, Isabella, Grace, Naomi, Dora and Mary. Starting in upstate New York where their father owned a farm, the girls became famous for their long hair and singing ability. via the American Antiquarian Society, Group Photographs Collection

ca. 1875, “The Sutherland sisters with their brother Charles”, [cabinet card portrait of sever long-haired women with a gentleman]

The seven Sutherland sisters included Sarah, Victoria, Isabella, Grace, Naomi, Dora and Mary. Starting in upstate New York where their father owned a farm, the girls became famous for their long hair and singing ability.

via the American Antiquarian Society, Group Photographs Collection

ca. 1861-65, [albumen print of the ruins at the end of the Richmond and Petersburg Railroad Bridge], Alexander Gardner via the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Photographs Collection

ca. 1861-65, [albumen print of the ruins at the end of the Richmond and Petersburg Railroad Bridge], Alexander Gardner

via the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Photographs Collection

ca. 1885, [cabinet card, portrait of two boys displaying their catch], A. C. Isaacs via J. Cosmas Vintage Photography, Albumen and Silver Print Collection

ca. 1885, [cabinet card, portrait of two boys displaying their catch], A. C. Isaacs

via J. Cosmas Vintage Photography, Albumen and Silver Print Collection

ca. 1890’s, [cabinet card, portrait of a woman with a camera] via the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Photographs Collection

ca. 1890’s, [cabinet card, portrait of a woman with a camera]

via the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Photographs Collection

ca. 1890, [albumen print, portrait of a “forty-niner”, street advertiser in San Francisco] via the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Renwick Gallery

ca. 1890, [albumen print, portrait of a “forty-niner”, street advertiser in San Francisco]

via the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Renwick Gallery

ca. 1861-65, [albumen portrait of wounded soldiers at Fredericksburg], Timothy O’Sullivan via the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Photographs Collection

ca. 1861-65, [albumen portrait of wounded soldiers at Fredericksburg], Timothy O’Sullivan

via the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Photographs Collection

ca. 1870, [carte de visite portrait of conjoined twins, Mille and Christine], J. Wood via the Syracuse University Library, Ronald G. Becker Collection of Charles Eisenmann Photographs

ca. 1870, [carte de visite portrait of conjoined twins, Mille and Christine], J. Wood

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

ca. 1898, [Albumen print of an older man wearing advertising signboards for Dr. Hiltons Corn Exterminator] via Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs

ca. 1898, [Albumen print of an older man wearing advertising signboards for Dr. Hiltons Corn Exterminator]

via Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs

ca. 1890-1910, [cabinet card, portrait of a young boy standing on a fur skin rug holding a toy rifle], Elmer Chickering via J. Cosmas Vintage Photography, Albumen and Silver Prints Collection

ca. 1890-1910, [cabinet card, portrait of a young boy standing on a fur skin rug holding a toy rifle], Elmer Chickering

via J. Cosmas Vintage Photography, Albumen and Silver Prints Collection

ca. 1880-90’s, [cabinet card, portrait of “Siamese twins”, Adolph and Rudolph, wearing capes and top hats], Frank Wednt via the Syracuse University Library, Ronald G. Becker Collection of Charles Eisenmann Photographs

ca. 1880-90’s, [cabinet card, portrait of “Siamese twins”, Adolph and Rudolph, wearing capes and top hats], Frank Wednt

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

ca. 1880-82, [portrait of a High Wheel racer with his Columbia Special bike], Weber Bros. via Copake Auctions

ca. 1880-82, [portrait of a High Wheel racer with his Columbia Special bike], Weber Bros.

via Copake Auctions

ca. 1864-69, “Burial Ground, Wesleyan, Middletown, CT”, George Kendall Warren via the Museum of Fine Art in Boston, Photographs Collection

ca. 1864-69, “Burial Ground, Wesleyan, Middletown, CT”, George Kendall Warren

via the Museum of Fine Art in Boston, Photographs Collection

ca. 1865, [Portrait of Theodore Ferris, “Candy Sam”, blind seller of apples and confectionary, Yale, New Haven, CT], George Kendall Warren via the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, Photographs Collection

ca. 1865, [Portrait of Theodore Ferris, “Candy Sam”, blind seller of apples and confectionary, Yale, New Haven, CT], George Kendall Warren

via the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, Photographs Collection

ca. 1860-1910, [albumen portrait of a gentleman with unkempt hair and a contorted face], Hills & Saunders via Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs

ca. 1860-1910, [albumen portrait of a gentleman with unkempt hair and a contorted face], Hills & Saunders

via Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs

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This blog is a collection of photographs and ephemera focused mainly within the curious and often misunderstood realm of 19th century America. I have a soft spot for all things silly, antiquated, macabre, and grotesque. The content is from a variety of collections; public, academic, and private. In addition, there's an occasional emphasis on Ulysses S Grant and the Civil War, as well.

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