Historical Indulgences

ca. 1900, [cabinet card, portrait of Cornelius C. Kenney outdoors with a bear pelt, fancy hat, and a rifle]

via Harvard University’s Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America, Radcliffe Institute

ca. 1885, [cabinet card, portrait of six well-dressed young people, all gazing at a small object, possibly a small coin or gold piece, held up by the woman at center], Hower

via Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs, Skylight Gallery #34

ca. 1880, [cabinet card portrait of Ann Howard, the “Tattooed Lady”], G.F. Sterling

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

ca. 1870-80’s, [cabinet card of an unusual high wheeled tricycle by Victor Tricycle Makers], Overman Wheel Co.

via Cowan’s Auctions

ca. 1890’s, [cabinet card, unusual portrait of a bespectacled gentleman holding both a cat and a dog], Home Photo Co.

via Carl Mautz Vintage Photography, Cabinet Card Collection

ca. 1870-1900’s, [cabinet card, portrait of a butcher sharpening his blade]

via Capitol Gallery, Spring 2007 Auction #61

ca. 1870-1900, [cabinet card, portrait of a photographer and his subject], F. Girard

via Cowan’s Auctions

ca. 1880’s, [cabinet card, portrait of a tattoed lady, Nora Hildebrandt, wearing an elaborate dress], Charles Eisenmann

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

ca. 1880-1900’s, [cabinet card, portrait of a child with a knife and a chocolate bunny], Wilke

via Capitol Gallery, 19th Century Paper Photography

ca. 1890, [double-exposure cabinet card, portrait of Frank B. Clench photographing himself], Clench

via Christopher Wahren Fine Photographics, Skylight Gallery Catalog #35

ca. 1870-1900’s, [cabinet card, “a teacher with students” at a blackboard], The English Studio, Baku

via Luminous Lint, from the private collection of John Toohey, LL/44895

ca. 1880-1890’s, [cabinet card studio portrait of a gentleman accompanying a girl riding a pony], Witter

via the Wisconsin Historical Society, Grignon, Lawe and Porlier Papers Collection

ca. 1900, [cabinet card, split portrait of mustachioed Cornelius and Clinton Kenney, brothers, with shaved heads], New York Photo Co.

via Harvard University’s Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America, Radcliffe Institute

ca. 1886, [cabinet card, portrait of Boylston Beal of Harvard University, demurely posed in a dress for a Hasty Pudding Club’s show], Pach Bros.

via Harvard University Libraries, Harvard University Archives

ca. 1870-90’s, [cabinet cart, portrait of sharpshooter Bo Durtha, with her a single shot tip-up rifle and a mirror for over-the-shoulder trick shooting]

via Cowan’s Auctions