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. 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. 1860-90’s, [tintype portrait of a hunter, proudly displaying his kill, and his dog]
via Cowan’s Auction

ca. 1860-90’s, [tintype portrait of a hunter, proudly displaying his kill, and his dog]

via Cowan’s Auction

ca. 1860-80’s, [tintype portrait of two moustachioed men with a dog]
via Ebay

ca. 1860-80’s, [tintype portrait of two moustachioed men with a dog]

via Ebay

ca. 1850’s, [daguerreotype portrait of a hunter with his dog and gun]
via Luminous Lint, Courtesy of Lee Gallery, LL/13962

ca. 1850’s, [daguerreotype portrait of a hunter with his dog and gun]

via Luminous Lint, Courtesy of Lee Gallery, LL/13962

ca. 1850’s, [daguerreotype portrait of a gentleman with his springer spaniel]
via Charles Schwartz Photography

ca. 1850’s, [daguerreotype portrait of a gentleman with his springer spaniel]

via Charles Schwartz Photography

ca. 1860-80’s, [tintype self-portrait of photographer E.A. Scholfield in a rocking chair, cradling a dog], E.A. Scholfield
via Connecticut History Online, Mystic Seaport, Scholfield Collection

ca. 1860-80’s, [tintype self-portrait of photographer E.A. Scholfield in a rocking chair, cradling a dog], E.A. Scholfield

via Connecticut History Online, Mystic Seaport, Scholfield Collection

ca. 1855, [daguerreotype portrait of a dog seated posed in a chair], Rufus Anson
via the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Photography Collection

ca. 1855, [daguerreotype portrait of a dog seated posed in a chair], Rufus Anson

via the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Photography Collection

ca. 1860-80’s, [tintype portrait of a disheveled looking man with his black lab]
via Ebay

ca. 1860-80’s, [tintype portrait of a disheveled looking man with his black lab]

via Ebay

ca. 1855-1895, [carte de visite portrait of a dog in a metal collar], Houston’s Excelsior Gallery
via Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Carl Mautz Collection

ca. 1855-1895, [carte de visite portrait of a dog in a metal collar], Houston’s Excelsior Gallery

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

ca. 1855-95, [carte de visite portrait of a dog on a rug], Bradley & Rulofson
via the Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Carl Mautz Collection

ca. 1855-95, [carte de visite portrait of a dog on a rug], Bradley & Rulofson

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

ca. 1860-70’s, [ambrotype portrait of a young gentleman and his dog]
via Charles Schwartz Photography

ca. 1860-70’s, [ambrotype portrait of a young gentleman and his dog]

via Charles Schwartz Photography

ca. 1880, [tintype portrait of two hunters with a dog, one with a rifle]
via I Photo Central

ca. 1880, [tintype portrait of two hunters with a dog, one with a rifle]

via I Photo Central

ca. 1855, [portrait of a young gentleman seated with his dog]
via I Photo Central

ca. 1855, [portrait of a young gentleman seated with his dog]

via I Photo Central

c. 1870, [tintype portrait of a hunter with his rifle, dog and fowl]
via I Photo Central

c. 1870, [tintype portrait of a hunter with his rifle, dog and fowl]

via I Photo Central

ca. 1855, [portrait of a gentleman with his dog]
via I Photo Central

ca. 1855, [portrait of a gentleman with his dog]

via I Photo Central

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This blog is a collection of vernacular photography 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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