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. 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. 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. 1870-1900, [cabinet card, portrait of a photographer and his subject], F. Girard via Cowan’s Auctions

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

via Cowan’s Auctions

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. 1855-95, [carte de visite portrait of a dog], B. F. Stevens 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], B. F. Stevens

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

ca. 1870, [tintype portrait of a boy sitting with his dog] via Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Randolph Linsly Simpson African-American Collection

ca. 1870, [tintype portrait of a boy sitting with his dog]

via Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Randolph Linsly Simpson African-American 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. 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. 1855-95, [carte de visite portrait of a man with a shotgun and a dog at his feet], Sanders & Stinson 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 man with a shotgun and a dog at his feet], Sanders & Stinson

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

ca. 1850-60’s, [ambrotype portrait of a smirking gentleman with his dog, wearing a hat and chewing on a glove] via Ebay

ca. 1850-60’s, [ambrotype portrait of a smirking gentleman with his dog, wearing a hat and chewing on a glove]

via Ebay

ca. 1880’s, [tintype portrait of an odd group of five people, including a blurry dog or other creature and one woman facing away from the camera] via Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs, Skylight Gallery #34

ca. 1880’s, [tintype portrait of an odd group of five people, including a blurry dog or other creature and one woman facing away from the camera]

via Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs, Skylight Gallery #34

ca. 1850’s, [daguerreotype portrait of a girl with her dog, possibly a King Charles spaniel], Fontayne & Porter via Stereographica, Antique Photographica

ca. 1850’s, [daguerreotype portrait of a girl with her dog, possibly a King Charles spaniel], Fontayne & Porter

via Stereographica, Antique Photographica

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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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