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. 1875, [carte de visite portrait of a bare chested Frank Howard, the “American Tattooed Man”], Rich

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

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

via Ebay

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. 1860-90’s, [tintype portrait of a bearded carpenter or shipwright, smoking a pipe, and holding a large square, compass, and the head of a large adze. A saw also leans against his leg]

via Be-hold, Fine Photographs

ca. 1845, [daguerreotype portrait of a mustachioed musician holding his flute]

via Luminous Lint, from the private collection of W. & T. Bosshard, Courtesy of Carl Mautz Vintage Photography & Publishing

ca. 1870-90’s, [tinted tintype with numbered reference grid etched over a portrait of a mustachioed gentleman]

via Ebay

ca. 1860-70s, [tintype portrait of two bearded gentlemen,  David & Thomas Havens, identified on verso]

via Jeffrey Kraus Antique Photographics

ca. 1900, [portrait of Lilla and Cornelius C. Kenney], Halifax Photographic Company

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

ca. 1860’s, [tintype portrait of a bearded gentleman,  holding a leather mallet in one hand an chisel in other, seated on an early daguerreotype camera]

via Cowan’s Auctions

ca. 1870-1900’s, [carte de visite portrait of “Mr. Bells”]

via Ordinary Light

ca. 1870-90’s, [cabinet card portrait of sharpshooter Adam Bogardus displaying a chest full of medals]

via Cowan’s Auctions

ca. 1870-90’s, [tintype portraits of a gentleman; in one he is mending his jacket with a needle and thread, the other, smoking a cigar.]

via Capitol Gallery, 19th Century Hard Images

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

via Ebay

ca. 1900, [portrait of Cornelius C. Kenney with a large top hat]

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