Historical Indulgences

ca. 1870, [Hand tinted tintype portrait of James Weldon Johnson’s mother and sister: Helen Louise Johnson and Agnes Marion Edwards in fancy dress]

via Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, James Weldon Johnson and Grace Nail Johnson Papers

ca. 1855-95, [carte de visite portrait of a man in academic gown], Charles Lake Cramer

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

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. 1870-1890’s, [hand colored tintype portrait of three young men drinking a pink tinted liquid and eating what appear to be eggs]

via Ebay

ca. 1860-70’s, [ambrotype portrait of a butcher and his son, preparing to slaughter a sheep]

via Cowan’s Auctions

ca. 1850’s, [daguerreotype portrait of a pregnant women in a fine dress and curls]

via Be-Hold, Fine Photographs

ca. 1880’s, [tintype portrait of two men with their high wheel bicycles]

via Flickr, Lorne Sheilds’ Photostream

ca. 1860’s, [hand tinted ambrotype portrait of gentlemen, possibly a part of the Knights Templar fraternal order, wearing an unusual disc-covered jacket, and holding a sword, mask, and hat]

via Be-Hold, Fine Photographs

ca. 1860-90’s, [carte de visite collage portrait of “half a woman” on a table]

via Luminous Lint, from the private collection of Laddy Kite, LL/47896

ca. 1890’s, [tintype portrait of three women and two men, one poking his head out from behind a photographer’s light screens]

via Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs, Skylight Gallery #34

ca. 1840-60, [daguerreotype portrait of a smiling, dark haired young lady, identified as Carlotta Patti, with lace gloves and a fan]

via Harvard University, Houghton Library, Harvard Theatre Collection

ca. 1870-1900’s, [unusual carte de visite advertising portrait of girl with spoons and bells hanging from her dress, small urns perched on her shoulders, a pedestal with statue and clock seated on her head, etc. A banner by her side reads “Durfee” or Durpee”],  J. White & Co.

via Jeffrey Kraus, Antique Photographics

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

via Ebay

ca. 1870’s, [tintype portrait of a gentleman with a furrowed brow and straw hat with a floral design]

via Southern Methodist University, Central University Libraries, DeGolyer Library, Lawrence T. Jones III Texas photography collection

ca. 1840-60, [daguerreotype portrait of actress, Eliza Logan, earnestly praying in a white dress]

via Harvard University, Harvard Theatre Collection, Houghton Library