ca. 1850’s, [daguerreotype portrait of a gentleman and his daughter] via Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs, Skylight Gallery

ca. 1850’s, [daguerreotype portrait of a gentleman and his daughter]

via Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs, Skylight Gallery

ca. 1870’s, [hand-tinted tintype portrait of shy-looking girl sitting on her father’s lap] via the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

ca. 1870’s, [hand-tinted tintype portrait of shy-looking girl sitting on her father’s lap]

via the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

ca. 1855, [daguerreotype portrait of a gentleman holding his daughter], Lewis Babbit via Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs, Skylight Gallery

ca. 1855, [daguerreotype portrait of a gentleman holding his daughter], Lewis Babbit

via Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs, Skylight Gallery

ca. 1850, “Myself, with Little Luise on my Lap, Hamburg”, Hermann Carl Eduard Biewend via the National Gallery of Canada, Photographs Collection

ca. 1850, “Myself, with Little Luise on my Lap, Hamburg”, Hermann Carl Eduard Biewend

via the National Gallery of Canada, Photographs Collection

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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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