ca. 1900, [cabinet card, portrait of Cornelius C. Kenney outdoors with a bear pelt, fancy hat, and a rifle]
via Harvard University’s Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America, Radcliffe Institute
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ca. 1900, [cabinet card, portrait of Cornelius C. Kenney outdoors with a bear pelt, fancy hat, and a rifle]
via Harvard University’s Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America, Radcliffe Institute
ca. 1870-90’s, [cabinet cart, portrait of sharpshooter Bo Durtha, with her a single shot tip-up rifle and a mirror for over-the-shoulder trick shooting]
via Cowan’s Auctions
ca. 1870-90’s, [cabinet card, staged hold-up of a couple perpetrated by another woman], H. N. Kent
via Carl Mautz Vintage Photography & Publishing, Cabinet Cards
ca. 1861-65, [ambrotype portrait of a Confederate soldier in an infantry uniform with musket and Bowie knife]
via the Library of Congress, Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs
ca. 1860’s, [ambrotype portrait of a gentleman in civilian attire, possessively holding a M1816 conversion musket with Bowie knife protruding from his belt]
via Cowan’s Auctions
ca. 1870-90’s, [cabinet card, portrait of a heavily armed western gent], Kramer
via Carl Mautz Vintage Photography & Publishing, Cabinet Cards
ca. 1870-90’s, [cabinet card portrait of sharpshooter Adam Bogardus displaying a chest full of medals]
via Cowan’s Auctions
ca. 1890, [cabinet card, portrait of two hunters], W.O. Journeay
ca. 1855-95, [carte de visite portrait of a man with a shotgun and a dog at his feet], Sanders & Stinson
ca. 1855-95, [carte de visite portrait of a small child with a shot gun and a dead rabbit], George W. Valleau
ca. 1860-90’s, [trompe l’oeil-esque tintype portrait of a bearded gentleman taking aim at his target]
via Cowan’s Auctions
ca. 1880’s, [tintype portrait of four children; two with guns, one with a staff, and one in a white dress]
via Cowan’s Auctions
ca. 1861-65, [hand-colored ambrotype portrait of a Confederate soldier in uniform with a cavalry sword and revolver]
via the Library of Congress, Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs
ca. 1860-70’s, [tintype portrait of a man with a rifle seated on a tree stump]
via the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Photography 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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