ca. 1860-70’s, [tintype portrait of several gentlemen; two with canes, one with a trumpet, and one seductively laying across a fur rug] via the KaufmaNelson Vintage Photograph Gallery

ca. 1860-70’s, [tintype portrait of several gentlemen; two with canes, one with a trumpet, and one seductively laying across a fur rug]

via the KaufmaNelson Vintage Photograph Gallery

ca. 1860’s, [portrait of a Federal fifer] via Heritage Auctions

ca. 1860’s, [portrait of a Federal fifer]

via Heritage Auctions

ca. 1880-1910, [cabinet card, portrait of a musician with her zither] via Obscurio, Etsy

ca. 1880-1910, [cabinet card, portrait of a musician with her zither]

via Obscurio, Etsy

ca. 1850’s, [daguerreotype portrait of a gentleman playing lap organ or piano] via the Daguerreian Society, Lloyd C. Wright Collection

ca. 1850’s, [daguerreotype portrait of a gentleman playing lap organ or piano]

via the Daguerreian Society, Lloyd C. Wright Collection

ca. 1850’s, [daguerreotype portrait of Joseph Sharp, with pick axe in hand, 1849 gold miner, of Sharp’s Flats] via the Online Archives of California, UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library

ca. 1850’s, [daguerreotype portrait of Joseph Sharp, with pick axe in hand, 1849 gold miner, of Sharp’s Flats]

via the Online Archives of California, UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library

ca. 1861, [Tintype portrait of Joseph Smith, with his tenor horn, of Evansville, Wisconsin, member of the 3rd Wisconsin Infantry band] via the Wisconsin Historical Society, Edwin O. Kimberley: Regimental Band, 3rd Wisconsin Infantry Photographs Collection

ca. 1861, [Tintype portrait of Joseph Smith, with his tenor horn, of Evansville, Wisconsin, member of the 3rd Wisconsin Infantry band]

via the Wisconsin Historical Society, Edwin O. Kimberley: Regimental Band, 3rd Wisconsin Infantry Photographs Collection

ca. 1902, [Phrenologist Bernard Hollander illustrating with his own head his system of cranial measurements, no. 1 from a panel of 18 photographs], Bernard Hollander via the Wellcome Library, Iconographic Collections

ca. 1902, [Phrenologist Bernard Hollander illustrating with his own head his system of cranial measurements, no. 1 from a panel of 18 photographs], Bernard Hollander

via the Wellcome Library, Iconographic Collections

ca. 1870, [Tintype portrait of a gentleman pensively playing the accordion] via Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs

ca. 1870, [Tintype portrait of a gentleman pensively playing the accordion]

via Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs

ca. 1860, [ambrotype portrait of a gentleman strumming a banjo, with applied hand-coloring and a finely etched false “imperial” goatee and mustache] via Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs

ca. 1860, [ambrotype portrait of a gentleman strumming a banjo, with applied hand-coloring and a finely etched false “imperial” goatee and mustache]

via Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs

ca. 1880, [tintype portrait of two women with their guitars] via the KaufmaNelson Vintage Photograph Gallery

ca. 1880, [tintype portrait of two women with their guitars]

via the KaufmaNelson Vintage Photograph Gallery

ca. 1870, [tintype portrait of a gentleman with his banjo] via the International Center of Photography

ca. 1870, [tintype portrait of a gentleman with his banjo]

via the International Center of Photography

ca. 1902, [Phrenologist Bernard Hollander illustrating with his own head his system of cranial measurements, no. 12 from a panel of 18 photographs], Bernard Hollander via the Wellcome Library, Iconographic Collections

ca. 1902, [Phrenologist Bernard Hollander illustrating with his own head his system of cranial measurements, no. 12 from a panel of 18 photographs], Bernard Hollander

via the Wellcome Library, Iconographic Collections

c. 1845, [daguerreotype portrait of a young violinist] via I Photo Central

c. 1845, [daguerreotype portrait of a young violinist]

via I Photo Central

ca. 1860’s, [tintype portrait of two Federal soldiers playing the violin] via Heritage Auctions

ca. 1860’s, [tintype portrait of two Federal soldiers playing the violin]

via Heritage Auctions

ca. 1861, [Tintype portrait of William Mason of Magnolia with his tuba, 3rd Wisconsin Infantry band] via the Wisconsin Historical Society, Kimberley, E. O.: Regimental Band, 3rd Wisconsin Infantry photographs

ca. 1861, [Tintype portrait of William Mason of Magnolia with his tuba, 3rd Wisconsin Infantry band]

via the Wisconsin Historical Society, Kimberley, E. O.: Regimental Band, 3rd Wisconsin Infantry photographs

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This blog is a collection of photographs 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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