Historical Indulgences

ca. 1861, [ambrotype portrait of Confederate Private Japhet Collins, brandishing a pistol and a knife]

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

ca. 1860-90’s, [tintype portrait of a hunter, proudly displaying his kill, and his dog]

via Cowan’s Auction

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. 1870-90’s, [elaborately staged platinotype portrait, showing a knife-and-gun fight, possibly for a stage production]

via Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs, Skylight Gallery #34

ca. 1858, [ambrotype portrait of a tough looking sailor with a cigar in his mouth and a knife in his belt]

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

via Carl Mautz Vintage Photographs, Cabinet Card Collection

ca. 1860’s, [ambrotype portrait of three soldiers; one brandishing a knife and pistol, another a very serious demeanor, and the other a complacent grin and tinted cheeks]

via the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

ca. 1875, [tintype, occupational portrait of a butcher]

via the International Center of Photography

ca. 1860-90, [tintype portrait of a lumberjack gentleman armed with a saw, hatchet, and mischievous, albeit subtle, grin]

via Jeffrey Kraus, Fine Photographics

ca. 1860’s-80’s, [tintype occupational portrait of two butchers wielding knives]

via Cowan’s Auctions

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