Two men with head through the hole frontdrop
n.d.
Ambrotype
Private collection of Jack and Beverly Wilgus
LL/52979
1 of 99
Portrait of two men
1870s (ca)
Ambrotype, 1/6 plate
Private collection of Jeremy Rowe
LL/52946
2 of 99
Woman resting on a cushion looking through a stonework and foliage foreground
n.d.
Carte de visite
Private collection of Gary Bart
LL/64696
3 of 99
Studio portrait of two women behind a painted foreground of a wall
n.d.
Tintype
Private collection of Robert E. Jackson
LL/113770
4 of 99
D.M. Ferry and Seeds, Detroit Mich. [Man with Straw Hat & Donkey Cart foreground]
1880s
Carte de visite
Private collection of Carl Mautz
LL/86331
5 of 99
Caricature portrait of a man
n.d.
Tintype
Private collection of Jack and Beverly Wilgus
LL/76623
6 of 99
Novelty. Man with Straw Hat & Donkey Cart
1870s
Tintype
3 1/2 x 2 1/2 ins
Ninteen-Thirteen: Art Antiques Artifacts
LL/42565
7 of 99
[Man behind painted cloth depicting donkey cart]
1874 (ca)
Tintype
9 x 6 cm
George Eastman Museum
Purchase, 1969.0209.0021
LL/74412
8 of 99
Caricature showing man riding donkey cart with cat
1874, December
Tintype
Ebay
Seller: bb1913, https://www.ebay.com/usr/bb1913?_trksid=p2047675.l2559
LL/80649 [Further details available]
9 of 99
Head of man in derby hat behind cloth with painted body and scene (donkey cart)
1875 (ca)
Tintype
9 x 6 cm (3 9/16 x 2 3/8 ins)
George Eastman Museum
Purchase, ex-collection Fred S. Lightfoot, 1982.1453.0001
LL/75368
10 of 99
Head of man in top hat behind cloth with painted body and scene (hobo with pipe and sack on pole)
1875 (ca)
Tintype
8.9 x 6 cm (3 1/2 x 2 3/8 ins)
George Eastman Museum
Gift of Mrs. Alden Scott Boyer, 1982.1470.0019
LL/75369
11 of 99
Head of man in hat behind cloth with painted body and scene (bucking horse)
1875 (ca)
Tintype
9 x 6.2 cm (3 9/16 x 2 7/16 ins)
George Eastman Museum
Purchase, ex-collection Fred S. Lightfoot, 1982.1453.0002
LL/75387
12 of 99
Portrait of a man with a caricature foreground
1874, 14 April (date patent for foreground issued)
Tintype
Private collection of Michael Pecosky
LL/67039 [Further details available]
13 of 99
Caricature portrait of two men
n.d.
Tintype
Private collection of Christopher Steiner
LL/58145
14 of 99
Portrait of a man with a rabbit hunter foreground
1870s-1880s
Tintype
Private collection of Christopher Steiner
LL/120422 [Further details available]
15 of 99
Two young women seated in a model car in a studio
1870s-1890s
Tintype, 1/6 plate
National Museums Scotland
History of Science, Howarth-Loomes Collection, Museum Reference: IL.2003.44.3.5
LL/68379
16 of 99
A woman sitting in a model car in a studio
1870s-1890s
Tintype, 1/6 plate
National Museums Scotland
History of Science, Howarth-Loomes Collection, Museum Reference: IL.2003.44.3.26
LL/68380
17 of 99
Two women standing by a model car on a beach
1870s-1890s
Tintype, 1/6 plate
National Museums Scotland
History of Science, Howarth-Loomes Collection, Museum Reference: IL.2003.44.3.40
LL/68381
18 of 99
Outdoor portrait of two men with a car foreground, Hungary
1924
Photograph
FOTO:Fortepan
www.fortepan.hu (Accessed: May 2018), Id: 32623
LL/82948
19 of 99
Outdoor portrait of a woman with a car foreground, Hungary
1929
Photograph
FOTO:Fortepan
www.fortepan.hu (Accessed: May 2018), Id: 06445
LL/82960
20 of 99
Outdoor portrait of a woman and child with a car foreground, Hungary
1935
Photograph
FOTO:Fortepan
www.fortepan.hu (Accessed: May 2018), Id: 26 574, Donor: Pohl Pálma
LL/82993
21 of 99
A woman with a large camera and pastoral background and foreground flowers.
n.d.
Cabinet card
The Jeffrey Kraus Collection
LL/69332
22 of 99
A kneeling man behind a foreground of flowers.
n.d.
Cabinet card
?Private collection of Kristin Marie Dennis
LL/106217
23 of 99
Studio portrait of a woman collecting flowers from a foreground prop
n.d.
Cabinet card
Private collection of Susan Higginbotham
LL/113951
24 of 99
An eldery couple behind a floral foreground and in front of a dramatic landscape background
n.d.
Photograph
Private collection of Sharon Hart Sefton
LL/118892
25 of 99
Studio portrait of a girl standing behind a floral foreground of daisies
n.d.
Cabinet card
Private collection of Jeff Ward - The Early Light Project
LL/118551
26 of 99
Photo caricature portrait of a man wearing a top hat
1907-1915
Real photo postcard
Private collection of Pat Street
LL/61245
27 of 99
Caritature portrait using a foreground
1939-1960
Gelatin silver print, mounted
Private collection of John Toohey
LL/58148 [Further details available]
28 of 99
Portrait of two women and a man
n.d.
Gelatin silver print
Private collection of William Jones
LL/69531
29 of 99
Portriat of a man and a baby - Souvenir from Blue Lake Park Oregon
n.d.
Photograph, in paper mount
Private collection of Christopher Steiner
LL/85419
30 of 99
Man jumping off the Brooklyn Bridge
1885 (ca)
Tintype
Private collection of Christopher Steiner
LL/111219
31 of 99
Man crossing the Brooklyn Bridge
1885 (ca)
Tintype
Private collection of Christopher Steiner
LL/111220
32 of 99
Man crossing the Brooklyn Bridge
1885 (ca)
Tintype
Private collection of Robert E. Jackson
LL/111222
33 of 99
Man crossing the Brooklyn Bridge
1888, December
Tintype
Private collection of Jack and Beverly Wilgus
LL/111223
34 of 99
Portrait of a man with a cart drawn by a galloping horse foreground
n.d.
Tintype
Private collection of Ned Coleman
LL/57418
35 of 99
Cartoon drawing portrait
1903, 8 August (mailed)
Real photo postcard, undivided back
Private collection of Dave Girshoff
LL/51590 [Further details available]
36 of 99
Six young ladies looking through a foreground
1884, 8 September
Tintype
Private collection of Bruce Adair
LL/86738 [Further details available]
37 of 99
Portrait of two men with a criminal themed foreground
n.d.
Real photo postcard
Private collection of William Jones
LL/66953
38 of 99
Portrait of two men with a "New Orleans City Jail" themed foreground
n.d.
Real photo postcard
Private collection of William Jones
LL/66952
39 of 99
A man and a woman behind a foreground painting of a mermaid and a sailor
n.d.
Gelatin silver print
Private collection of Christopher Steiner
LL/83169
40 of 99
Couple with caricature head through foreground, Sun Valley at New York World's Fair 1939
1939
Panotype, in printed paper mount
Private collection of Jack and Beverly Wilgus
LL/66996
41 of 99
A man and a woman with a humorous foreground, New York World's Fair 1940
1940
Photograph, mounted
Private collection of Stacy Waldman
LL/66988
42 of 99
Studio portrait of a young child with an egg being pulled by a chick foreground
1911 (0r later, based on patent)
Real photo postcard
Private collection of Christopher Steiner
LL/81722 [Further details available]
43 of 99
Studio portrait of a young child with an egg being pulled by a chick foreground
1911 (0r later, based on patent)
Real photo postcard
Private collection of Christopher Steiner
LL/81743 [Further details available]
44 of 99
A studio portrait of a man and a woman rowing themselves in a prop boat
n.d.
Cabinet card
Private collection of Jack and Beverly Wilgus
LL/92713
45 of 99
A studio portrait of a girl in a prop boat
n.d.
Cabinet card
Private collection of Andy Kraushaar
LL/124057
46 of 99
Life on the ocean wave
1870 (ca)
Albumen print
Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology
Peabody Number: 2003.1.2223.377
LL/53123
47 of 99
Studio portrait of a four men in a plane
1930s (ca)
Gelatin silver print
5.5 x 7 cm
Private collection of John Toohey
LL/47451
48 of 99
Novelty photograph
n.d.
Gelatin silver print
Private collection of Bence Bakker
Posted to Facebook "Snapshot Mafia" (3 December 2016)
LL/70756
49 of 99
A boy with an aeroplane foreground
1939, 10 April
Gelatin silver print
Private collection of Christopher Steiner
LL/97443
50 of 99
"Flying" over the Arc de Triomphe!
1920s-1930s (ca)
Real photo postcard
Private collection of Christopher Steiner
LL/107918
51 of 99
Portrait studio of a young girl with a helicopter foreground
1950s (ca)
Gelatin silver print
Private collection of Christopher Steiner
LL/86825
52 of 99
A caricature portrait being taken showing the setting
n.d.
Gelatin silver print
Private collection of Jack and Beverly Wilgus
LL/95826 [Further details available]
53 of 99
Props used by tintype photographer at the Champlain Valley Exposition, Essex Junction, Vermont
1941, August
B&W nitrate negative
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Reproduction Number: LC-USF33-021152-M1
LL/37637 [Further details available]
54 of 99
Head through the hole beach arcade portrait of two men
n.d.
Ambrotype
Private collection of Jack and Beverly Wilgus
LL/70822
55 of 99
Head through the hole arcade portrait of two men
n.d.
Ambrotype
Private collection of Jack and Beverly Wilgus
LL/70823
56 of 99
Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria
1895
Photograph
Internet - Original source ill-defined
Location uncertain: Probably the Erzherzog Franz Ferdinand Museum
LL/66993
57 of 99
"In memory of my war service" - Studio portrait with a Russian cavalry foreground
1915, 13 April
Photograph
Private collection of Christopher Steiner
LL/112700
58 of 99
A man behind a racehorse foreground, Hot Springs, Arkansas
1940s
Real photo postcard
Private collection of Christopher Steiner
LL/123523
59 of 99
Three children seated on an elephant foreground
1939
Gelatin silver print
Private collection of Christopher Steiner
LL/92467
60 of 99
Caricature portrait using a foreground
1940s (ca)
Real photo postcard
Private collection of John Toohey
LL/58147 [Further details available]
61 of 99
Arcade portrait of a man with a foreground depicting a snake charmer and dancer (Colonial Exposition, Paris. 1931)
1931
Gelatin silver print
Private collection of Christopher Steiner
LL/84542
62 of 99
Portrait of a man with a golf-themed comic foreground
1930s-1940s
Real photo postcard
Private collection of Christopher Steiner
LL/104965
63 of 99
I Use Edison Service [Souvenir of the The New York Electrical Exposition, 1912]
1912
Real photo postcard
Private collection of Christopher Steiner
LL/111194
64 of 99
How Are the Sands [Portrait of a member of a fraternal organisations]
n.d.
Real photo postcard
Private collection of Robert E. Jackson
LL/119462
65 of 99
your little FANNY Has grown in Long Beach, CAL.
n.d.
Real photo postcard
Private collection of Robert E. Jackson
LL/119463
66 of 99
Photo Convention 1912
1912
Real photo postcard
Private collection of Robert E. Jackson
LL/119464
67 of 99
Stung - Atlantic City
1912
Real photo postcard
Private collection of Robert E. Jackson
LL/119466
68 of 99
A decapitation foreground portrait
1912
Real photo postcard
Private collection of Robert E. Jackson
LL/119467
69 of 99
A decapitation foreground portrait
1912
Real photo postcard
Private collection of Robert E. Jackson
LL/119465
70 of 99
Arcade head-through-the-hole portrait of two men at bathtime
1913 (postmark)
Real photo postcard
Private collection of Christopher Steiner
LL/101819 [Further details available]
71 of 99
Bain Moderne
1940s
Real photo postcard
Private collection of Christopher Steiner
LL/101817
72 of 99
Suzanna in Het Bad
1940s
Real photo postcard
Private collection of Christopher Steiner
LL/101818 [Further details available]
73 of 99
"Making a Big Slash! In Long Beach California
1950s
Real photo postcard
Private collection of Christopher Steiner
LL/101805
74 of 99
"Can I do you Sir! (Blackpool, England)
1950s
Real photo postcard
Private collection of Christopher Steiner
LL/101806
75 of 99
New Chinatown Souvenirs, Charlie Chan, Los Angeles
1950
Direct positive print
Private collection of Christopher Steiner
LL/101808
76 of 99
American arcade photograph of a bathroom scene
1950s
Direct positive print
Private collection of Christopher Steiner
LL/101809
77 of 99
Arcade photograph of a man being scrubbed down
n.d.
Photograph
Private collection of Graham Pilecki
LL/101820
78 of 99
Souvenirs Los Angeles
n.d.
Photograph
Private collection of Graham Pilecki
LL/101821
79 of 99
Bubbles Party {Chinatown, Los Angeles, CA)
1940s
Direct positive print
Private collection of Christopher Steiner
LL/101807
80 of 99
Head-through-the-hole portrait with an elephant, Bruxelles [Brussels, Belgium]
1935
Real photo postcard
Private collection of Christopher Steiner
LL/119783
81 of 99
Just Another Tomato!
1940s-1950s
Gelatin silver print
Private collection of Christopher Steiner
LL/108616
82 of 99
Comic foreground of two boxers
1890-1900 (ca)
Tintype
Private collection of Christopher Steiner
LL/112369
83 of 99
Comic foreground of boxers
1920s-1930s
Gelatin silver print, mounted on cardboard.
Private collection of Christopher Steiner
LL/112370
84 of 99
Comic foreground of two boxers, Tivoli, Copenhagen
1940s
Real photo postcard
Private collection of Christopher Steiner
LL/112371
85 of 99
Comic foreground - "Disorder in the Court."
1915 (ca)
Real photo postcard
Private collection of Christopher Steiner
LL/112373
86 of 99
Head-through-the-hole fencing scene, Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne. Paris, France
1937
Real photo postcard
Private collection of Christopher Steiner
LL/112355
87 of 99
Portrait of a woman as a spider
n.d.
Real photo postcard
Private collection of Ross Hulvey III
LL/106253
88 of 99
Head through the hole girl in a bikini
n.d.
Gelatin silver print
Ebay
Seller: vantagevermont, item: 322098415065, 8 April 2016
LL/67043
89 of 99
A faux photomontage of three people using a studio foreground of an EKCO television set
1950s
Gelatin silver print
5.25 x 3.25 ins
Private collection of Robert Yoskowitz
LL/82426
90 of 99
Portrait of Margit Krpata behind a studio forground based on Conan the Barbarian
1983
Gelatin silver print
Private collection of Dr. Margit Zara Krpata
LL/67982
91 of 99
A group with a painted strongman foreground
n.d.
Gelatin silver print
8 x 10 in.
Private collection of Christopher Steiner
LL/119202 [Further details available]
92 of 99
Patrons get silly photos taken at the Iowa State Fair
1955
Colour photograph
LIFE
The LIFE Picture Collection / Getty Images
LL/92707
93 of 99
A photo arcade portrait of two people with a strong man foregound
n.d.
Polaroid
Private collection of Florian Vigneron
Courtesy of Ace Snapshots (22 May 2016)
LL/67355
94 of 99
Steel Pier, Atlantic City
1976
Polaroid
Private collection of Christopher Steiner
LL/107922
95 of 99
Niagara Daredevil
n.d.
Colour photograph
Private collection of William Jones
LL/68552
96 of 99
A child astronaut, Brno, Czech Republic
2012
Colour image
Internet - Original source ill-defined
LL/66994
97 of 99
Untitled
[Autoportraits]
n.d.
Colour print
Martin Parr Foundation
© Martin Parr
LL/96171
98 of 99
Christopher Steiner and his mother at Colossal Cave Mountain Park, Tucson, AZ.
1969, September
Colour photograph
Private collection of Christopher Steiner
LL/107353
99 of 99
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