1. | ![]() | Unidentified photographer / artist n.d. Signs for Daguerreotype Rooms Signs Archives of Modern Conflict OR National Gallery of Canada |
2. | ![]() | Samuel Broadbent 1856 Panorama of Philadelphia. Chestnut Street, East of Fifth (Detail showing the Daguerreotype Gallery of Broadbent) - Collins and Autenrieth (Artists) Lithograph 6 3/4 x 10 1/4 in (complete lithograph) Archives of Modern Conflict OR National Gallery of Canada Courtesy of Nick and Lynn Heckett Printed by Schnabel, Finkeldey & Demme, Lithograph Institute of Philadelphia |
3. | ![]() | Mayall & Co 1870-1875 Exterior view of the premises of Mayall & Co. Albumen print Private collection of Lisa Tao |
4. | ![]() | O.B. Silver 1861 (ca) O.B. Silver's Ambrotype Gallery Ambrotype, 1/2 plate California State Library Record no: 001379275 Dutch Flat, California. |
5. | ![]() | Morse 1860s (ca) Morse's Photographs - Tent in use Carte de visite Private collection of Laddy Kite |
6. | ![]() | H. Gurlitz 1860s (ca) Harry Gurlitz's Photograph Gallery Carte de visite Private collection of Laddy Kite |
7. | ![]() | McLeon's, W.A. Mooers, operator (operator. 34 Charlotte St., St. John, New Brunswick) n.d. Photograph Saloon on raft Carte de visite Rare Photo Gallery - Neil David MacDonald Note the numerous photographs on the exterior of the wagon. On 25 June 1885 The Press Newspaper (Woodstock, NB, Canada) reported: Messrs. W. A. Mooers and W. L. Alterton, Photographers, desirous to secure views of the magnificent scenery of the river St. John between Woodstock and the City of St. John, recently fitted up a strong raft, on which they placed a " Photographic Studio " sufficiently large to allow them ample room for their instruments and work-room, and also to furnish them with comfortable cooking and sleeping apartments. They expect to spend several weeks on the cruise. Preparations had been made to start from Upper Woodstock last Monday morning, but owing to the heavy winds that have prevailed this week their craft is still at anchor. |
8. | ![]() | Unidentified photographer / artist 1860s (ca) Exterior of a Photographic Gallery Carte de visite Private collection of Laddy Kite |
9. | ![]() | W.P. Floyd 1869 (ca) Queens Road, Hongkong Albumen print 24.8 x 19 cm Tonpeek Photography |
10. | ![]() | Thomas Easterly 1870 Fourth Street North from Olive, Bell's Gallery Daguerreotype Missouri Historical Society Courtesy of the Missouri History Museum, Thomas Easterly Collection N17001. This Daguerreotype was uploaded to Flickr (2009-2010). |
11. | ![]() | Unidentified photographer / artist 1860s Great Malvern, England Stereocard Early Image: 19th & Early 20th Century Photographs Courtesy of Josh Wiesner - The Early Image It's unclear how or why the pieces of newspaper are stuck on the stone wall, but one of them has what appears to be a large ad for cartes de visite. |
12. | ![]() | Unidentified photographer / artist 1860s Great Malvern, England (Detail) Stereocard Early Image: 19th & Early 20th Century Photographs Courtesy of Josh Wiesner - The Early Image It's unclear how or why the pieces of newspaper are stuck on the stone wall, but one of them has what appears to be a large ad for cartes de visite. |
13. | ![]() | Unidentified photographer / artist n.d. Chase's Daguerreotype Rooms Broadside Archives of Modern Conflict OR National Gallery of Canada |
14. | ![]() | Chase's Daguerreotype Rooms (Boston) n.d. Chase's Dauerreotype Rooms, 257 Washington Street, Boston Archives of Modern Conflict OR National Gallery of Canada |
15. | ![]() | E.S. Hayden 1850 (ca) Advertisement for E.S. Hayden's Daguerreotype Miniatures Advert Archive Farms |
16. | ![]() | C.V. Allen n.d. Card for C.V. Allen & Co. [Boston] Daguerreotype label Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc Courtesy of Larry Gottheim - Be-Hold (46 / 21) C.V. Allen (Boston) |
17. | ![]() | Marcus Aurelius Root 1850 (ca) John Chambers Rankin & Sarah Trimball Comfort Daguerreotype, cased Private collection of Ken Burkhart He was a Presbyterian minister and missionary in India from 1840-1848, returning to head the church at Basking Ridge, NJ until 1895. Their son Walter Rankin, Sr. went on to be come the 2nd President of Carroll College 1866-1904 (now Carroll University). Root's Gallery, 140 Chestnut St. Philada. |
18. | ![]() | Marcus Aurelius Root 1850 (ca) Address for "Root's Gallery 140 Chestnut St. Philada." Daguerreotype case, red velvet Private collection of Ken Burkhart |
19. | ![]() | Gustave Le Gray 1858 (ca) Gustave Le Gray - Business Card Business card 2.7 x3.9 ins Archive Farms Engraved by Graveur Stern (France). From the archives of Graveur Stern, 47, Passage des Panoramas, Paris. |
20. | ![]() | Adrien Tournachon 1857 (ca) Adrien Tournachon - Business Card Business card 2.7 x3.9 ins Archive Farms Engraved by Graveur Stern (France). From the archives of Graveur Stern, 47, Passage des Panoramas, Paris. Tournachon's studio declared bankruptcy in 1858. |
21. | ![]() | 1840 Instructions in the Daguerreotype - Mr. Seager Advert Google Books This was published in "A Full Description of te Daguerreotype Process: As Published by M. Daguerre." (New York: for sale by J.R. Chilton, 1840) - which was extracted from "The American Repertory", edited by Prof. J.J. Mapes. |
22. | ![]() | n.d. Advertisement for L.H. Griffin's Ambrotype and Photograph Rooms, 268 Washington St. Boston. Advert Archives of Modern Conflict OR National Gallery of Canada L.H. Griffin's Ambrotype Rooms Warranted Pictures in any weather, for 25 cents and upwards. A good assortment of cases, cheap. Likenesses set in Lockets, Pins, and Finger Rings. Copying carefully executed Up only one flight of stairs. 268 Washington St., Boston |
23. | ![]() | Parker's Photographic Rooms (Pekin, ILL) 1865, 7 March (after, date of Potter's Patent) Advertising for Parker‘s Photographic Rooms,Pekin, ILL. Tintype, carte de visite mount Private collection of Laurie Minor Features engraving of photographer taking photo of mother and child, using large format camera on tripod. |
24. | ![]() | Schoonmaker & Hill n.d. Tintype advertising showing a man astride a large format camera which appears to have legs of a horse Tintype, carte de visite mount Private collection of Laurie Minor The print reads: "OPPOSITION THE LIFE OF BUSINESS. Prices Reduced on Pictures, at SCHOONMAKER'S OLD STAND, 282 River St., Troy, N.Y. Gem Pictures, with Cards or Fittings, .25 cts. a dozen. Our Superior Card Photographs, $2.00 a dozen. Beautiful Ambrotypes, with Case .25 cents each. ~ SCHOONMAKER & HILL". |
25. | ![]() | J.H. Abbott n.d. Advertising image for "J.H. Abbott Photographer 480 Broadway Albany N.Y." Tintype, back, detail Private collection of Ken Burkhart Note that this includes advertising by "17 x 22", "In OIl" and "BonTon" photographs. |
26. | ![]() | Myles Garner 1887, 1 June Advertisement for Myles Garner, photographer Advert British Library Courtesy of the British Library, Item number: 6489, Shelfmark: Evan.6489 |
27. | ![]() | William Bailey 1889 Advertisement for William Bailey, photographer Advert British Library Courtesy of the British Library, Item number: 6475, Shelfmark: Evan.6475 |
28. | ![]() | F. Brookes 1891 Advertisement for F. Brookes, artist and photographer Advert British Library Courtesy of the British Library, Item number: 6628, Shelfmark: Evan.6628 |
29. | ![]() | W. Mountain 1884 Advertisement for W. Mountain's Royal Academy Studios Advert British Library Courtesy of the British Library, Item number: 6482, Shelfmark: Evan.6482 |
30. | ![]() | Maurice Palmer 1870 Advertisement for Maurice Palmer, photographer Advert British Library Courtesy of the British Library, Item number: 9034, Shelfmark: Evan.9034 |
31. | ![]() | Albert Flint 1887 Advertisement for Albert Flint, photographic artist Advert British Library Courtesy of the British Library, Item number: 6905, Shelfmark: Evan.6905 |
32. | ![]() | Plimpton & Ruggles 1866 Plimpton and Ruggles, successors to Geo. W. Miller, Photographist Advert Google Books Plimpton & Ruggles (Roxbury) Published in "The Roxbury Directory" by Samual Davenport & Co (Roxbury: John Backup, 1866) in the advertising section. Roxbury is in Massachusetts, USA. |
33. | ![]() | C. Cole (Roxbury) 1866 C. Cole, Photograph Artist Advert Google Books Published in "The Roxbury Directory" by Samual Davenport & Co (Roxbury: John Backup, 1866) in the advertising section. Roxbury is in Massachusetts, USA. |
34. | ![]() | 1854, December Advert for Daguerreotypes Advert Google Books This advert was published in "The Knickerbocker", Volume XLIV, December, 1854, No.6, p.662 |
35. | ![]() | Mrs. J.R. Spooner 1845, 11 January Mrs J.R. Spooner begs to announce… Advert Google Books Universalist Watchmen and Christian Repository (Montpelier, VT), Vol.16, No.26, January 11, 1845, p.216. MRS. J. R. SPOONER begs to announce that during her late visit to New York, she has taken lessons in the Daguerreotype art from one of the first practitioners in the city, and that she is now ready lo take miniatures in a superior manner, with warranted durable colors, and possessing all the perfections of nature. Terms, including a handsome morroco miniature case, $3. East Randolph, Vt. |
36. | ![]() | E. Jacobs (New Orleans) 1851 Daguerreotypists. E. Jacobs Book page Google Books "Business Register - New Orleans" in De Bow's Commercial Review of the South & West, Volume XI, New Series, Vol.IV, 1851 |
37. | ![]() | James Wallace Black 1862 J.W. Black, Photographist Advert Google Books The Boston Directory for the Year Commencing July 1, 1862 (Boston: Adams, Sampson, & Company, 1862), Advertising Department, p.24. |
38. | ![]() | Martin M. Lawrence 1854, December Lawrence Advert Google Books This advert was published in "The Knickerbocker", Volume XLIV, December, 1854, No.6, p.662 |
39. | ![]() | 1856 Farmer's Photographic Portraits, Brighton Advert Google Books Advert was published in John Glyde, Jun. Suffolk in the Nineteenth Century: Physical, Social, Moral, Religious, and Industrial (London: Simpkin, Marshall, and Co., 1856) |
40. | ![]() | Platt D. Babbitt n.d. Advert for Platt D. Babbitt Advert Private collection of Richard O. Titus F.H. Johnson's Guide to Niagara Falls, p.67 |
41. | ![]() | Jeremiah Gurney 1854 J. Gurney's Premium Daguerreotype Gallery, (corner Leonard Street,) 349 Broadway, New York Advert Google Books This advert was published in "The Illustrated American Biography" by A.D. Jones, Volume II, (New York: J. Milton Emerson & Co., 1854) |
42. | ![]() | Jeremiah Gurney 1854 J. Gurney's Premium Daguerreotype Gallery, (corner Leonard Street,) 349 Broadway, New York Advert Google Books This advert was published in "The Illustrated American Biography" by A.D. Jones, Volume II, (New York: J. Milton Emerson & Co., 1854) |
43. | ![]() | 1866 E. & H.T. Anthony & Co., New York Advert Google Books Published in "Humphrey's Journal of Photography and the Allied Arts and Sciences", Vol.17, No. 21, March 1, 1866 |
44. | ![]() | Oscar Gustave Rejlander 1869, 18 June Mr. Rejlander's New Studio Magazine illustration Google Books Published in "The Illustrated Photographer: Scientific and Art Journal" (London: 1869), Volume 2, June 18th, 1869, p.289 We have already given, in articles written by Mr. Sutton and the Gossiping Photographer, a very full and complete description of Mr. Rejlander's new studio, but to render these complete we now append an engraving from a photograph of the room which will make these descriptions still more clear and understandable. In illustration of the uses of such a room, we may mention that on a recent occasion the members of the Solar Club dined in it, and while some sat on either side of a long dining table and others at the top of it, one figure some feet beyond it and another figure a greater distance in front of it in all sixteen figures -Mr. Rejlander took a photograph, in which without any striking effect of exaggerated perspective or out-of-focus blurring, a faithful and striking portrait of every person present was duly secured. The distance from the farther to the nearer sitter must have been considerably over twenty feet, probably nearly thirty. The portion of the room not represented in our engraving is that end of it which is formed by the solid sheet of plate glass, which descending through the floor enables you to walk out into a balcony beyond it. In connexion with this huge window, Mr. Rejlander pointed out a very curious and amusing optical effect of which he had availed himself photographically by producing the portrait of a lady, who sitting alone, was astonished to find that the photograph represented her with a gentleman in singularly close proximity to her. The explanation is that the figures were both on a line with each other, and at an equal distance from the plate-glass window which stood at a right angle between them. The lens saw the one figure through the glass and the other on the glass, and so both appeared on the plate as if they had been taken together, although the one might not have been aware even of the other's presence. |
45. | ![]() | 1889 Germany, Romain Talbot, Berlin Advert Google Books Advert included in H.P. Robinson "Picture-Making by Photography", Second edition, revised (London: Hazell, Watson & Viney, Ld., 1889) |
46. | ![]() | J.C. Moulton 1860s (ca) A bird delivers the card of J.C. Moulton, Photographic Artist, 368 Main Street, Fitchburg, Mass. Carte de visite Private collection of Laddy Kite J.C. Moulton (Fitchburg, Mass.) |
47. | ![]() | A.H. Hemple n.d. A.H. Hemple (Advertising CDV) Carte de visite Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc Courtesy of Larry Gottheim - Be-Hold (45 / 55) For A. H. Hemple, Philadelphia. A collage of images and stereo views of railroad and engineering subjects. Red-bordered CDV is slightly light. |
48. | ![]() | Mathew B. Brady 1854 A New Feature in Daguerreotypes has been introduced by Brady, at his Old Gallery, 205 Broadway, cor. Of Fulton St. N.Y. Advert Google Books This advert was published in "The Commercial Advertiser - Directory of the City of Buffalo" (Buffalo: Jewett, Thomas & Co., 1854) |
49. | ![]() | Mathew B. Brady 1854 Brady's New and Magnificent Daguerreotype Gallery, 359 Broadway, New York Advert Google Books This advert was published in "The American National Preacher" edited by Rev. E. Carpenter, Volume I28, No.1, January 1854 |
50. | ![]() | Mathew B. Brady 1854 Brady's Daguerrian Galleries, 359 & 205 Broadway, New York Advert Google Books This advert was published in "The Illustrated American Biography" by A.D. Jones, Volume II, (New York: J. Milton Emerson & Co., 1854) |
51. | ![]() | John Thomson 1873-1874 (Published) A Hong-Kong Artist Book illustration Yale University, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library John Thomson, Illustrations of China and Its People, a Series of Two Hundred Photographs with Letterpress Description of the Places and People Represented, 4 vols. (London: Sampson Low, Marston Low, and Searle, 1873 [vols. 1 and 2] and 1874 [vols. 3 and 4]), Vol. 1 A Hong-Kong Artist Lumqua was a Chinese pupil of Chinnery, a noted foreign artist, who died at Macao in 1852. Lumqua produced a number of excellent works in oil, which are still copied by the painters in Hong-Kong and Canton. Had he lived in any other country he would have been the founder of a school of painting. In China his followers have failed to grasp the spirit of his art. They drudge with imitative servile toil, copying Lumqua's or Chinnery's pieces, or anything, no matter what, just because it has been finished and paid for within a given time, and at so much a square foot. There are a number of painters established in Hong-Kong, but they all do the same class of work, and have about the same tariff of prices, regulated according to the dimensions of the canvas. The occupation of these limners consists mainly of making enlarged copies of photographs. Each house employs a touter, who scours the shipping in the harbour with samples of the work, and finds many ready customers among the foreign sailors. These bargain to have Mary or Susan painted on as large a scale and at as small a price as possible, the work to be delivered framed and ready for sea probably within twenty-four hours. The painters divide their labour on the following plan. The apprentice confines himself to bodies and hands, while the master executes the physiognomy, and thus the work is got through with wonderful speed. Attractive colours are freely used; so that Jack's fair ideal appears at times in a sky-blue dress, over which a massive gold chain and other articles of jewellery are liberally hung. These pictures would be fair works of art were the drawing good, and the brilliant colours properly arranged; but all the distortions of the badly taken photographs are faithfully reproduced on an enlarged scale. The best works these painters do are pictures of native and foreign ships, which are wonderfully drawn. To enlarge a picture they draw squares over their canvas corresponding to the smaller squares into which they divide the picture to be copied. The miniature painters in Hong-Kong and Canton do some work on ivory that is as fine as the best ivory painting to be found among the natives of India, and fit to bear comparison with the old miniature painting of our own country, which photography has, now-a-days, in great measure superseded. |
52. | ![]() | I.W. Taber 1881 Photographic studios of San Francisco Book page Google Books Captain S.H. Jones-Parry, My Journey Round the World via Ceylon, New Zealand, Australia, Torres Straits, China, Japan, and the United States, Two Volumes (London: Hurst and Blackett, 1881), Volume II, p.145-146 I must not leave this part of my journey without a word on that for which this place bears a world-wide renown; I allude to photography. The first morning after my arrival, when I got up to take in my boots, I found outside my door two envelopes addressed to me, each containing a cabinet photograph of some evidently well-known actress, and a card requesting me to visit the studio of the sender. As I had already collected a large assortment of photographic views on my travels, I now determined to add to it a collection of portraits as specimens of the art in the States. I called at several studios to make purchases, and at each place a lovely specimen of art was gratuitously given, in addition to wliat I bought. I think, as I have before said, that the San Francisco portraits rank first in my collection. The photographers themselves were highly intellectual men, and I owe much to Mr. Tabor and Mr. Boyd, for many pleasant moments spent in their studios. The former took the trouble to send after me to New York a duplicate of a work of art that I had much admired in his collection. |
53. | ![]() | Baker's Art Gallery n.d. [Detail] Cabinet card, back Antiq-Photo Courtesy of Anthony Davis - Antiq-photo / Rainbow creations (www.19cPhoto.com) Baker's Art Gallery, 106 South High St., Columbus, O. [Please note that the scan colors may not exactly match those on the original.] |
54. | ![]() | Louis A. Rudolph n.d. Untitled Cabinet card, back Antiq-Photo Courtesy of Anthony Davis - Antiq-photo / Rainbow creations (www.19cPhoto.com) Louis A. Rudolph, 957 Milwaukee Ave. Chicago There are three messages in the windows:
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55. | ![]() | Briggs & Co. (Ottumwa, Iowa) n.d. Backmark for "Briggs & Co., Photographers, The Ground Floor Studio, 311 E. Main St., Ottumwa, Iowa" Cabinet card, back, detail Antiq-Photo Courtesy of Anthony Davis - Antiq-photo / Rainbow creations (www.19cPhoto.com) Briggs & Co. Photographers, The Ground Floor Studio, 311E Main St. Ottumwa, Iowa. [Please note that the scan colors may not exactly match those on the original.] |
56. | ![]() | Frances Benjamin Johnston 1903, May Frances Benjamin Johnston selling tintypes at a Virginia country fair Gelatin silver print Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division Reproduction Number: LC-J713-4931 This photograph was used on the book cover for Pete Daniel and Raymond Smock "A Talent for Detail: The Photographs of Miss Frances Benjamin Johnston 1889-1910" (New York: Harmony Books, 1974) |
57. | ![]() | Mathew B. Brady 1854 (ca) [Brady's Daguerrean Gallery] Daguerreotype, 1/2 plate Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division DAG no. 030, LC-USZ62-109858 DLC (b&w film copy neg. post-1992) An interior view of reception gallery, showing ladies and gentlemen in groups, conversing and looking at work of studio, which is displayed on walls. In distant background, seen through entrance to another room, is operator standing beside camera. Apparently from original drawing by unknown artist, reproduced as woodcut in Brady's advertisements in Norton's Literary Gazette for 1854 and elsewhere. |
58. | ![]() | F.M. Yeager 1860s (ca) Interior of F.M. Yeager's studio showing his properties Carte de visite Private collection of Laddy Kite F.M. Yeager (Reading, Pa.) |
59. | ![]() | Jeremiah Gurney 1854 Daguerrean Sketches in New York [Interior of J. Gurney's daguerreian gallery at 349 Broadway, New York] Engraving Daguerreian Society Courtesy of the Daguerreian Society (www.daguerre.org) |
60. | ![]() | Lewis H. Bissell 1895 (ca) Photographer's Studio Cabinet card Carl Mautz Vintage Photographs Courtesy of Carl Mautz Bissell (Effingham, Illinois) |
61. | ![]() | D. Appleton 1858-1860 (ca) Untitled image inside the Appleton Store, showing customers, staff, views, viewers, signs advertising views and viewers. Stereocard Jefferson Stereoptics Courtesy of John Saddy (Auction, Tue, Dec 12, 2006 & Thu, Dec 14, 2006, # 06-4, Lot 364) Appleton, New York Stereoscopic Company |
62. | ![]() | D. Appleton 1858-1860 (ca) Untitled image inside the Appleton Store, showing customers, staff, views, viewers, signs advertising views and viewers. Stereocard, detail Jefferson Stereoptics Courtesy of John Saddy (Auction, Tue, Dec 12, 2006 & Thu, Dec 14, 2006, # 06-4, Lot 364) |
63. | ![]() | F. Jay Haynes 1886 The interior of the Haynes Palace Studio Car at Helena (M/T.) Uncertain format Creative Commons - Wikipedia This photograph was published with the following note in Edward W. Nolan Northern Pacific views: The railroad photography of F. Jay Haynes, 1876-1905 (Helena, MT: Montana Historical Society Press, 1983): The reception room in the Palace Studio car displayed the wide variety of photograph types available to patrons. In addition to fancy frames, Haynes offered mammoth plate views of Yellowstone for sale. The sitting room was through the door to the left of the desk, and beyond that were the living quarters. [The details on the archive holding the original image along with the accession id are requested. A copy of this photograph may be at Institute for Regional Studies, NDSU, Fargo] |
64. | ![]() | F. Jay Haynes 1896 Salesroom, F. Jay Haynes, Mammoth Hotel, Yellowstone National Park Photographic print 5 x 7 ins The Pioneer Museum - Gallatin Historical Society Courtesy of the Pioneer Museum of Bozeman, photograph donated by Patricia Purdy Hillman. Photograph #10788. F. Jay Haynes leased space in the Old Mammoth Hotel and operated a sales stand there for many years beginning about 1892 when the hotels were operated (1886-1909) by the Yellowstone Park Association. |
65. | ![]() | Thomas Houseworth n.d. Page 29. Houseworth's illustrated catalogue of celebrities, 121 Montgomery Street, San Francisco, Cal. Photographic copy print 16.5 x 11.2 cm Yale University, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Call Number: Uncat WA MSS 429, Image ID Number: 1078684 |
66. | ![]() | London Stereoscopic Company 1856 Christmas and Winter Evening's Enjoyment. Amusement and Instruction for All !, 24 page catalogue Catalogue Stereographica - Antique Photographica Courtesy of Bryan and Page Ginns (#23 / 222) |
67. | ![]() | Lawrence & Houseworth 1866 Book cover for "Gems of California Scenery. Catalogue of Views Photographed and Published by Lawrence & Houseworth, Opticians, 317 & 319 Montogomery Street, San Francisco", Third edition (1866) Book cover Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division Lawrence & Houseworth Collection, LC-USZ62-133179 |
68. | ![]() | Giacomo Brogi 1881 Catalogue of the photographs of Giacomo Brogi (Firenze) Catalogue cover Archive Farms |
69. | ![]() | Soule Photograph Company 1887, January "Catalogue of Photographic Reproductions of Works of Art. Published by the Soule Photograph Company.", January, 1887, 50th Thousand, Tenth Edition, (Boston, Mass.) Catalogue cover Google Books |
70. | ![]() | The Yamabe Photo Co. (Yokohama, Japan) 1890 (ca) Price list of the Leading Photographers, The Yamabe Photo Co. Albumen print, octagonal format Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs A hand-colored photo-composite of eight Japanese images and wood-grained box, mounted as cover on a folding octagonal "Price List of the […] Yamabe Photo Co. / No. 12, Bund, Yokohama." The text of price list is entirely in English, indicating that it was probably directed at visiting foreigners: "Price List of the Leading Photographers / The Yamabe Photo Co., No. 12, Bund, Yokohama / Only Strictly First Class Work Done at Our Gallery / We are the only firm making Bas Reliefs, Iridiums & Carbonettes in Japan." The interior offers "Prices of Portraits" in Cabinet, Cartes de Visite, "Paris Panels" and "10x12" format, as well as "Views…", colored and uncolored, and "Albums, Album Covers in Cherry Lacquer, Frames &c., in great Variety." |
71. | ![]() | The Yamabe Photo Co. (Yokohama, Japan) 1890 (ca) Price list of the Leading Photographers, The Yamabe Photo Co. Albumen print, octagonal format Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs A hand-colored photo-composite of eight Japanese images and wood-grained box, mounted as cover on a folding octagonal "Price List of the […] Yamabe Photo Co. / No. 12, Bund, Yokohama." The text of price list is entirely in English, indicating that it was probably directed at visiting foreigners: "Price List of the Leading Photographers / The Yamabe Photo Co., No. 12, Bund, Yokohama / Only Strictly First Class Work Done at Our Gallery / We are the only firm making Bas Reliefs, Iridiums & Carbonettes in Japan." The interior offers "Prices of Portraits" in Cabinet, Cartes de Visite, "Paris Panels" and "10x12" format, as well as "Views…", colored and uncolored, and "Albums, Album Covers in Cherry Lacquer, Frames &c., in great Variety." |
72. | ![]() | Alfredo Noack n.d. Photograph album "Ricordo del Campo Santo - Genova", Alfredo Noack, Genova Album cover 12 x 17 cm (album) Private collection of Christoph Laubsch |
73. | ![]() | Schleaers Gallery (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1860s (ca) Photo still life with a pyramid of carte de visite albums Carte de visite, trimmed, detail Private collection of Laddy Kite |
74. | ![]() | Xavier Merieux 1865 Photographic trade card Albumen print 8.8 x 5.7 cm George Eastman Museum Gift of Eastman Kodak Company: ex-collection Gabriel Cromer (GEH NEGS: 26036 10164, 80:0474:0001) |
75. | ![]() | Wilson, Hood & Co. 1860s (ca) Photographic paraphenalia Carte de visite Private collection of Laddy Kite |
76. | ![]() | Gustave Cousin (Paris) 1870 (ca) Props in a 19th century Parisian photography studio Albumen print Private collection of Jan Weijers (Servatius) Note the background, headrest, props and photographic apparatus. |
77. | ![]() | Orvis 1860s (ca) A photographer, presumably J.R. Orvis, with his camera, props and photographic paraphenalia Carte de visite Private collection of Laddy Kite J.R. Orvis (Fayette, Ohio) |
78. | ![]() | O.W. Horton n.d. O.W. Horton emptying his scrap bag of photographs Carte de visite Private collection of Erin Waters |
79. | ![]() | Abraham Bogardus n.d. Keep this as your guide to get fine Photographs Cabinet card (?), small, composite 3 1/4 x 5 in (approx) Private collection of Laurie Minor The photographs include internationally acclaimed Norwegian violinist Ole Bull (2nd photo from top/center). |
80. | ![]() | Unidentified photographer / artist n.d. Whimsical, creative advertising photograph which reads, Stolen from Franks', Peoria City Directory Cabinet card, trimmed 3 3/4 x 5 3/8 in Capitol Gallery Courtesy of Capitol Gallery (Spring 2007 Auction, #79) A number of examples of the photographer's work are illustrated, from the traditional cabinet card to larger oval and circular images. All have been intertwined with a weave of vines and leaves creating an artistic effect. |
81. | ![]() | Émile Gsell 1860s [Photographic Advertisement] Albumen silver print, from glass negative 23.5 x 31.8 cm (9 1/4 x 12 1/2 ins) Metropolitan Museum of Art Gilman Collection, Purchase, Cynthia Hazen Polsky Gift, 2005, Accession Number: 2005.100.497 |
82. | ![]() | J.H. Emerson n.d. Daguerrean banknote, Emerson‘s Photographic & Daguerrean Palace, 81 Main Street, Keokuk, Iowa Banknote Private collection of Allan Janus Emerson (Keokuk, Iowa) |
83. | ![]() | J.H. Emerson n.d. Daguerrean banknote, Emerson‘s Photographic & Daguerrean Palace, 81 Main Street, Keokuk, Iowa (detail) Banknote, detail Private collection of Allan Janus Emerson (Keokuk, Iowa) |
84. | ![]() | Eugène Constant 1852 (ca) Stamp for Eugène Constant Studio stamp Studios Robespierre, Serge Plantureux courtesy Choppin De Janvry (May 30, 2007, #80) |
85. | ![]() | Emilie Bieber 1852-1860 (ca) Daguerreotype label for the Emilie Bieber studio in Hamburg Studio label Private collection of Klaus Niermann |
86. | ![]() | Carlo Baldassare Simelli n.d. Studio label for Simelli Studio label Private collection of Katherine Babin On reverse of a [Collage of old master sketches] |
87. | ![]() | G. Lékégian 1880 (ca) Studio label for G. Lekegian on negative Studio mark on negative Private Collection of Robert G. Hill, Toronto, Ont. www.hillcollection.com - Acc: 698 |
88. | ![]() | Luis Leon Masson 1860 (ca) Studio stamp for Luis Leon Masson Studio stamp Private Collection of Robert G. Hill, Toronto, Ont. www.hillcollection.com - Acc: 982 On "Courtyard at the House of Pilate, Seville, Spain" |
89. | ![]() | John Plumbe Jr. 1850 (ca) Plumbe National Daguerreian Gallery, No. 75 Court Street [Boston] Label on back of a Daguerreotype 2 in x 2.5 in Archive Farms |
90. | ![]() | L. Leblanc n.d. Label for "Portraits Daguerriens et Photographie sur Papier Perfectionnés par L. LeBlanc. Reproduction de Tableaux, Dessins, Gravures, Objets d'Art &c. No.1 Boulevard des Italiens et rue Richelieu, 115. Maison de la Petite Jeanette" Daguerreotype, back 23 x 19 cm Dordrechts Museum www.daguerreobase.org - Daguerreobase no: DMU07 |
91. | ![]() | Alexandre Bertrand n.d. Portrait of a standing woman holding a folio book Daguerreotype, stereo, back label Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs Courtesy of Christopher Wahren Resealed with original artist's label on reverse of mount. |
92. | ![]() | Mr and Mme Guyard (Paris) 1845 (ca) Label for M. et Mme. Guyard - Artistes Peintre de Paris Printed label Universiteit Leiden, Prentenkabinet www.daguerreobase.org - Daguerreobase no: PKL-65.0857 On reverse of "Portrait of an unknown woman". |
93. | ![]() | Blandin (Reims) 1855 Label for Blandin, Rue Large, 18. Label on reverse of Daguerreotype 13.6 x 16 cm Collectie Driesen www.daguerreobase.org - Daguerreobase no: DRI-2004-09-001 On the reverse of a Daguerreotype portrait of I. [or J.] Mennesson. |
94. | ![]() | A. Daru 1842 (or later) Printed back of a Daguerreotype "Portraits au Daguerreotype, en un minute, par A. Daru de Paris" Prnted back 15.3 x 12.7 cm Museum Enschedé www.daguerreobase.org - Daguerreobase no: ME29 On the reverse of a Daguerreotype portrait of Jacoba Catharina Abramina Enschedé. |
95. | ![]() | Désiré François Millet n.d. Stereo daguerreotype of French soldier Daguerreotype, stereo, back label Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs Courtesy of Christopher Wahren Stereo daguerreotype of French soldier, by Désiré Franþois Millet, Paris, ca. 1860. With intact period seals and reverse-painted glass mount with Millet studio stencil in gilt on front and Millet studio label on reverse. Notation on reverse identifies the sitter as "Edmond LaferriÞre". Applied color in flesh, red, blue, green, gilt, and silver. |
96. | ![]() | Francis Bedford 1862 (ca) Signature of F. Bedford on negative Signature on negative Private Collection of Robert G. Hill, Toronto, Ont. www.hillcollection.com - Acc: 878 |
97. | ![]() | Pascal Sebah 1870 (ca) Signature of Pascal Sebah on the negative Signature on negative Private Collection of Robert G. Hill, Toronto, Ont. www.hillcollection.com - Acc: 207 On "Fountain of Eyoub, Constantinople" |
98. | ![]() | Bisson frères 1850s (ca) Signature stamp for Bisson frères Signature stamp Lee Gallery |
99. | ![]() | Samuel Bourne 1865 (ca) Signature of Samuel Bourne with his number on the negative Signature and number on negative Private Collection of Robert G. Hill, Toronto, Ont. www.hillcollection.com - Acc: 256 On "View of the Fort at Agra". |
100. | ![]() | William Henry Jackson 1884-1900 (ca) Printed card back for "W.H. Jackson & Co., Photographers of Rocky Mountain Scenery Denver, Colorado" Studio details, printed DeGolyer Library, South Methodist University - SMU Southern Methodist University, Central University Libraries, DeGolyer Library, Call number: Ag1999.1255 |
101. | ![]() | G. Churchill n.d. [England] Carte de visite, back Antiq-Photo Courtesy of Anthony Davis - Antiq-photo / Rainbow creations (www.19cPhoto.com) [Please note that the scan colors may not exactly match those on the original.] |
102. | ![]() | Oliver Sarony 1863, 26 June (after) Advertising Carte de Visite by Sarony, Scarborough, England Carte de visite, front Stereographica - Antique Photographica Courtesy of Bryan and Page Ginns (26 September 2009, #22 / 125) |
103. | ![]() | W. & D. Downey 1868, September Princess Alexandra with her daughter, Princess Louise Carte de visite Paul Frecker Paul Frecker provides the following comments: "A carte-de-visite showing Princess Alexandra with her daughter, Princess Louise, born in 1867. Taken in September 1868, it was intended to show that the Princess had fully recovered from the bout of rheumatic fever which had struck her in the late winter / early spring of 1867. It proved to be the most popular carte-de-visite of its day. In 1885 Downey remembered that somewhere in the region of 300,000 copies had been sold, and it's not hard to see why. Compared to the stiffness and formality of most portraiture at this time, and Royal portraiture in particular, the freshness and spontaneity is like a splash of cold water!" |
104. | ![]() | Russell & Sons n.d. Untitled Cabinet card, back Antiq-Photo Courtesy of Anthony Davis - Antiq-photo / Rainbow creations (www.19cPhoto.com) Russell & Sons, 17 Baker Street, London W. The back says that the studio was established in 1852 and it includes the coats of arms of heads of state. [Please note that the scan colors may not exactly match those on the original.] |
105. | ![]() | Jean Baptiste Feilner n.d. [Germany] Carte de visite, back Antiq-Photo Courtesy of Anthony Davis - Antiq-photo / Rainbow creations (www.19cPhoto.com) [Please note that the scan colors may not exactly match those on the original.] |
106. | ![]() | William Notman n.d. [Detail] Cabinet card, back Antiq-Photo Courtesy of Anthony Davis - Antiq-photo / Rainbow creations (www.19cPhoto.com) The Notman Photographic Co limited, 3 Park Street also 184 Boylston St., Boston, Mass. Also at 48 North Pearl St, Albany, N.Y. [Please note that the scan colors may not exactly match those on the original.] |
107. | ![]() | S.L. Stein n.d. Printed back showing awards. Cabinet card, back Antiq-Photo Courtesy of Anthony Davis - Antiq-photo / Rainbow creations (www.19cPhoto.com) [Please note that the scan colors may not exactly match those on the original.] |
108. | ![]() | Unidentified photographer / artist 1867, 8 January Mr. J.R. Goodin offered the following resolution Book page Google Books Published in "House Journal of the Legislative Assemby of the State of Kansas, Begun and Held at Topeka, on Tuesday, January 8th, A.D., 1867" (Kansas,Leavenworth: Clarke, Emery & Co, 1867), p.422. Mr. J.R. Goodin offered the following resolution: Whereas, A certain photographist in the city of Topeka is desirous of taking the pictures of the members of this House upon a single card or plate, to be used as a sign for his establishment; and Whereas. It is universally admitted that the members of this House are the handsomest set of men that ever assembled in the city of Topeka in a legislative capacity, and therefore need not bo ashamed to have their photographs exposed to public view; therefore Resolved, That the said artist be permitted to take the said photos upon payment of one dollar to each member of this House. |
109. | ![]() | J.F. Standiford n.d. Untitled Cabinet card, back Antiq-Photo Courtesy of Anthony Davis - Antiq-photo / Rainbow creations (www.19cPhoto.com) J.F. Standiford - The Only U.S. Licensed Photographer in the Indian Territory. With Resident and Gallery Head-Quarters at Muskogee, Creek Nation. "I make regular yearly visits to Tahleqah, Vinita, Eufaula, Wagoner and other important points in the Territory with my portable gallery." [Please note that the scan colors may not exactly match those on the original.] |
110. | ![]() | Clark n.d. [USA] Carte de visite, back Antiq-Photo Courtesy of Anthony Davis - Antiq-photo / Rainbow creations (www.19cPhoto.com) [Please note that the scan colors may not exactly match those on the original.] |
111. | ![]() | Bradley & Rulofson n.d. Backmark for ""Bradley & Rulofson" of San Francisco. Cabinet card, back Antiq-Photo Courtesy of Anthony Davis - Antiq-photo / Rainbow creations (www.19cPhoto.com) 429 Montgomery Street, San Francisco, Cal. Includes the additional feature: "Have the only Elevator connected with Photography in the World". Not only was the elevator a convenience for customers as studios had to be on upper floors to get the maximum light through their skylights but it also indicated that this gallery applied the latest technologies and this was a marketing point. [Please note that the scan colors may not exactly match those on the original.] |
112. | ![]() | Hughes (London) n.d. Backmark for "Hughes - Day & Electric Light Studios" Cabinet card, back Antiq-Photo Courtesy of Anthony Davis - Antiq-photo / Rainbow creations (www.19cPhoto.com) 433, Strand, W.C. [London] This backmark is unusual in that the advertises the "Day & Electric Light Studios". The use of electric light was seen as a novelty and therefore was used not only as a technological innovation but also as a marketing point highlighting that the studio was applying the latest in technology. [Please note that the scan colors may not exactly match those on the original.] |
113. | ![]() | Robert Bingham 1862 (after) Reverse of a CDV for [Robert] Bingham Carte de visite, back Private collection of John Toohey The phrase "Inventeur du Procédé Collodion" is significant as Frederick Scott Archer is acknowledged as the inventor of the wet collodion process. Bingham was aware of the potential and possibilities in 1847. |
114. | ![]() | 1876 Second-Hand Lenses, Cameras, and Apparatus by all the finest makers - W. Morley, London Advert Google Books Advert included in P. Piquepé "Practical treatise on enamelling and retouching in photography" (London: Piper & Carter, 1876) |
115. | ![]() | J.G. Vail n.d. [USA] Carte de visite, back Antiq-Photo Courtesy of Anthony Davis - Antiq-photo / Rainbow creations (www.19cPhoto.com) Patrons will please remember that dark drapery, such as black, brown, green and the darker shades of red, make the the clearest looking pictures. Blue, pink, purple, and the light shades of red take light. Clear sunny days are best for taking Babies and small children. [Please note that the scan colors may not exactly match those on the original.] |
116. | ![]() | Negretti & Zambra 1853 (or later) Negretti & Zambra Photographer booth Stereocard Stereoviews: Stereoviews and Fine 19th & 20th Century Antique Photographs Courtesy of David Spahr (www.stereoviews.com) This photograph was probably taken at the Crystal Palace in Sydenham - where Negretti & Zambra were the official photographers from 1853 onwards. |
117. | ![]() | Negretti & Zambra 1853 (or later) Negretti & Zambra Photographer booth (Detail) Stereocard Stereoviews: Stereoviews and Fine 19th & 20th Century Antique Photographs Courtesy of David Spahr (www.stereoviews.com) This photograph was probably taken at the Crystal Palace in Sydenham - where Negretti & Zambra were the official photographers from 1853 onwards. This photograph is taken from one half of a stereocard. |
118. | ![]() | T.T. Sweeney 1870 Exhibition of the National Photographic Association, 1870 Albumen print 7.5 x 5 in (image) 9.25 x 6 in (mount) Stereographica - Antique Photographica Courtesy of Bryan and Page Ginns (#20 / 215) There is great detail in the image, we see clearly the following names; Scovil, Bierstadt and others as well as cameras, viewers and photographs. |
119. | ![]() | Unidentified photographer / artist 1876 Photographic Hall of the International Centennial Exhibition of 1876, Philadelphia Albumen print 7.75 x 4.75 in (image) 9.25 x 6 in (mount) Stereographica - Antique Photographica Courtesy of Bryan and Page Ginns (#20 / 216) There is a lot of detail in this image, we clearly see a Marcy Stereopticon in the glass cabinet center right, an advertisement for micro photographs and photographic prints galore. |
120. | ![]() | London Stereoscopic Company 1862 No. 54 - The French Photographic Gallery Stereocard, half Archives of Modern Conflict OR National Gallery of Canada Accession number: 2017.0017 Includes the booth of Richebourg, a camera and lens maker and that of H. Corbin. |
121. | ![]() | Charles Thurston Thompson 1858 Exhibition of the Photographic Society of London and the Société Française de photographie at the South Kensington Museum Albumen print Victoria and Albert Museum Museum no. 2715-1913 Thompson's view of the 1858 Exhibition of the Photographic Society of London and the Société Française de photographie at the South Kensington Museum is the earliest known photograph of a photographic exhibition. It shows a densely-packed gallery of photographs displayed in what was then called the Refreshment upper room. |
122. | ![]() | Charles Thurston Thompson 1858 Exhibition of the Photographic Society of London and the Société Française de photographie at the South Kensington Museum - Fenton's 'Head of Homer' situated in the 1858 Exhibition (close-up) Albumen print, detail Victoria and Albert Museum Museum no. 2715-1913 |
123. | ![]() | Roger Fenton 1855 (ca) Head of Homer Salted paper print Victoria and Albert Museum Museum no. 40:810 This photograph can be seen in Charles Thurston Thompson's view of the 1858 Exhibition of the Photographic Society of London and the Société Française de photographie at the South Kensington Museum is the earliest known photograph of a photographic exhibition. It shows a densely-packed gallery of photographs displayed in what was then called the Refreshment upper room. |
124. | ![]() | Centennial Photographic Co. 1876? Group-Centennial Photographic Co.'s employees Albumen print 44 x 54 cm Free Library of Philadelphia Collection: Centennial Exhibition, Item No: c042471 Architects: H.J. Schwarzmann & Hugh Kafka. Group photo of employees of the Centennial Photographic Company posing on the porch of the Photographic Association Studio. |
125. | ![]() | Centennial Photographic Co. 1876? Trapp & Munch's exhibit-Photographic Hall Albumen print 21 x 26 cm Free Library of Philadelphia Collection: Centennial Exhibition, Item No: c021233 "Trapp & Munch Friedberg near Frankfurt on the Main Germany Manufactory of albumen paper and photographic chemicals Founded 186?…"--Display poster. Exhibit title: Trapp & Munch, Friedberg, Exhibit #228, Photographic Exhibition Building, Bldg. #104. Framed photographs of people and buildings developed using Trapp & Munch's make of albumen paper. |
126. | ![]() | Centennial Photographic Co. 1876? F. Gutekunst's exhibit - Photographic Hall Stereoview 11 x 18 cm Free Library of Philadelphia Collection: Centennial Exhibition, Item No: c061420 Exhibit title: F. Gutekunst, Exhibit #46, Photographic Exhibition Building, Bldg. #104. |
127. | ![]() | Centennial Photographic Co. 1876? Wilson, Hood & Co.'s exhibit - Photographic Hall Stereoview 11 x 18 cm Free Library of Philadelphia Collection: Centennial Exhibition, Item No: c061934 Exhibit title: Wilson, Hood, & Co., Philadelphia, Pa., Exhibit #60, Photographic Exhibition Building, Bldg. #104. |
128. | ![]() | Unidentified photographer 1889 (ca) The Eastman Dry Plate and Film Company stand at a trade fair Kodak circular snapshot print National Science and Media Museum Ref Number: 1990-5036/6004/6 |
129. | ![]() | Unidentified photographer / artist 1890s (ca) An English Camera Club outing Albumen print 5.25 x 8.25 in Stereographica - Antique Photographica Courtesy of Bryan and Page Ginns (#20 / 214) |
130. | ![]() | Frances Benjamin Johnston 1890 (ca) Frances Benjamin Johnston and Washington Camera Club looking at pictures Photographic print Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-83118 (b&w film copy neg.) |
131. | ![]() | Frances Benjamin Johnston 1900 International Congress of Photography, Paris Photographic print Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-83127 (b&w film copy neg.) Photographers coming down steps with cameras. |