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| 1. |  | G.F. Gale n.d. Untitled Cabinet card, back Antiq-Photo Courtesy of Anthony Davis - Antiq-photo / Rainbow creations (www.19cPhoto.com) Barber Building Studios, G.F. Gale Photographer, 114 & 116 Chicago St. Joliet, Illls. "Take the Elevator" [Please note that the scan colors may not exactly match those on the original.] |
| 2. |  | Baker's Art Gallery n.d. Untitled 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.] |
| 3. |  | 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.] |
| 4. |  | Eskil's Art Gallery n.d. Untitled Cabinet card, back Antiq-Photo Courtesy of Anthony Davis - Antiq-photo / Rainbow creations (www.19cPhoto.com) Eskil's Art Gallery, 215 Hughitt Street, Iron Mountain, Michigan. "The negative of this Photograph is Preserved for Future Orders, and can be reduced for the smallest Locket or enlarged up to Life size, and finished in Crayon, Ink or Water Colors." [Please note that the scan colors may not exactly match those on the original.] |
| 5. |  | Jacob Berg n.d. Untitled Cabinet card, back Antiq-Photo Courtesy of Anthony Davis - Antiq-photo / Rainbow creations (www.19cPhoto.com) J. Berg's Photographic Studio. Cor. Bruce Ave. and 4th St. Grand Forks, N.D. [Please note that the scan colors may not exactly match those on the original.] |
| 6. |  | Ye Rose Studio n.d. Untitled Cabinet card, back Antiq-Photo Courtesy of Anthony Davis - Antiq-photo / Rainbow creations (www.19cPhoto.com) Ye Rose Studio, 385 Westminster St. Providence. R.I. The text says that it "Opened June 1886" and that it has an elevator. [Please note that the scan colors may not exactly match those on the original.] |
| 7. |  | P.H. Rose (Providence, RI) 1886 (later) Untitled Cabinet card, back Private collection of Richard O. Titus |
| 8. |  | E.J. Souby n.d. Untitled Cabinet card, back Private collection of Richard O. Titus |
| 9. |  | Edward F. Hartley n.d. Untitled Cabinet card, back Private collection of Richard O. Titus Hartley, 309 W. Madison St., Chicago |
| 10. |  | 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:
[Please note that the scan colors may not exactly match those on the original.] |
| 11. |  | Dana 1888 Untitled Cabinet card, back Antiq-Photo Courtesy of Anthony Davis - Antiq-photo / Rainbow creations (www.19cPhoto.com) Dana New Portrait Gallery, 872 Broadway, New York. [Please note that the scan colors may not exactly match those on the original.] |
| 12. |  | J.J. Wixson's and Son n.d. Untitled Cabinet card, back Antiq-Photo Courtesy of Anthony Davis - Antiq-photo / Rainbow creations (www.19cPhoto.com) J.J. Wixson & Son, The Artists Ground Floor Gallery, Corner Wells Avenue and Elmore Street, [Town uncertain] Escanaba and Gladstone, Mich. [Please note that the scan colors may not exactly match those on the original.] |
| 13. |  | Briggs & Co. (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1880 (ca) Backmark for "Briggs & Co., Photographers, The Ground Floor Studio, 311 E. Main St., Ottumwa, Iowa" Cabinet card, back 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.] |
| 14. |  | 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.] |
| 15. |  | J.H. Titus n.d. Cabinet card (Back) - Showing backmark of J.H. Titus Cabinet card, back Private collection of Richard O. Titus Courtesy of Richard O. Titus Note the line of the perfectionist: " No unsatisfactory pictures allowed to go out of my studio." |
| 16. |  | Steffens Atelier (Chicago, Illinois) n.d. The Steffens Atelier Cabinet card, back Private collection of Ken Burkhart |
| 17. |  | L.M. Melander n.d. Melander, Photographer, 208 Ohio St., Cor. Clark, Chicago Cabinet card, back Private collection of Ken Burkhart (Alan Griffiths, 18 March 2021) Confirm which of the Melander Brothers took this photograph. |
| 18. |  | James M. White 1892 J.M. White & Co, Photographers, 1102 Military Street, Port Huron, Mich. Cabinet card, back Private collection of Ken Burkhart J.M. White & Co. (Port Huron, Michigan) |
| 19. |  | Prof. Ehrlich n.d. Prof. Ehrlich's Photograph Gallery, No.160 East 66th Street. Bet. Lexington & 3rd Ave, New York Cabinet card, back Private collection of Ken Burkhart Prof. Ehrlich's Photograph Gallery (New York, NY) |
| 20. |  | Prof. Ehrlich n.d. Prof. Ehrlich's Photograph Gallery, No.160 East 66th Street. Bet. Lexington & 3rd Ave, New York Cabinet card, back, detail Private collection of Ken Burkhart Prof. Ehrlich's Photograph Gallery (New York, NY) |
| 21. |  | Heinemann (Chicago, Illinois) n.d. Heinemann, Photographer - with exterior and interior of the studio Cabinet card, back Private collection of Ken Burkhart |
| 22. |  | Heinemann (Chicago, Illinois) n.d. Heinemann, Photographer - Studio exterior Cabinet card, back, detail Private collection of Ken Burkhart |
| 23. |  | Heinemann (Chicago, Illinois) n.d. Heinemann, Photographer - Studio interior Cabinet card, back, detail Private collection of Ken Burkhart |
| 24. |  | 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.] |
| 25. |  | F. Jay Haynes n.d. Haynes' Palace Studio Car Cabinet card, back Antiq-Photo Courtesy of Anthony Davis - Antiq-photo / Rainbow creations (www.19cPhoto.com) Frank Jay Haynes was one of the great railway photographers on the Northern Pacific and this design shows the Haynes' Palace Studio Car with its message that it "Will visit all R. R. Towns in the Northwest". On the side of the car it advertises "National Park Views". [Please note that the scan colors may not exactly match those on the original.] |
| 26. |  | F. Jay Haynes n.d. Haynes' Palace Studio Car Cabinet card, back Antiq-Photo Courtesy of Anthony Davis - Antiq-photo / Rainbow creations (www.19cPhoto.com) Frank Jay Haynes was one of the great railway photographers on the Northern Pacific and this design shows the Haynes' Palace Studio Car with its message that it "Will visit all R. R. Towns in the Northwest". On the side of the car it advertises "National Park Views". [Please note that this image has been converted to a grayscale to enhance detail difficult to see on the yellow original.] |
| 27. |  | Fredericks 1884 (copyright) Back of Cabinet Card showing the designs for Fredericks' Knickerbocker Family Portrait Gallery, 770 Broadway, Cor. 9th Street, New York Cabinet card, back Antiq-Photo Courtesy of Anthony Davis - Antiq-photo / Rainbow creations (www.19cPhoto.com) Fredericks Knickerbocker Family Portrait Gallery, 770 Broadway, New York. The combination of easel, brushes, palette and camera implies the connection between photography and fine art. [Please note that the scan colors may not exactly match those on the original.] |
| 28. |  | Fredericks 1884 (copyright) Back of Cabinet Card showing the designs for Fredericks' Knickerbocker Family Portrait Gallery, 770 Broadway, Cor. 9th Street, New York [Detail] Cabinet card, back Antiq-Photo Courtesy of Anthony Davis - Antiq-photo / Rainbow creations (www.19cPhoto.com) Fredericks Knickerbocker Family Portrait Gallery, 770 Broadway, New York. The combination of easel, brushes, palette and camera implies the connection between photography and fine art. [Please note that the scan colors may not exactly match those on the original.] |
| 29. |  | Werls n.d. Untitled Cabinet card, back Antiq-Photo Courtesy of Anthony Davis - Antiq-photo / Rainbow creations (www.19cPhoto.com) Iowa State University Art Gallery of J.D. Werls, 18¢ Clinton St. Iowa City, Iowa. [Please note that the scan colors may not exactly match those on the original.] |
| 30. |  | Abraham Bogardus n.d. Untitled Cabinet card, back Antiq-Photo Courtesy of Anthony Davis - Antiq-photo / Rainbow creations (www.19cPhoto.com) A. Bogardus, 872 Broadway, New York The easel with the landscape on it indicates his connection with painting and the fine arts. [Please note that the scan colors may not exactly match those on the original.] |
| 31. |  | Abraham Bogardus n.d. Untitled Cabinet card, back Antiq-Photo Courtesy of Anthony Davis - Antiq-photo / Rainbow creations (www.19cPhoto.com) Bogardus Souvenir Card, 27th St. and Broadway, New York The use of the palette and brush indicate the implied connection between painting and photography. [Please note that the scan colors may not exactly match those on the original.] |
| 32. |  | Hevy n.d. Untitled Cabinet card, back Antiq-Photo Courtesy of Anthony Davis - Antiq-photo / Rainbow creations (www.19cPhoto.com) Hevy, 397 Main St. Worcester, Mass Crayon Artist and Photographer [Please note that the scan colors may not exactly match those on the original.] |
| 33. |  | Esson's Elite Atelier n.d. Untitled Cabinet card, back Antiq-Photo Courtesy of Anthony Davis - Antiq-photo / Rainbow creations (www.19cPhoto.com) King Street, Preston, Ont. This card uses a high quality stock design that highlights the association between painting and photography through the inclusion of a camera, palette and brushes. [Please note that the scan colors may not exactly match those on the original.] |
| 34. |  | W.H. Baker n.d. Untitled Cabinet card, back Antiq-Photo Courtesy of Anthony Davis - Antiq-photo / Rainbow creations (www.19cPhoto.com) Wm. H. Baker, 448 Broadway, Saratoga Springs, N.Y. He refers to himself as "Artist & Photographer in Oil, Watercolour & Crayon". The design has art nouveau elements and includes an easel, camera and painters tools. [Please note that the scan colors may not exactly match those on the original.] |
| 35. |  | 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.] |
| 36. |  | 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.] |
| 37. |  | Smith's Studio of Photography n.d. Untitled Cabinet card, back Antiq-Photo Courtesy of Anthony Davis - Antiq-photo / Rainbow creations (www.19cPhoto.com) 206 N. Clark St. Chicago "Children's Photos par excellence." [Please note that the scan colors may not exactly match those on the original.] |
| 38. |  | Gilbert & Bacon 1890 (handwritten) Untitled Cabinet card, back Antiq-Photo Courtesy of Anthony Davis - Antiq-photo / Rainbow creations (www.19cPhoto.com) 1030 Chestnut St. and 820 Arch St. Philada. [Please note that the scan colors may not exactly match those on the original.] |
| 39. |  | Keethler & Davie n.d. Untitled Cabinet card, back Antiq-Photo Courtesy of Anthony Davis - Antiq-photo / Rainbow creations (www.19cPhoto.com) Keethler & Davie, Leaders in Artistic Photography, 74¢ North High St. Columbus, Ohio In smaller print: "Baby Pictures - A Successful Specialty" [Please note that the scan colors may not exactly match those on the original.] |
| 40. |  | Urlin & Becker n.d. Untitled Cabinet card, back Antiq-Photo Courtesy of Anthony Davis - Antiq-photo / Rainbow creations (www.19cPhoto.com) Urlin & Becker, Mammoth Art Palace, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99 & 100 Wilshire Building, Superior St. Cleveland. Ohio, U.S.A. [Please note that the scan colors may not exactly match those on the original.] |
| 41. |  | G.M. Elton 1878 (or later) Gold Medal Awarded for the Best Artistic Photography in the U.S. 1878 Cabinet card, back Private collection of Ken Burkhart G.M. Elton (Palmyra, N.Y.) |
| 42. |  | S.L. Stein n.d. Label showing change of ownership. 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.] |
| 43. |  | William Notman n.d. Untitled 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.] |
| 44. |  | 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.] |
| 45. |  | 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.] |
| 46. |  | Unidentified photographer / artist n.d. Russian cabinet card 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.] |
| 47. |  | F. LaRoche n.d. Untitled Cabinet card, back Antiq-Photo Courtesy of Anthony Davis - Antiq-photo / Rainbow creations (www.19cPhoto.com) The Rainer Photographic and Art Studios, F. La Roche Proprietor, 709 Second Street, Seattle, Wash. "Free Hand Water Colors & Crayons". [Please note that the scan colors may not exactly match those on the original.] |
| 48. |  | Boyd and Braas n.d. Untitled Cabinet card, back Antiq-Photo Courtesy of Anthony Davis - Antiq-photo / Rainbow creations (www.19cPhoto.com) Boyd and Braas Photographic Studio, 614 Front Street, Seattle. Unusual back to a cabinet card showing sites of importance around Seattle including Mt. Rainer and the Snoqualmie Falls (268 Ft. High). [Please note that the scan colors may not exactly match those on the original.] |
| 49. |  | K. Yoshida n.d. Japanese cabinet card 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.] |
| 50. |  | Frank Pearsall n.d. Untitled Cabinet card, back Antiq-Photo Courtesy of Anthony Davis - Antiq-photo / Rainbow creations (www.19cPhoto.com) Pearsall Gallery, 298 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, (New York) This design contains art nouveau elements and on the card G. Frank E. Pearsall includes the word Artist in brackets. Please note that the scan colors may not exactly match those on the original.] |
| 51. |  | Mills Art Parlors n.d. Untitled Cabinet card, back Private collection of Richard O. Titus 317 Main St., Peoria, Ills |
| 52. |  | Strunk n.d. Untitled Cabinet card, back Private collection of Richard O. Titus Strunk, Photographer, 750 Penn St., Reading PA |
| 53. |  | 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.] |
| 54. |  | De Young's n.d. Untitled Cabinet card, back Antiq-Photo Courtesy of Anthony Davis - Antiq-photo / Rainbow creations (www.19cPhoto.com) 815 Broadway, New York City [Please note that the scan colors may not exactly match those on the original.] |
| 55. |  | Baker's Art Gallery n.d. Untitled Cabinet card, back Antiq-Photo Courtesy of Anthony Davis - Antiq-photo / Rainbow creations (www.19cPhoto.com) Bakers Art Gallery, 199 & 201 South High Street, Metropolitan Opera Block, Columbus, Ohio. [Please note that the scan colors may not exactly match those on the original.] |
| 56. |  | Jeremiah Gurney n.d. Reverse of a cabinet card showing the actress Lea Silly giving the staff and cast involved in the theatrical production of "Le Petit Faust". Cabinet card, back Antiq-Photo Courtesy of Anthony Davis - Antiq-photo / Rainbow creations (www.19cPhoto.com) The "Gurney's Photographic Art Gallery" was at Fifth Avenue at the corner of 16th Street. [Please note that the scan colors may not exactly match those on the original.] |
| 57. |  | Unidentified photographer / artist 1889 Autobiography of S. Hunter Smith Cabinet card, back Antiq-Photo Courtesy of Anthony Davis - Antiq-photo / Rainbow creations (www.19cPhoto.com) Highly unusual cabinet card with an autobiography on the reverse of the sitter S. Hunter Smith (1828-?) relating his work with the stereoscope. [Please note that the scan colors may not exactly match those on the original.] |
| 58. |  | Unidentified photographer / artist 1889 Autobiography of S. Hunter Smith Cabinet card Antiq-Photo Courtesy of Anthony Davis - Antiq-photo / Rainbow creations (www.19cPhoto.com) Highly unusual cabinet card with an autobiography on the reverse of the sitter S. Hunter Smith (1828-?) relating his work with the stereoscope. [Please note that the scan colors may not exactly match those on the original.] |
| 59. |  | Rieman & Co. n.d. Backmark for Rieman & Co. Cabinet card, back Private collection of Alan Griffiths |
| 60. |  | B.G. Grondal n.d. Backmark for B.G. Grondal (Lindsburg, Kas.) Cabinet card, back Private collection of Alan Griffiths |
| 61. |  | Numa Blanc fils n.d. Backmark for Numa Blanc fils Cabinet card, back Private collection of Alan Griffiths |
| 62. |  | William Lawrence n.d. Backmark for William Lawrence Cabinet card, back Private collection of Alan Griffiths |
| 63. |  | Denis R. Thompson n.d. Backmark for Denis R. Thompson Cabinet card, back Private collection of Alan Griffiths |
| 64. |  | Barry n.d. Backmark for Barry Cabinet card, back Private collection of Alan Griffiths |
| 65. |  | Seaman & Sons n.d. Backmark for Seaman & Sons (Chesterfield, Ilkeston, Sheffield and Leeds, UK) Cabinet card, back Private collection of Alan Griffiths |
| 66. |  | Miller n.d. Backmark for Miller (Marshall, Minn.) Cabinet card, back Private collection of Alan Griffiths |
| 67. |  | Gust. Halmrast n.d. Backmark for Gust. Halmrast (529 Washington Av. S., Minneapolis) Cabinet card, back Private collection of Alan Griffiths |
| 68. |  | The Falk Studios n.d. Backmark for The Falk Studios (496 George St., Sydney, N.S.W.) Cabinet card, back Private collection of Alan Griffiths |
| 69. |  | E.S. Crowell n.d. Backmark for E.S. Crowell (Rochester, Minn) Cabinet card, back Private collection of Alan Griffiths |
| 70. |  | H.F. Ziegler (New York) n.d. Continental Photograph Gallery. 794 Third Ave., bet. 48th & 49th Sts. New York. H.F. Ziegler, Manager. Bring the Children Cabinet card, back Private collection of Ken Burkhart |
| 71. |  | A.S. Barnes (Meridian, Miss.) n.d. Barnes, Artistic Photographer. Meridian, Miss. "These Mounts are Imported for my Trade" Cabinet card, back Private collection of Ken Burkhart |
| 72. |  | Henry Levin (Chicago, Illinois) n.d. Henry Levin, 547 Milwaukee Ave. Chicago, Ill. Cabinet card, back Private collection of Ken Burkhart |
| 73. |  | Mulligan Bros n.d. Backmark for Mulligan Bros, 224 1/2 North High St., Columbus, O. 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.] |
| 74. |  | Smith (Buffalo, N.Y.) n.d. Backmark for Smith, Art Photographer. 448 Main Street, Buffalo, N.Y. Cabinet card, back Private collection of Ken Burkhart |
| 75. |  | Sheffield Photo Co. n.d. Backmark for Sheffield Photo Co. (Sheffield, UK) Cabinet card, back Private collection of Alan Griffiths |