Compliments Of Jimmie To Mrs. Carrie Hoagland

Posted on November 18, 2015 by Annieoakley

Carte de Visite. Photo of Jimmie to a Mrs. Carrie Hoagland. Circa 1870s.

Price: $5.00 Size: About 2 and 1/4 x 3 and 1/2″

A Carte de Visite photo from about the 1870s….of Jimmie to a Mrs. Carrie Hoagland. Just look at that beautiful handwriting! Jimmie, a nice-looking young man with a heartbreakingly sad expression, (awww, hugs) wears a suit coat with wide lapels, a white shirt and a short necktie, and looks to be about sixteen or so. Was this a school photo given to his teacher? Carrie, Caroline or Carolina Hoagland (Mrs.) – wow, there are far too many possibilities under this name. What might give us a clue is the second word that is scribbled over at the bottom – if anyone can decipher it! I came up with some crazy words that when Googling, were identified, for example, as a fictional place in the land of Mario Bros. (hee hee) or the name of a Brazilian steel tube maker (lordy). But it seems like it might be a last name, as the first word there looks like “Hannah.” And maybe it was written around the same time that Jimmie signed the card – the “H” is in the same style.

Frank McMullen, Dayton, Ohio, 1894

Posted on November 2, 2015 by Annieoakley

A handsome young man signed, dated and identified his location on the back of this Carte de Visite: “Your Friend. Frank McMullen. Dayton O. 9/22/84.”

If Frank is about eighteen in this photo, he would have been born about 1866. An 1880 Federal Census record for Dayton, Ohio, shows young Frank, about age 15 (born about 1865) living with his sister, Eva (McMullen) Hanitch; brother-in-law Henry Hanitch, and nephew, three-month-old Walter Hanitch. The address for the family is 207 Water St.

The 1870 census for German Township (about 33 miles southwest of Dayton) shows more McMullens: Anne, age 37; Eva, age 16; Emma, age 7, as well as Frank, age 5. They are living with the Schaeffer family, and presumably, Anne McMullen is the mother. This record fits since we have Eva and Frank, and also ties into a later Dayton city directory (1893) that shows Ann (the widow of John and confirming Anne as the mother), Frank and younger sister Emma, living at 136 N. Sunset Avenue, in Dayton. In 1893 Frank is working as a traveling salesman for Thresher & Co.

A much earlier Dayton city directory (1881) shows Frank working as a clerk at 17 S. Main St., boarding at 207 W. Water, between Wilkinson and Liberty. So, Frank was out in the work force at least as early as about age sixteen.

Carte de Visite. Dated September 22, 1884. Dayton, Ohio.

Price: $12.00 Size: About 2 and 1/2 x 4 and 1/8″

Sources: Year: 1880; Census Place: Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio; Roll: 1051; Family History Film: 1255051; Page: 106C; Enumeration District: 151; Image: 0211. (Ancestry.com)

Year: 1870; Census Place: German, Montgomery, Ohio; Roll: M593_1248; Page: 475B; Image: 174; Family History Library Film: 552747. (Ancestry.com)

Williams & Co.’s Williams’ Dayton Directory, 1881 – ’82. p. 291. (Ancestry.com. U.S. City Directories, 1822-1989.)

Williams & Co.’s Williams’ Dayton Directory, 1893 – ’94. p. 552. (Ancestry.com. U.S. City Directories, 1822-1989.)

Miss Francis Burgin

Posted on November 1, 2015 by Annieoakley

This Carte de Visite, circa 1859, was found in an antique shop in San Juan Bautista, California. Though the descendants are named on the back as grandson Philip McArthur and great-grandson Neil McArthur, no match was found online for Francis (possibly spelled Frances) Burgin and family. But it’s amazing to have this much information – quite out of the ordinary! And what is that plume-like object that Francis holds in her right hand? Upon closer inspection it looks like it may be a hat with a plume or fur top and a wide dark band.

Note: Probably the original size was 4 x 1/2″ but for some reason the right-hand side of the card was trimmed.

Carte de Visite. Circa 1859.

Price: $10.00 Size: 4 x 2 and 3/8″

Doctor “R” Of H.M.S. Penelope

Posted on February 10, 2015 by Annieoakley

Carte de Visite. Circa 1869 – 1880. Photographer: William Vick, London Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, Great Britain.

Price: $20.00 Size: About 2 and 1/2 x 4 and 1/8″

See the update below for the name of the sitter…..thanks to one of our readers.

This is a Carte de Visite showing a photo of a gentleman posing for a formal portrait: A pensive pose, with a book in his right hand and chin lightly resting on his left; seated next to, and with elbow resting on a small end table. His name appears on the back but is difficult to decipher: The first word clearly looks like “Dr.” with the last name starting with “R.” Underneath the name is written “H.M.S. ‘Penelope.’ ”
(The back of the card was darkened a little in the scanning process, to better show the wording.)

There were nine ships of the British Royal Navy bearing the name Penelope. This particular vessel was the fifth of nine; an armoured courvette (small warship) or ironclad that was launched in 1867 and broken up in 1912. An ironclad was a steam-propelled warship that was protected by iron or steel plates. This Penelope was the last ironclad to be commissioned in the Royal Navy.

Though the identity of the man in the photo was not found, that of photographer, William Vick of London Road, Ipswich was. He appears with his wife and children in the 1871 and 1891 England Census, and in directory listings ranging from 1874 – 1892. The 1874 directory shows Clarkson St., Ipswich, but starting in 1875 he is listed on London Road; the same address that appears on the back of this Carte de Visite. A more detailed post about the photographer will go up after this one.

UPDATE: The subject of the photo is most likely the Reverend Doctor Bartholomew Ring, LL.D. (1825-1903). See the very informative comment from a reader, who has also replied with more information on the photographer.

Sources: Census Returns of England and Wales, 1871. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO), 1871. Class: RG10; Piece: 1750; Folio: 5; Page: 1; GSU roll: 830780. (Ancestry.com)

Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO), 1891. Class: RG12; Piece: 1466; Folio: 67; Page: 1; GSU roll: 6096576. (Ancestry.com)

HMS Penelope. n.d. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Penelope. (accessed February 10, 2015).

HMS Penelope (1867). n.d. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Penelope_%281867%29. (accessed February 10, 2015).

White’s Professional and Commercial Advertising Directory, 1874. p. 135. (Ancestry.com. UK, City and County Directories, 1766-1946.)

The Post Office Directory of Suffolk, 1875. p. 854. (Ancestry.com. UK, City and County Directories, 1766-1946.)

1870s Girl

Posted on May 30, 2014 by Annieoakley

Carte de visite of unknown girl. Photographer and location unknown. Circa 1870s. Size: 4 and 1/8 x 2 and 1/4″

Price: 15.00

Carte de visite of a beautiful and fashionable young girl, perhaps about age fourteen to sixteen. She wears a fitted jacket that has rather large buttons and a pleated v-neckline under a velvet collar. The jacket material has a vertical pattern running though it. I am not sure what type of material it is, perhaps cotton or possibly silk. (It almost has a silk moiré a.k.a. watered silk look.) Under the jacket or perhaps just in the v-neckline of the jacket we see what looks like a dark lace scarf or fichu type of article, attached or overlaid on a loose-fitting white collar. Just above the top jacket button appears an unknown something in white. Was this a flower or could it even have been a problem in the photographic process? (No offense to the photographer.) Besides the dangle-y earrings the girl wears a cross which hangs from a short bead-like necklace. Her hair is arranged flat on the top of her head, it seems to be adorned with a comb, while the sides are swept up to to give a little height, and her sausage curls are arranged behind her ears and fall just past shoulder length. As with all photos of people it is always interesting to see beyond our first impressions. What might strike as a bit of a sad look transforms beyond that one- dimensional impression when we notice her poise and loveliness.

There is nothing appearing on the back of the cardboard that the photo was mounted on, so the photographer is unknown, as is the exact date of the photo, but it’s estimated to be from the 1870s.

Bearded Man, Aarhus, Denmark

Posted on February 8, 2014 by Annieoakley

Size: About 2 and 1/2 x 4″

Price: $12.00

Carte de visite style photo of a bearded gentleman, possibly in his late 40s or early 50s. The beard type seems to most closely resemble the “Chin Curtain.” We also take note of his suit which shows lapels with trimming along the edges, and is that a pin in the shape of a cross that is showing on his cravat? The date for the CDV is estimated at circa 1875-1880.

The photo was taken at the P. Hadrup studio in Aarhus, Denmark, which was located at the address of Store Torv 9. The phrase at the bottom on the back of the CDV, “Pladen opbevares for Efterbestillinger” means the studio kept the original plate or negative for any possible future reorders. The photographer is likely Peder Hansen Hadrup. See separate post under the Photographer category for more information.

Beautiful Birmingham UK Woman

Posted on November 11, 2013 by Annieoakley

Carte de visite type photo of beautiful unknown woman taken by photographer Joseph Norris. The back of the card shows his address at this time as 52 New Street, Birmingham. The 1883 city directory for Birmingham, England shows both the former address of 5 Union passage and 52 New street, so it seems that Joseph Norris moved his business in that year. City directories for the 52 New Street address are found online for as late as 1892. Going by the city directories then, we can estimate that this photo was taken sometime between 1883 and 1892. The brooch the woman is wearing appears to be a horseshoe, and that looks like a rose, fastened below the brooch. (Many people hold to the practice of always displaying the horseshoe with the ends up, so the good luck won’t run out, but many other old photos can be found online with the horseshoe being worn ends down, so perhaps it was not a common idea at that time, among brooch-wearers. In either case we wish them all – and all everywhere the best of luck!)

Size: About 4 x 2 and 1/2″

Price: $10.00

Sources: 1883 and 1892 Kelly’s Directory of Birmingham. Online at: Ancestry.com. UK, City and County Directories, 1766 – 1946 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013.

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