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Category: Carte-de-Visite

Compliments Of Jimmie To Mrs. Carrie Hoagland

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…Read More…

Frank McMullen, Dayton, Ohio, 1894

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….Read More…

Miss Francis Burgin

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…Read More…

Doctor “R” Of H.M.S. Penelope

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…Read More…

1870s Girl

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…Read More…

Bearded Man, Aarhus, Denmark

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…Read More…

Beautiful Birmingham UK Woman

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…Read More…