Category Archives: Women

What A Hat!

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What a Hat

Oval miniature photo on cardboard matting, circa 1880s – 1890s.

Price:  $5.00        Size including matting:  2 x 3″

Another miniature photo found in Salinas, California (I think.) Woman in feathered hat, possibly ostrich. The size including the cardboard mat is 2 inches wide x 3 inches high. The photo itself measures about 2/3 of an inch wide x almost 1 inch tall. The original photo is clear, but impossible to get the clarity in the scan unless we were to remove the photo from the cardboard. It’s highly unlikely that a name was put on the back of the photo.

Smiling Woman with Necklace

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Smiling Woman with Necklace

Miniature oval photo on cardboard matting. Circa 1880s – 1890s.

Price:  $5.00       Size including frame:  2 x 3″

Miniature photo of unknown young woman, found in Salinas, California (I think.) The size including the cardboard mat is 2 inches wide x 3 inches high. The photo itself measures about 2/3 of an inch wide x almost 1 inch tall. This scanned image is a little dark and not as clear as the original, due to the fact that the matting is raised and the image is not laying on the glass when scanned.

Somewhere in Time

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Mother and Daughter Mini

Oval miniature photo on cardboard matting, circa 1880s – 1900.

Price:  $5.00      Size including frame:  2 x 3″

Possibly mother and daughter, or sisters, friends, cousins? To me there is a family resemblance. Miniature photo found in Salinas, California (I think.) The size including the cardboard matting is 2 inches wide x 3 inches high. The photo itself measures about 2/3 of an inch wide x almost 1 inch tall. This scanned image is not as clear as the original, due to the fact that the mat is raised and the image is not laying on the glass when scanned.

New Brunswick, BC Mother and Child

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Frederickton NB Mother and Child

Cabinet Card. Circa 1890s. Photography studio:  Harvey, 164 Queen St., Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada.

Price:  $20.00 including frame

One of my favorite images:  This one was found in an antique store in Salinas, California. I fell in love with this photo and it hangs on a wall in the frame it was found in. It was also the first old photo that I bought and I guess, got me hooked on collecting. I would love to know the names of these two young ladies. I presume them to be mother and daughter. Some web research shows that this may have been taken by photographer John Harvey. The Harvey studio was founded in 1883 according to their website, and their current address is still on Queen St., in Fredericton. Note the “leg ‘o mutton” or “gigot” style sleeves of the mother’s dress.

Young Woman in Lace, San Francisco

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Cabinet Card, circa 1887. Photographer:  Oscar V. Lange, San Francisco, California.

Price:  $10.00

A cabinet card photo of a beautiful young woman, possibly sprucing up her look for the camera with the beautiful lace fichu that she wears over her dress; note also the brooch or neck pin fastener. Photographer Oscar V. Lange (1853-1913), 1025 Market St., San Francisco, California shows in the city directory at this address in 1887. Besides being known as a prominent West Coast photographer, Lange also painted landscapes.

Sources:  Oscar V. Lange. n.d. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_V._Lange (accessed September 27, 2014).

Langley’s San Francisco Directory, 1887. p. 1370. Ancestry.com. U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995.

Young Woman Partially in Velvet, Chicago IL

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Young Woman Partially in Velvet, Chicago IL

Cabinet Card, circa 1885. Photographer:  George E. Neidhardt, Chicago, Illinois.

Price:  $7.00

Cabinet card of a beautiful young woman taken by photographer George E. Neidhardt. His studio was located at 403 Larrabee St., the corner of North Ave. in Chicago. This card looks like it was once framed with an oval matting. Neidhardt’s studio shows up in city directories at the 403 Larrabee address in 1885. The next directory found for him is 1890 which shows the address of 405 Larrabee. And click on the image for a closer look, note the woman’s jewelry and the braiding detail on the velvet.

Sources:  Thomas Hutchinson’s The Lakeside Annual Directory of the City of Chicago, 1885, p. 1015. Ancestry.com. U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995.

Reuben H. Donnelley’s The Lakeside Annual Directory of the City of Chicago, 1890, p. 1610. Ancestry.com. U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995.