Vintage Pix | The 1860s and 1870s

Page created 21 February 1999 - updated 17 Feb 2007 (off-site links fixed)
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NOTE:
I'm not an expert on historic costume, so in most cases I have dated the photos by their mounts. Let me know if you think something is dated in error!

	Carte-de-visite (CDV), 1860s "Mrs. Orrell / Louisville Ky" My first CDV, purchased for 80¢ Check out the Gothic revival chair.
	CDV, 1860s Look at all the lovely fabric! Detail of her face and bodice
	CDV, 1860s "Callie Richardson" Studio: Brown's Gallery, F. EGGEL, Photographer, Hopkinsville, Ky.
	Unmounted photo, 1860s Girl and doll This is sort of a strange photo because it's not mounted on a board backing. It's on very thin paper, and I've always wondered if it was a modern reprint of some sort. But it could just be that the paper print never made it to a CDVbacking, and it was a gift, so it's not like I paid too much for it!
	CDV, 1860s Studio: J. Hess, successor to Chas. A. Saylor, S.W. corner Fifth and Penn Streets, Reading, Pa. I like this photo for her open-fingered lace gloves.
	CDV, 1860s Is it just me or does this woman's face look Asian? (And there were Chinese immigrants in the US by the 1860s)
	CDV, 1870s Studio: Cadwallader, Indianapolis, Ind. The side view shows off her fashionable bustle.
	CDV, 1870s Studio: Hinckley's Gallery, Geneva, NY
	Stereocard, 1870s "Carrino"? Studio: J. Gurney & Son, 5th Ave. cor., 16th St. New York. The "Magic Eye" of the Victorian era: the double image is taken with two camera lenses that are slightly apart so that when viewed through a stereoscope, the images blend together to look three-dimensional. This is how people amused themselves before radio and television.
	CDV, 1870s Studio: Rhoads, Photographer, No. 1800, Frankford Avenue, Philadelphia This photo had some very light pink tints on her cheeks and lips.
	CDV, 1870s Studio: W. Hamrick, Minonk, Illinois
	CDV, late 1870s-early 1880s? Studio: Pentz, Photographer, Rupp's Building, Centre Square, York, Pa. Note the long, thick braid draped over her shoulder. (The unfortunate mark on her upper lip is a stain on the photo!)