Archive for July, 2008

Mrs. Charles Dean photo

Posted by admin on July 20th, 2008 filed in 1870s, 05 - Carte-de-Visite

Today’s picture is a CDV showing a young woman with a high collar. She is framed inside an oval, typically an 1870s feature, and outside the oval is filled in with a leafy pattern. This photo has an inscribed date and identification, as well as a photographer’s imprint.
The photographer imprint reads:
Raimheld & Graham
Photographers,
Lyons, Ia.
The inscription […]

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Matthew W Budlong picture analysis

Posted by admin on July 9th, 2008 filed in 1880s, 05 - Carte-de-Visite

Ok, so there haven’t been any posts here in a long time. Takes too long to assemble one of those analyses, so we are changing track (again). From now on I will post one image and look at how we can determine the date, identity of the sitter, and identity of the photographer — in […]

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