Historical Indulgences

ca. 1880-1900s, [cabinet card, photomontage of a man in wearing a bowler hat demonstrating how to properly light a pipe], Place.

via Capitol Gallery, Cabinet Cards

ca. 1880s-1910s, [hand tinted ambrotype, post mortem portrait of a child in a coffin, clutching a rosary and crucifix]

via Jeffrey Kraus Antique Photographics, Ambrotypes

Hey guys! I’ve returned from another hiatus, and am hoping to find you in good holiday spirits, with enough zeal to compete with this fine lady’s.

ca. 1900, [young lady dressed as a Christmas Tree], Carl Kuskop

via Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs, Catalogue #40

ca. 1860s, [composite carte de visite of a young man peering up from his tuba], M.C. Ragsdale

via the A.S. Williams III Americana Collection, University Libraries Division of Special Collections, The University of Alabama

ca. 1860-70s, [tintype portrait of a man fanning some paper currency with a pile of gold coins]

via Invaluable Auctions, Holabird Western Americana

ca. 1870-90s, [tintype portrait of two women sporting some delicious doughnut spectacles]

From the Dutch “olykoeks,” to a sea captain’s doting mother, and WWI-era mechanization, the Smithsonian Magazine does a fantastic job tracing the doughnut’s storied past.

via the National Museum of American History in the Kenneth E. Behring Center at the Smithsonian Institution

ca. 1860-70s, [carte de visite portrait of two child acrobat performers]

via Heritage Auctions

ca. 1860s, [set of ambrotype portraits of a young lady; on the left with paper and paste, on the right, in a more traditional pose cradling something in her lap]

via Jeffrey Kraus Antique Photographics, Ambrotype Collection

ca. 1850-60s, [daguerreotype portrait of a gent with a book]

via Jeffrey Kraus Antique Photographics, Daguerreotype Collection

ca. 1860-80s, [hand tinted, postmortem tintype of a young woman]

via Jeffrey Kraus Antique Photographics, Tintype Collection

ca. 1870s, [carte de visite portrait of the beautiful albino performer Aggie Zolidra], J. Wood

via Heritage Auctions

ca. 1875, [tintype portrait of four men enjoying the view in front of Taghanic (Taughannock) Falls near Ithaca, N.Y.], C.M. Marsh

via the Daniel Willard Fiske Papers, the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library

ca. 1860-1880s, [tintype portrait of a man on crutches]

via Jeffrey Kraus Antique Photographics, Tintype Collection

ca. 1870-1900s, [candid tintype portrait of a young woman with one arm]

via Jeffrey Kraus Antique Photographics, Tintype Collection

ca. 1870-90s, [cabinet card of a strongwoman], Kern Brothers

via Cowan’s Auctions