May 21st, 2013
tuesday-johnson: ca. 1860-1890’s, [carte de visite portrait of a musician hard at work with his beautiful mother-of-pearl inlay guitar] via Capitol Gallery, Cabinet Card & Carte de Visite Catalogue

tuesday-johnson:

ca. 1860-1890’s, [carte de visite portrait of a musician hard at work with his beautiful mother-of-pearl inlay guitar]

via Capitol Gallery, Cabinet Card & Carte de Visite Catalogue

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May 3rd, 2013
tuesday-johnson: ca. 1860-80’s, [carte de visite, portrait of a mutton chopped luthier working on a violin] via Macrafly, Curated Historic Photography

tuesday-johnson:

ca. 1860-80’s, [carte de visite, portrait of a mutton chopped luthier working on a violin]

via Macrafly, Curated Historic Photography

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December 2nd, 2012
(via Anonymous Works: Bored Escape Artist)

(via Anonymous Works: Bored Escape Artist)

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October 12th, 2012
tuesday-johnson: ca. 1880-1900’s, [carte de visite portrait of a lady with her banjo], C.M. Gilbert via Jeffery Kraus, Antique Photographics

tuesday-johnson:

ca. 1880-1900’s, [carte de visite portrait of a lady with her banjo], C.M. Gilbert

via Jeffery Kraus, Antique Photographics

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October 8th, 2012
tuesday-johnson: ca. 1855-95, [carte de visite portrait of “Little Molly Brown”, the only female bareback somersault rider in the world], Watkins’ Yosemite Art Gallery via the Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Carl Mautz Collection

tuesday-johnson:

ca. 1855-95, [carte de visite portrait of “Little Molly Brown”, the only female bareback somersault rider in the world], Watkins’ Yosemite Art Gallery

via the Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Carl Mautz Collection

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September 22nd, 2012
tuesday-johnson: ca. 1882, [carte de visite portrait of “Illavaro the Egyptian”, at age 19], Charles Eisenmann via the International Center of Photography

tuesday-johnson:

ca. 1882, [carte de visite portrait of “Illavaro the Egyptian”, at age 19], Charles Eisenmann

via the International Center of Photography

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September 4th, 2012
tuesday-johnson: ca. 1855-95, [carte de visite portrait of “Little Molly Brown”, the only female bareback somersault rider in the world], Watkins’ Yosemite Art Gallery via the Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Carl Mautz Collection

tuesday-johnson:

ca. 1855-95, [carte de visite portrait of “Little Molly Brown”, the only female bareback somersault rider in the world], Watkins’ Yosemite Art Gallery

via the Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Carl Mautz Collection

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August 28th, 2012
tuesday-johnson: ca. 1855-95, [carte de visite portrait of “Baby Belmont” in costume with opera glasses], Thomas Houseworth via the Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Carl Mautz Collection

tuesday-johnson:

ca. 1855-95, [carte de visite portrait of “Baby Belmont” in costume with opera glasses], Thomas Houseworth

via the Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Carl Mautz Collection

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August 25th, 2012
(via Flickr: addie65’s Photostream) CDV Victorian Young Woman

(via Flickr: addie65’s Photostream)

CDV Victorian Young Woman

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August 12th, 2012
tuesday-johnson: ca. 1870-90’s, [carte de visite portrait of two ice-men with an ice block] via Be-Hold, Fine Photographs

tuesday-johnson:

ca. 1870-90’s, [carte de visite portrait of two ice-men with an ice block]

via Be-Hold, Fine Photographs

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