Victorian Studio Portrait Photograph Collection

This digital collection features hundreds of Victorian and vintage photographic prints, and dates from the mid-19th century to the mid-20th century. Analog formats including Cartes-de-Visite, cabinet cards, and tintypes. The bulk of the collection comes from studios in Missouri and Kansas, while the remaining images span locations throughout the United States and Europe. The prints from Missouri photography studios were primarily created by Kansas City photographers.

Items in Collection: 460

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Couple seated in a fake row boat with lake backdrop. Woman is wearing a hat and man has a mustache and is holding a hat.

Vignette visiting card portrait of a man quarter profile in coat, vest, and bow tie.

Man seated on fringed velvet chair in dark suit and bowtie.

Man standing behind two seated women all in dark dress; man has small cravat, women have large puffy collars; women's hair is pulled back.

Man standing with arm on sofa; wearing dark suit, hat in right hand; moustache; decorative backdrop.

Man with mustache wearing a coat and bow tie

Visiting card portrait of a man with a mustache wearing a coat and bow tie with purple logo for photo studio on back.

Two men, the one on left sitting, the other standing with his right hand on the shoulder of the other man, both wearing a coat, vest and hat.

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Victorian Studio Portrait Photograph Collection

Couple seated in a fake row boat

Man in coat, vest, and bow tie

Man seated on fringed velvet chair

Man standing behind two seated women

Man standing with arm on sofa

Man with mustache wearing a coat and bow tie

Two men

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