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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Kansas City History

Women’s History & Representation

1 - 8 of 8 items

Visiting card photo of a young girl in ballet costume leaning elbow on round table with a tax stamp and the name of the studio on the back.

Visiting card portrait of a girl seated in chair in scallop trimmed dress with printed boarder on front and the name and address of the photographer on the back with a tax stamp.

Visiting card oval vignette of man and woman side-by-side with the name and address of the photographer on back.

Visiting card portrait of a man standing with right hand on back-facing chair and the name and address of the photographer on back along with tax stamp.

Date Published

1865

Oval inset Bust only portrait of a man with moustache and goatee, hair combed straight back, wearing coat, vest, and white shirt with white, thin cravat; decorative border around oval photo.

Visiting card portrait with a printed boarder around oval inset of woman seated in embroidered dress with lace collar, arms crossed with an printed illustration and the name and address of the...

Visiting card portrait of a young boy standing with left hand in jacket pocket with a tax stamp on back along with the name and address of the studio.

Date Published

1865

Vignette visiting card portrait of a young woman in lace collar, earrings, long hair with an illustration featuring the name and address of the photographer on the back.

Digital Collections

Victorian Studio Portrait Photograph Collection

Girl in ballet costume

Girl seated in chair in scallop trimmed dress

Man and woman side-by-side

Man standing with right hand on back-facing chair

Man with moustache and goatee

Woman seated in embroidered dress with lace collar

Young boy standing with left hand in jacket pocket

Young woman in lace collar

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