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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Advertising & Media

Kansas City History

Women’s History & Representation

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Visiting card portrait of a young boy standing on pedestal with left hand on covered table; wearing knickers and long-sleeved top. Printed boarder with name and address of photo studio along bottom.

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

Young man, early teens wearing suit with knickers, standing with right hand resting on a wicker chair in front of a decorative backdrop.

Card photograph of a young woman seated in ornate white lace dress; white stockings and shoes; long gloves; hair pulled back. Silver edges and with the name and address of the photographer printed in...

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Victorian Studio Portrait Photograph Collection

Young boy standing on pedestal

Young boy standing with left hand in jacket pocket

Young man with right hand resting on a wicker chair

Young woman seated in ornate white lace dress

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