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

Topics

Advertising & Media

Kansas City History

Women’s History & Representation

1 - 8 of 8 items

Visiting card portrait of a bearded man wearing a coat and a bow tie with handwritten inscription on the back.

Visiting card vignette portrait of a man slightly profile in high-buttoned coat and bow tie with a illustration and decorative pinstripes surrounded the name and address of the photographer.

Visiting card portrait of man in hat, vest, and top-clasped coat with the year handwritten on back.

Date Published

1867

Visiting card portrait of a man slightly profile, seated in chair with left leg crossed over right with handwritten inscription on back along with the name and address of the photo studio.

Visiting card portrait of a man wearing a coat with a long tie with an ad on back featuring an cherub.

Date Published

1877-03

Visiting card portrait of a man with a mustache wearing a coat and bow tie with inscription on back and printed ad for studio.

Visiting card of a young man seated in a chair with.

Visiting card portrait of a young man wearing a coat with a cravat with the name of the studio printed along bottom and a handwritten inscription on back with printed ad.

Digital Collections

Victorian Studio Portrait Photograph Collection

Bearded man wearing a coat and bow tie

Man high-buttoned coat and bow tie

Man in hat, vest, and top-clasped coat

Man seated in chair with left leg crossed over right

Man wearing a coat with a long tie

W. H. Wiley with a mustache wearing a coat and bow tie

Young man seated in a chair

Young man wearing a coat with a cravat

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