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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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.

Man slightly profile in coat, vest, and necktie.

Oval inset visiting card photograph of a man in dark coat, striped vest, and bow tie with the name and address of the studio printed on back.

Visiting card portrait of a man slightly profile in formal, low-buttoned coat, vest, and necktie with printed ad for the photo studio on back.

Visiting card portrait of a man in light suit seated in chair, hands in lap with the name of the photographer printed on back.

Oval inset visiting card portrait of a man in low vest and unbuttoned dark suit with the name and address of the photographer printed on back.

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 vignette portrait of a Man with beard in coat, vest, plaid shirt, and bow tie with tax stamp and the name and address of the photographer on back.

Visiting card portrait of a man with beard in coat, vest, and bow tie in ornate printed framed oval inset.

Visiting card portrait of a man, seated, with hair parted on far right with a printed ad for the photo studio on back.

Vignette visiting card portrait of a man with mustache in formal coat and vest with an illustration of the photographer on back atop the name and address of the studio.

Visiting card portrait of a mustachioed man with right arm on pedestal with illustration featuring name and address of studio printed on back.

visiting card portrait of a young man wearing a coat with a bow tie with printed ad for photographer on back.

Oval shaped visiting card portrait of a young man wearing a coat with vest and bow tie with a advertisement for the photographer on back.

Visiting card portrait of a young man wearing a coat with vest and bow tie with printed banner style ad for photographer on back.

Digital Collections

Victorian Studio Portrait Photograph Collection

Man high-buttoned coat and bow tie

Man in coat, vest, and necktie

Man in dark coat, striped vest, and bow tie

Man in formal low-buttoned coat, vest, and necktie

Man in light suit seated in chair

Man in vest and unbuttoned dark suit jacket

Man seated in chair with left leg crossed over right

Man with beard

Man with beard in framed oval inset

Man with hair parted on far right

Man with mustache in formal coat and vest

Mustachioed man with right arm on pedestal

Young man wearing a coat with a bow tie

Young man wearing a coat with vest and bow tie

Young man wearing a coat with vest and bow tie

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