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 - 6 of 6 items

Girl with hair parted in middle in fuller, knee-length dress with pattern and wide collar; seated.

Card photograph portrait of a man in eyeglasses with the name of the studio, a family crest, and the address printed on the bottom of the front and on the back along with an inscription.

Date Published

1878-07

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

Tintype portrait of a man with mustache within decorative red printed boarder.

Date Published

1874-12-27

Card photograph portrait of Mrs. Mary Vogel identified in pen on back.

Card photograph of three children: two boys, one girl; boys standing in knee-length trousers and boots; girl seated on fringed-chair in plaid dress with crochet cape. "Burnice, Sue, and Knapp...

Digital Collections

Victorian Studio Portrait Photograph Collection

Girl with hair parted in middle

Man in eyeglasses

Man wearing a coat with a long tie

Man with mustache

Mrs. Mary Vogel in dark clothing wearing a brooch

Two boys posed next to a girl on a chair

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