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

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

Visiting card for John A. Sutter with handlebar mustache seated in a chair with his signature on back.

Date Published

1870

Card Photograph portrait of man with mustache and beard with name of photographer printed on bottom and on back along with an inscription.

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

Card photograph vignette portrait of woman with large sleeves, hair pulled back with an inscription on back.

Digital Collections

Victorian Studio Portrait Photograph Collection

Bearded man wearing a coat and bow tie

Elderly man with Handlebar mustache seated in a chair

Man with mustache and beard

Mrs. Mary Vogel in dark clothing wearing a brooch

Woman with large sleeves

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Subjects, Geographic (Collection)

Subjects, People (Collection)

Digital Projects

LaBudde Special Collections

Marr Sound Archives

University Archives