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

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Vignette visiting card photograph of girl with hair pulled up on head with an illustration overtop the name and address of the photographer.

Date Published

1869

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

Visiting card of two girls, one seated on a faux rock, one standing with a printed ad on back for the photographer.

Visiting card portrait with a printed boarder around oval inset of woman seated in embroidered dress with lace collar, arms crossed with an printed illustration and the name and address of the...

Visiting card vignette portrait of a woman wearing a lace veil in back and low dark collar with the name and address printed on back.

Vignette visiting card portrait of a young woman in lace collar, earrings, long hair with an illustration featuring the name and address of the photographer on the back.

Digital Collections

Victorian Studio Portrait Photograph Collection

Girl with hair pulled up

Man with beard in framed oval inset

Two girls in checked dresses

Woman seated in embroidered dress with lace collar

Woman with lace veil

Young woman in lace collar

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