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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Kansas City History

Women’s History & Representation

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Visiting card portrait of a bearded elderly man wearing a coat with printed ad for photograph studio on back.

Visiting card portrait of Brigham Young in suit and bowtie with a printed ad for the photographer on back.

Visiting card half portrait of an elderly man seated quarter-profile with full beard. Sticker on back with handwritten and stamped elements.

Visiting card portrait of an elderly woman seated with left arm on pillow in dark dress with neck bow and lace collar and cuffs with a printed ad for the photographer on back.

Visiting card bust only vignette of an elderly woman wearing glasses with a sticker obscuring the photo studio's logo on back.

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

Card photograph portrait of a woman wearing a dark lace scarf with printed ad for photographer on back.

Digital Collections

Victorian Studio Portrait Photograph Collection

Bearded elderly man

Brigham Young in suit and bowtie

Elderly man with full beard

Elderly woman seated

Elderly woman with glasses

Mrs. Mary Vogel in dark clothing wearing a brooch

Woman wearing a dark lace scarf

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