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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Visiting card portrait of a balding man with mustache with printed logo for the photo studio on back.

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.

Vignette bust only card photograph of a man in high-buttoned coat; moustache, hair parted on left and combed over.

Visiting card photograph of a man leaning on tufted sofa edge in dark suit, neck tie and striped pants with an illustration featuring the name and address of the photographer printed on the back.

Visiting card portrait of a man wearing a coat with vest and cravat with ad for photographer and inscription on back.

Date Published

1882

Quarter-profile of Mariano S. Otero in dark buttoned coat, striped cravat, and mustache.

Visiting card portrait of a man with a mustache wearing a coat with vest.

Digital Collections

Victorian Studio Portrait Photograph Collection

Balding man with mustache wearing a coat with vest and bow tie

Man high-buttoned coat and bow tie

Man in high-buttoned coat

Man leaning on tufted sofa edge in dark suit

Man wearing a coat with vest and cravat

Mariano S. Otero in dark buttoned coat, striped cravat, and mustache

Portrait of a man with a mustache wearing a coat with vest

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