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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Card photograph of an elderly woman sitting in profile holding a teacup with an advertisement for the photographer's studio 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 woman in high neck garment with printed advertisement for the photographer.

Visiting card portrait of a woman in lace buttoned collar with printed ad for the photographer on back.

Card photograph of a woman standing in front of domestic backdrop with the monogram of the photographer 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

Elderly woman sitting in profile holding a teacup

Elderly woman with glasses

Mrs. Mary Vogel in dark clothing wearing a brooch

Portrait of woman in high neck garment

Woman in lace buttoned collar

Woman standing in front of domestic backdrop

Woman wearing a dark lace scarf

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