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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Advertising & Media

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 a bearded man wearing a coat and a bow tie with handwritten inscription on the back.

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

Card photograph of an elderly man with mustache wearing a coat with vest, bow tie and hat.

Vignette portrait of man wearing a coat with vest and cravat.

Card photograph of a man with mustache with the name and address of the photographer printed along bottom of front and back.

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

Digital Collections

Victorian Studio Portrait Photograph Collection

Bearded elderly man

Bearded man wearing a coat and bow tie

Elderly man with full beard

Elderly man with mustache

Man wearing a coat with vest

Man with mustache

Man with mustache and beard

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