CDVs!

[californiastatelibrary]

Portrait of a girl

Red Bluff, CA, 1864-1866.

W. H. Pierce, photographer.

[cdvs]

1860s Great DOG California CDV by daguerreian WILLIAM SHEW San Francisco | eBay

[librarycompany]

Ok, so “a study in butter” should be a thing. Learning would be so much more delicious. 

This relief sculpture of Iolanthe, the title character in a Gilbert and Sullivan comic opera, was on display at the Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia. 

The Dreaming Iolanthe, King Rene’s daughter, by Henrick Herz. A study in butter, by Caroline S. Brooks. [Philadelphia] : [1876.]  1 photograph :  albumen on carte-de-visite mount.

[beautifulcentury]

Miss Bliss by Mike Fitzpatrick

First name unknown. No photographer or location listed, but possibly New York state.

[tuesday-johnson]

ca. 1860-90s, [carte de visite portrait of a female photographer,  identified on verso as G. H. Jenkinson, posed with her wet-plate camera] Beal

via Capitol Gallery, Cabinet Cards & CDVs

[hagleyvault]

This charming circa 1865 carte de visite features two (unfortunately unidentified) Akron-based barrel stencilers, posing with the tools of their trade. It’s collection 1994.327, in Hagley’s Audiovisual Collections.

[chubachus]

Carte de visite portrait of an African American man identified as Dr. Crumwell, c. 1870. By Moses P. Rice.

Source: New York Public Library.

[chubachus]

Carte de visite portrait of 25-year-old Henry George with his son Harry, c. 1864. By B. J. Howland and Company.

Source: New York Public Library.

[libraryofva]

Recent Acquisition - Photograph Collection

Jan 18th, 1882.  Richmond Photograph Co., 827 ½ Broad St., Richmond Va. Carte de Visite photograph

[zeehasablog]

CDV of woman in winter coat with fur muff, ca. 1863.

[libraryofva]

Recent Acquisition - Photograph Collection

Unidentified child.  Lee Gallery, 920 Main St., Richmond, Va. Carte de Visite Photograph, ca. 1870s

[libraryofva]

Recent Acquisition - Photograph Collection

F.M.P.B. “Frank” “Burke”.  Photograph by D. Haas, Photographic Artist, Cor. King and St. Asaph Streets, Alexandria, VA.   

Carte de Visite Photograph, ca. 1860s

[cdvs]

READY FOR WINTER. This CDV is by Clifford & Shapleigh of Boston.

(via Fine Daguerreotypes and Photography)

[libraryofva]

Recent Acquisition - Photograph Collection

Unidentified.  The Lee Gallery (Richmond Va)   Carte de Visite photograph, ca. 1860s

[cdvs]

NOW THAT’S A MUSTACHE! This CDV seems to be of a midget, not a kid.

(via Fine Daguerreotypes and Photography)

[libraryofva]

Recent Acquisition - Photograph Collection

Unidentified.  M.J. Powers, Richmond, Va.   Carte de Visite photograph, ca. 1870s-80s

[beautifulcentury]

Lady in a Hat by Mike Fitzpatrick

J. Gurney & Son, Photographic Artists, Broadway, New York

Taken circa 1864 (+/- 4 years)