Victorian Studio Portrait Photograph Collection

Description
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.
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LaBudde Special Collections
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Young boy leaning with right arm on upholstered chair

Card Photograph of young boy leaning with right arm on upholstered chair with printed ad for photographer on back.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_victorian_photo-168-comp.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0033

Young boy sitting on a box before a seaside backdrop

Photographic postcard of a young boy sitting on a box before a seaside backdrop with back left blank.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_victorian_photo-169-comp.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0033

Young boy with his right hand resting on handlebars of a tricycle

Young boy standing, wearing shirt and knickers, right hand resting on handlebars of a tricycle and left hand holding a cap in front of a decorative backdrop. Oval photo within embossed decorative boarder.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_victorian_photo-171.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0033

Young man with right hand resting on a wicker chair

Young man, early teens wearing suit with knickers, standing with right hand resting on a wicker chair in front of a decorative backdrop.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_victorian_photo-172.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0033

Willie standing next to a wicker chair

Toddler child "Willie", standing next to a wicker chair.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_victorian_photo-176.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0033

Young boy standing behind chair on which dog is sitting

Photographic postcard of a young boy standing behind chair on which dog is sitting with a date handwritten on back.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_victorian_photo-167-comp.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0033

Young man in a jacket with bow tie

Portrait of young man in a jacket with bow tie.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_victorian_photo-173.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0033

Young boy sitting on a box before a seaside backdrop

Photographic postcard of a young boy sitting on a box before a sea side backdrop with back left blank.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_victorian_photo-170_comp.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0033

Two seated young women

Oval framed tintype with printed decorative boarder of two seated young women with printed ad for the photographer on back.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_victorian_photo-228-comp.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0033

Group of nine posed in front of a woodland field painted backdrop

Group of nine posed in front of a woodland field painted backdrop, five of whom are sitting in wooden chairs four men in suit jackets and a woman in a dress, four others are standing behind them two women and two men. The name and address of the photo studio is printed along bottom.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_victorian_photo-229.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0033

Young boy seated next to dog

Tintype portrait of a young boy seated next to a dog within a decorative printed boarder and the name of the studio printed on back.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_victorian_photo-223-comp.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0033

Man with mustache

Tintype portrait of a man with mustache within decorative red printed boarder.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_victorian_photo-224-comp.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0033

Girl seated in chair in scallop trimmed dress

Visiting card portrait of a girl seated in chair in scallop trimmed dress with printed boarder on front and the name and address of the photographer on the back with a tax stamp.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_victorian_photo-235-comp.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0033

Toddler sitting in rocking chair

Embossed oval framed portrait of a toddler sitting in rocking chair in embroidered dress being held in place by someone's hand.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_victorian_photo-236.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0033

Two men in front of a winter backdrop

Two men similarly dressed in long jackets, vests, and neckties. The one on the right is standing holding his hat to his left side while the other is seated wearing eyeglasses and a hat. Both men are in front of an winter painted lake backdrop.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_victorian_photo-221.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0033