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.
Member of
LaBudde Special Collections
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Elderly woman seated

Visiting card portrait of an elderly woman seated with left arm on pillow in dark dress with neck bow and lace collar and cuffs with a printed ad for the photographer on back.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_victorian_photo-259-comp.tif
Collection Identifier: MS-0033

Woman in dress with large stripes and apron

Woman seated quarter profile in dress with large stripes and apron, hair pulled back, hands clasped.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_victorian_photo-260.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0033

Woman seated with arms folded leaning forward on arm rest

Woman seated quarter profile with arms folded leaning forward on arm rest of side-facing chair; dark ornate dress with tall white lace collar and necklace, beaded hair ribbon.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_victorian_photo-255-comp.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0033

Woman with long collar and oval necklace

Visiting card oval inset portrait of woman with long collar and oval necklace, hair pulled back.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_victorian_photo-256.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0033

Woman in ornate dress with high lace collar

Visiting card vignette portrait of woman slightly profile in ornate dress with high lace collar with printed ad for photographer on back.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_victorian_photo-252-comp.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0033

Woman in dress with short, dark lace collar

Visiting card portrait in red bordered oval frame of a woman in dress with short, dark lace collar; hair pulled back loosely.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_victorian_photo-253.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0033

Woman standing in dark dress lace gloves

Woman standing in dark dress with large neck ornament and lace gloves, left hand and leaning slightly on fringed chair in photo right; decorative lake painted backdrop.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_victorian_photo-261.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0033

Young boy standing on pedestal

Visiting card portrait of a young boy standing on pedestal with left hand on covered table; wearing knickers and long-sleeved top. Printed boarder with name and address of photo studio along bottom.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_victorian_photo-262.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0033

Woman standing in long full dress with left hand resting on wooden chair

Woman standing in long full dress with left hand resting on wooden chair; detail around buttons and cuffs; hair pulled back into decorative clips; decorative curtain on photo right and decorative rug.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_victorian_photo-257.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0033

Elderly woman seated

Elderly woman seated in full, dark belted dress with lace collar and lace gloves; hands clasped.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_victorian_photo-258.tif
Collection Identifier: MS-0033

Woman seated in long, full, dark, belted dress

Visiting card portrait of a married woman seated in long, full, dark, belted dress with lace-trimmed V-neck collar; hair pulled back; fringed curtain in corner of backdrop mounted on card with printed boarder.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_victorian_photo-254.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0033

Young boy standing in small checked drop shoulder shirt

Visiting card portrait of a young boy standing in small checked drop shoulder shirt in front of a desk.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_victorian_photo-263.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0033

Woman in dark, belted dress

Oval inset of woman in dark, belted dress, clasp at collar, some stitching around buttons; hair pulled back.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_victorian_photo-251.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0033

Woman in tight-fitting dress with ruffled sleeves

Visiting card vignette portrait of a woman in tight-fitting dress with ruffled sleeves with an printed illustration on back with the name and address of the photographer.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_victorian_photo-331-comp.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0033

Woman in tight-fitting patterned dress

Vignette visiting card portrait of a woman in tight-fitting, patterned dress with a printed illustration and the name and address of the photographer on back.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_victorian_photo-332-comp.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0033