Antique Portrait of a Man in Uniform by London-based Photographer Edward Sharp
Edward Sharp operated his photography studio at two locations in London between the 1880s and 1914. I wasn’t able to learn much about him. He may have been born in …
The Bangs Sisters and Henry Jestram: Chicago Photographer Driven Insane by Séances
A Look at Henry Jestram's 1884 cabinet card portrait of a young sister and brother in Chicago, with strange history of his life
Cabinet Card Photographers of Newton, Kansas
A list of pioneering cabinet card photographers in the small town of Newton, Kansas, with examples of their work.
Historic Advertisement for The Ray Camera Company in Rochester, N.Y., Circa 1899
See a historic advertisement for The Ray Camera Company, located in Rochester N.Y. published in the April-June 1899 issue of The Photo-Miniature Magazine.
Southworth & Hawes: America’s Masters of the Daguerreotype Portrait
The story of Southworth & Hawes, America's early masters of daguerreotype portraits