Archive for the '1890s' Category

>E.W. Merrill – From Cyanotypes to Sitka’s Father of Pictures

• Tuesday, April 26, 2011 • 5 Comments

Posted in 1890s, Alaska, cabinet cards, cyanotype, glass plate negatives, Massachusetts, native cultures, other formats, postcards, United States


>Sepia Saturday 67: Road Improvements in Church Street, Ashover

• Friday, March 25, 2011 • 22 Comments

Posted in 1890s, 1900s, Ashover, buildings, Derbyshire, J.J. Shipman, large format, transport


>Sepia Saturday 66: Drinking Friends

• Saturday, March 19, 2011 • 20 Comments

Posted in 1890s, 1900s, 1920s, 1930s, cabinet cards, Derbyshire, hats, large format, leisure activities, other groups, paper prints


>North Beach, Aberystwyth

• Monday, March 7, 2011 • 5 Comments

Posted in 1890s, E.R. Gyde, large format, leisure activities, now+then, other groups, Wales


>Fearless femmes: great-grandmother Amy

• Sunday, March 6, 2011 • 3 Comments

Posted in 1880s, 1890s, 1900s, 1910s, 1920s, cabinet cards, cartes de visite, Derby, emigration, family groups, hats, Illinois, military, paper prints, postcards, weddings


>The Clarke, Bloor and Disney families of Derby

• Tuesday, July 27, 2010 • 2 Comments

Posted in 1870s, 1880s, 1890s, buildings, cabinet cards, cartes de visite, Derby, Derbyshire, Frederick J. Boyes, pottery, W.W. Winter


>Dating photos from card mounts – the dangers

• Sunday, July 11, 2010 • Leave a Comment

Posted in 1880s, 1890s, cabinet cards, card design, cartes de visite, clothing styles, Derby, Derbyshire, inscriptions, negative numbers, W.W. Winter


Dating photos with the aid of trade directories

• Sunday, June 6, 2010 • 6 Comments

Posted in 1880s, 1890s, cabinet cards, census records, Michigan, trade directories, United States


Three Men and a Pipe … to say nothing of the dog!

• Saturday, May 22, 2010 • Leave a Comment

Posted in 1890s, 1900s, amateur photos, animals, buildings, inscriptions, large format, paper prints, South Africa


A family tintype portrait from the 1890s

• Monday, April 5, 2010 • 8 Comments

Posted in 1890s, family groups, hand colouring, tintypes, United States


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