Historical Photographs

Explore a curated collection of authentic historical photographs from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, featuring original photographic prints including cabinet cards, carte de visite portraits, real photo postcards (RPPCs), and vernacular snapshots. These images represent early photography as both a technical craft and a personal record, preserved in original formats from their period of creation. Each photograph carries tangible evidence of its history, studio imprints, photographer credits, handwritten inscriptions, period mounts, and the natural patina of age. The collection spans a wide range of subjects, from formal studio portraits and occupational images to candid family moments, street scenes, and everyday life captured by amateur photographers. Produced using a variety of early photographic processes, these original prints document the evolution of photography alongside the people, places, and moments they depict. Whether recording a family milestone or an anonymous scene frozen in time, each photograph serves as a direct visual record, unchanged since it was first developed, offering collectors, historians, and researchers an authentic connection to the past.

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