CDV, Accordion Player Photographed in Walton, New York

Wet plate, albumen carte de visite photograph, mounted to 2 3/8 x 3 7/8 card. Full seated view of a young man holding his accordion on his lap. Backmark: Miller's & Sprague's Photographic Studio, Walton, N.Y. Light age toning and wear. Bottom of the mount is very slightly trimmed. This photograph was taken in the early post war period. Fine occupational image.  

CDV, Actor Edwin Booth

Brother of Lincoln Assassin, John Wilkes Booth

(1833-93) The son of Junius Brutus Booth and brother of the infamous President Lincoln assassin, John Wilkes Booth. He established himself as the foremost American actor of his day. After 1863, he co-managed the Winter Garden Theater in New York City where he staged Shakespearean tragedies including Hamlet, King Lear, Macbeth, and Othello. The production of Julius Caesar starring him, and his two brothers, Junius Booth and John Wilkes Booth, as well as his 100 night appearance as Hamlet, were...  

CDV Woman in Winter Attire Photographed in Maine

Wet plate, albumen carte de visite photograph, mounted to 2 3/8 x 3 3/4 card. Full standing view of a woman wearing winter attire with her hands inside of a muff and posing in front of a painted studio background. Backmark: J. Hinch, Photographer, Thomaston, Maine. Card is trimmed.