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How to identify the negative print of a card de visite within an old autograph Album?
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Dear all,in 2018 I`ve purchased an autograph Album dating back to the year 1862. Yesterday I flipped through the Sarah Dobbs`s autograph Album and it came to my attention that there must have been a…Continue
Started this discussion. Last reply by Ailna Beithe Martin Feb 15, 2021.
Quest to find old photos of Sarah A Cooper (maiden name: Dobbs of the White Hart Inn, Chepstow, Wales)
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Dear all,I do a private research on the life of Sarah Ann Dobbs who was born 1839 and lived at the White Hart Inn, Beaufort Square, Chepstow, Wales, which was owned by her parents James and Elizabeth…Continue
Started this discussion. Last reply by Ailna Beithe Martin Oct 30, 2020.
Identification - Civil War Officer Photography taken from album dated 1862
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Hello,last year I bought an album containing handwritten poems and some photographies. The first dated entry within the album is 22 Jan 1862. Please help me identify this officer most likely out of…Continue
Started this discussion. Last reply by Rebecca Talbot May 9, 2019.
Identification - Portrait Photography taken from album dated 1862
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Hello,last year I bought an album containing handwritten poems and some photographies. The first dated entry within the album is 22 Jan 1862. Please help me identify this pleasant elderly…Continue
Started this discussion. Last reply by Rebecca Talbot Feb 23, 2020.
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"Hi Rebecca
All I can suggest (which you've probably already thought of) would be to photograph the page with quite a strong light behind it, shining through the page. Then play around with the image in Photoshop or similar, trying out different…"
How to identify the negative print of a card de visite within an old autograph Album?
Dear all,in 2018 I`ve purchased an autograph Album dating back to the year 1862. Yesterday I flipped through the Sarah Dobbs`s autograph Album and it came to my attention that there must have been a Card de Visite laid into the Album which is now lost. The Card de visit must have been in the Album for a very very long time as on the opposite side of the page there is like a negative print. It is only like a shadow but letting the light shine through the page you can slightly see an image. The…See More
"Dear Mike,
the Garibaldi print has following measurements: 1.85 to 3.14 Inches, no entries on the back (I checked by holding the page against light), normal paper thickness.
Best regards, Rebecca"
"Hi Michael,
Looking back at our conversation may I ask if you know where the Albumen print of Garibaldi might come from as it was not a cut out of a newspaper. Were these Albumen prints sold like postcards or how were they published in former…"
Quest to find all photos of Sarah A Cooper (maiden name: Dobbs of the White Hart Inn, Chepstow, Wales)
Dear all,I do a private research on the life of Sarah Ann Dobbs who was born 1839 and lived at the White Hart Inn, Beaufort Square, Chepstow, Wales, which was owned by her parents James and Elizabeth Dobbs. Her oldest brother James Dobbs was a well known so called "four in hand coacher" in Chepstow. Sarah married Henry Poolly Cooper (a native of Chepstow, too) and immigrated around 1868 to the USA. She first lived with her family in New York, then in Kansas and died 1925 in Denver, Colorado,…See More
"Dear all,
based on my recent research the gentleman on the Albumen print might be Henry Poolly Cooper who was born 1834 in Chepstow, Wales and immigrated to the US in 1860. He worked as attorney and died 1905 in Denver, Colorado, USA. Sofar I have…"
"HI Mike,
below picture of Victoria and family photographed by Mayall is also pasted in the album and might be of the same source of newspaper as the "Garibaldi" portrait. Maybe this helps, too.
Best regards,
Rebecca"
"HI Michael,
thanks for this confirmation. This is really interesting, the leather bound album contains two city names: Chepstow and Newnham, it is written in English, first dated entry 22 Jan 1862, the photo of "Garibaldi" is most likely…"
"HI Michael,
the picture is uploaded as attachment in my previous posting. Likely the picture was cut off a newspaper and then pasted in the album.
Regards,
Rebecca"
"Could you scan the cdv and post it, please, Rebecca? It might just be another variant - so far, there are five. Many thanks, Mike."
"HI,
last year I bought an album containing handwritten poetry and some pictures. The first dated entry of the album is 22 Jan 1862. The album contains a picture of a man looking like Guiseppe Garibaldi but maybe it is the "unknown man…"
"Hi Lori,
thank you very much for your feedback.
Best regards,
Rebecca"
"Hi Rebecca
I suspect that this might be a portrait of Giuseppe Garibaldi (1820-1884) - and not an image of a civil war solder.
See for example these portraits of him wearing a similar shirt and carrying a similar sword."
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- At 19:31 on May 9, 2019,
michael g. jacob said…
Could you scan the cdv and post it, please, Rebecca? It might just be another variant - so far, there are five. Many thanks, Mike.
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