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✨ ANTIQUE CIVIL WAR / VICTORIAN ERA WINDOW PHOTO ALBUM WITH 44 PORTRAITS ✨15 Tintypes (including 7 Mini "Gem" Tintypes) & Extensive Identified New England Genealogy
We acquired this remarkable, highly detailed mid-to-late 19th Century Victorian window photograph album at a Los Angeles estate sale. This album is a treasure trove for New England genealogists and antique photography collectors alike, documenting an interconnected family network across Vermont and Rhode Island.
📐 SPECIFICATIONS:- Total Photos: 44 Original 19th-Century Images- Tintypes: 15 Total (including approximately 7 miniature "Gem" tintypes)- Paper Images: 29 Carte de Visite (CDV) Albumen Portraits- Dimensions: Approx. 5.5" x 4.5"
🌟 PORTRAIT HIGHLIGHTS & MILITARY/FASHION INTEREST:- Civil War Era Soldier Interest: Includes a striking portrait of a young man seated, wearing what strongly resembles a Civil War Union army 4-button sack coat/fatigue jacket and military-style light trousers. (Last photo of our gallery)- Unique Post-War Veteran/Militia Fashion: Features another gentleman with a full beard wearing a distinctive high-collar, single-breasted coat with an offset diagonal button pattern mimicking veteran or militia tunics.- Format Mix: Excellent variety of classic Victorian studio portraits showcasing formal attire, detailed dress collars, hairstyles, and miniature "gem" format tintypes.
📜 REVEALED STUDIO BACKSTAMPS / PHOTOGRAPHERS:- S.F. Sterlin & W.W. Culver — Woodstock, Vermont (Famous late-1860s partnership)- S. B. Brown — 101 Westminster Street, Providence, Rhode Island- A. F. Salisbury — 65 Mill Street, Pawtucket, Rhode Island
🌳 IDENTIFIED FAMILY GENEALOGY (Written annotations inside):This album holds immense family history value with clear handwritten annotations mapping out generations:- Great Uncle Sam Hill- Frank Rowe (Shown as a baby; family lines trace through his mother and grandmother)- Maria Colby & Sam Colby (Annotated as "Frank Rowe's Mother and Uncle")- Lucina (Haskell) Colby (Annotated as "Frank Rowe's Grandmother, My Great Aunt")- Jerusha (Haskell) Johnson ("My Great-Aunt")- Lucy (Spooner) Haskell ("My Great Aunt" - Featured in a striking tintype)- Great Aunt Lucy (CDV portrait annotated: "I have her pin" — she is visibly wearing a large mourning/cameo brooch at her neck)- Clara (Holmes) Jones ("Gammie's Cousin")
⚙️ CONDITION REPORT:- Exterior: The deep embossed dark leather covers show beautiful, genuine age-related shelf wear and rubbing along the edges. The spine remains secure but rubbed and/or sunned. The hardware anchoring the clasp is present, but the long closing strap itself is missing.- Interior: The heavy window pages feature clean gilt borders. Pages show expected light foxing, minor handling wear, and occasional small tears near some of the slot entry points from decades of use, but they continue to hold the photographs ANTIQUE HANDLING & SHIPPING DISCLAIMER:Please note that this is a genuine 19th-century artifact. It is being soldas-found to preserve its historical integrity. Because of its advanced age,the leather and interior paper components are delicate. It should be handledwith care upon arrival, particularly when turning pages or removing inserts.
To ensure its safe journey to you, this album will be meticulously packed withprotective cushioning and shipped via secure USPS Ground Advantage.Please review all photos carefully as they serve as the ultimate visual condition SEARCH KEYWORDS / GENEALOGY TAGS (For research purposes):HASKELL, COLBY, ROWE, JOHNSON, HOLMES, JONES, SPOONER, HILL, Woodstock VT, Windsor County Vermont, Providence RI, Pawtucket RI, Ferrotype, CDV Photo, 1860s, 1870s, Reconstruction Era, Victorian Fashion, Cameo Brooch, High Button Coat, Civil War Era Fashion, Union Army Sack Coat.
