Category Archives: Cabinet Cards

March 20, 2015

Dapper in a Cap

By C.E. Ryan
Cabinet card. Private Collection.

Cabinet card. Private Collection.

There’s something about him. Maybe because the cabinet card is so crisp, but he looks very contemporary. Anyhow, a very beautiful cabinet card from the 1900s. The picture takes the whole card, a good 4″ x 6″.

Can someone enlighten me on the style of hat he’s wearing? Is it a conductor cap? A miner cap? Note the high shine shoes.

Photographer: Unknown. Black card with bevelled gold edges. Both front and back are blank. A shame I will never know because the photographer did a fine job with this one.

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March 20, 2015

Max Kleiman of Germany

By C.E. Ryan
Max Kleiman (middle), and two friends. Personal Collection.

Max Kleiman (middle), and two friends. Private Collection.

whole card.

whole card.

A group of three friends re-enacting playing cards . Max Kleiman is the only sitter identified. The back of the cabinet card is blank. I like that his two friends are wearing light colored suits and he’s wearing a dark one. It may not have been intentional but it makes for a good composition. I tried to research him and there are a few Max Kleimans who fit his lifetime and emigrated to the US. Did he? Maybe.

Photographer: K. Timm. Nachf. Halle A/A. Schulberg 3. Germany.

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