Civil War era Mr. Talmage. Private Collection.
with the tax stamp.
“Yours, Truely [sic] F.W. Talmage” written in the back in tiny and beautiful (yet hard to read) cursives.
We can estimate this CDV to be from between 1864 and 1869 by the border style with one thick line, the other thin. Then we can narrow it down further to in-between 1864 and 1866 because during those two years the tax stamp helped fund the Civil War.
Photographer: J.T. Couch & Co. Landisburg, PA.
An English boy. Private Collection.
2.5″ x 4″
A, no doubt, well-to-do little English gentleman with the short bowler hat and gloves, and a great pose.
Photographer: Blake & Edgar. 74 Midland Road. Bedford, UK.
Anonymous from Lima N.Y. Private Collection
This CDV is probably from the early 1880s. Too bad we will never know the name of the sitter because he’s well worth remembering! Notice the diamond pattern of his tie and the triangle stud.
Photographer: E. P. Baker. Lima, NY
Bowlers And High Collars 