Anonymous CDVs
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History
These South Hadley portraits aren't identified ... yet! Hopefully I'll figure out who they are.
The Images
All photos are available with both front and back scans, if there is something on the back, and comments about what is written on the front or back are included below.
- Portrait
- front A portrait of a woman with corkscrew curls, a military-style bodice with bands of velvet, and a bow at her throat with a flower as an accent. It was taken sometime between Sept 1, 1864 and Aug 1, 1866. There's a tax stamp with a simple cancellation on the back, and they were required on photographs in order to raise revenue for the Civil War. It cost the original owner 25 cents or less to buy, since it has a 2 cent revenue stamp. (Thanks, Sue!) Photo by J. P. Taylor, South Hadley.
- Women peeling apples
- front A CDV portrait of six women peeling apples. Photographed by E. A. Baldwin of South Hadley.
- Portrait
- front A portrait of a woman with corkscrew curls. It was taken sometime between Sept 1, 1864 and Aug 1, 1866. There's a tax stamp on the back, and they were required on photographs in order to raise revenue for the Civil War. It cost the original owner 25 cents or less to buy, since it has a 2 cent revenue stamp. (Thanks, Sue!) Photo by J. P. Taylor, South Hadley.
- A Seminary Girl
- front Studio portrait by Ingraham Bros. of Northampton. Inscription on the reverse: "One of the Seminary girls / What do you think of her?"
- Women looking at photo album
- front A CDV portrait of six women looking at a photo album. Photographed by J. P. Taylor of South Hadley.
- Florence's Portrait
- front A CDV portrait of a woman. Photographer marking by J. P. Taylor of South Hadley on the back. Inscription: "Florence"
- Portrait
- front A CDV portrait of a young woman. Photographer marking by J. P. Taylor of South Hadley on the back.
- Portrait
- front A CDV portrait of a young woman. Photographer marking by J. P. Taylor of South Hadley on the back.
- Portrait
- front A CDV portrait of a young woman. Photographer marking by J. P. Taylor of South Hadley on the back.
- Portrait
- front A CDV portrait of a woman. Photographer marking by J. P. Taylor of South Hadley on the back.
- Portrait
- front A CDV portrait of a woman (or a man in drag). Photographer marking by E. A. Baldwin of South Hadley on the back.
- Portrait
- front A CDV portrait of a young woman seated in a chair, leaning on a covered table. Photographer marking by E. A. Baldwin of South Hadley on the back. A tax stamp is dated Dec 1864.
- Portrait
- front A CDV portrait of a woman with a hair snood. Photographer marking by E. A. Baldwin of South Hadley on the back.
- Portrait
- front A CDV portrait of a woman with long dark curls. Photographer marking by E. A. Baldwin of South Hadley on the back.
- Portrait
- front A CDV portrait of a woman with hair pulled back. Photographer marking by J. P. Taylor of South Hadley on the back.
- Portrait
- front A CDV portrait of a woman with hair pulled back and a large brooch at her throat. Photographer marking by J. P. Taylor of South Hadley on the back.
- Portrait
- front A CDV portrait of a woman with hair pulled back and four buttons on her dress. Photographer marking by J. P. Taylor of South Hadley on the back.