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Studio card of Hermann Gunter, n.d.
Back of a studio cabinet card with Hermann Gunter's photograph studio logo in Hannover, Germany. -
Patty Prather Thum as a Young Woman, 1875
Patty Thum was known for her paintings of flowers, especially roses but she was also a talented landscape and portrait artist. She is one of the city’s earliest professional woman artists. She also was an author, inventor and a major advocate for the arts in the City of Louisville. Thum dedicated her life to art starting at the age of 16, when she left home and traveled north to study art at Vassar College. Established in 1861, Vassar College set out to “accomplish for young women what our colleges are accomplishing for young men”. -
Viola Stow, ca. 1860
Carte-de-visite of Viola A. Stow (1841-1912). This image appears to have been taken before Viola's marriage to Frank Dufour in October, 1862. Note that an identical table serves as a prop in the studio photographs of her brother Baron [018PC4.04-.05] -
Fanny Thruston Ballard, n.d.
A carte-de-visite photograph of Frances ("Fanny") Ann Thruston Ballard (1826-1896), wife of Andrew Ballard and mother of Rogers Clark Ballard Thruston. -
Francis R. Dufour, ca. 1862
Carte-de-visite of Francis R. Dufour (1836-1907). Image appears to date from ca. 1862, either just prior to his marriage to Viola Stow, or shortly thereafter. -
Carte-de-visite of possibly Catherine Manser Stow, ca. 1862
According to the family, Belle Dufour Stepleton, Catharine's granddaughter, identified this photo, but we're not absolutely certain that she is correct. If it is Catharine, she is not wearing her spectacles, and would appear to be in her late 60s or early 70s. Catharine attained the age of 70 in 1881. Both the clothing and the stye of the image appear to date from an earlier era, so we have to consider that Judith Hyde Manser (d. 1871), Livia Hayward Stow (d. 1858), or someone else could be the subject, and that this carte-de-visite may have been copied from an earlier cased image (daguerreotype, tintype, or ambrotype). There is a good chance it isn't Livia Stow as she died before the invention of carte-de-visites."
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Baron P. Stow, 1864
Carte-de-visite of Baron P. Stow (1847-1864). On Friday, January 29, 1864, Baron Stow wrote in his diary: "I… went down town and got my Photographs taken. I passed some time before I could get them to look natural." Later, on February 3, 1864, he comments: "I got my Photographs to day- they are very nice I think. I had them taken standing up." It is likely that this image was the one of which he writes. At the time Baron was captivated by Anna Ogle and no doubt intended to exchange photographs with her. He was 16, and died of typhoid on August 2, 1864. -
Loring B. Stow, ca. 1870
Carte-de-visite of Loring B. Stow (1838-1860) This image has apparently been replicated from an ambrotype that was taken in the late 1850s. -
Hiram S. Stow, ca. 1870
Carte-de-visite of Hiram S. Stow (1835-1853). This image has apparently been replicated from an ambrotype that was taken ca. 1853, when Hiram was 18. -
Sample of a carte-de-visite, ca. 1860 and cabinet card, ca. 1880
Examples of the difference in size between a carte-de-visite and a cabinet card. Two common photographic formats of the late 19th century. -
Portrait of unknown man, n.d.
A cartes-de-visite of an unknown man taken at the studio of Hermann Gunter in Hannover, Germany.