Usually I post photos or postcards here that are active listings for sale on my eBay site. I post them because I think they're interesting for some reason, I think it gets them a lot more looks and it may help with sales. I'm not a collector (for the moment), I buy these photos at various venues and I try to sell them for a profit. I'm not emotionally attached to any of them, though I do like them. I must enjoy buying and selling these photos, because, believe me, there has to be a way to make more money than this. (Like have a real job maybe? Well I had those for a long time, this is much more fun.) Anyway, this photo has already sold - it sold today and is off to the great state of Arkansas, which makes it an unusual post for me. I have nothing to gain by posting this (sales wise anyway), I just like it.
This is a detail of a cabinet photo. Its a young woman wearing a tallish, fairly elaborately decorated hat, a tight knitted jacket/sweater with a high collar, lots of buttons and a sprig of flowers. She's also wearing a ring of some sort - looks more like a class ring than a wedding ring. It is from the 1870s-1880s era, most likely. There is no photographer information or writing, so no clues as to who this was or where it was made.
The photos I post here usually don't do the real item justice, and that is very true in this case. The actual cabinet photo shows the details of the jacket much more sharply.
Sold!
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