Cabinet card - lady with photo album, c. 1890

Cabinet card - lady with photo album, c. 1890

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Unknown location [post card 16]

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The heyday of the post card was basically from 1900-1912 or so. This is a “real photo” card, showing a residence. Itinerant photographers would travel from town to town, take photos of homes of prominent citizens (or others who paid them) and sell copies to the owner, who could then send photos of his house to friends, etc. Photographers in various communities, as well, did the same for their locales. What endures from this passion for photographing and sharing images of homes is a wonderful record of the domestic architecture from that time period.

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Unknown location [post card 31]

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The heyday of the post card was basically from 1900-1912 or so. This is a “real photo” card, showing a residence. Itinerant photographers would travel from town to town, take photos of homes of prominent citizens (or others who paid them) and sell copies to the owner, who could then send photos of his house to friends, etc. Photographers in various communities, as well, did the same for their locales. What endures from this passion for photographing and sharing images of homes is a wonderful record of the domestic architecture from that time period.

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Unknown Location [post card 33]

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The location and date of this house are unknown. This is a real photo post card probably before 1920, a way to let friends and family in other places know what sort of home one had. The photo looks like it was taken in the fog, but I suspect it’s the quality of photography and not weather that creates the impression. The house is a 2-story wood dwelling. The wraparound porch is on three sides with slender turned posts and brackets supporting the porch roof. The porch entrance has a small pediment. On the front façade are many lower floor windows. The roof is steep with prominent eaves; there’s a strangely shaped (to me it’s strange) gable on the front.

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Unknown Location [post card 34]

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This is another home where location and date are not known. This is a real photo post card probably before 1920, a way to let friends and family in other places know what sort of home one had. This Queen Anne is somewhat picturesque in the snow. It has a very steep roof and a fascinating roof-line as indicated by the glimpse of the roof on the left; a large interior chimney is toward the front of the house. Many elements are massed in the front façade. A dormer with windows is located over the entry porch; a balustrade is in front of these windows. A prominent front gable with returns is on the left with a decorated bargeboard. The windows in the gable appear to be hooded, possibly a support for the ornamental woodwork above it. The door is not shown clearly; a curious single rectangular window is to the right of the door. The entrance to the porch has a spandrel frieze. The porch, with what seems to be turned balusters, is wraparound, passing a prominent rectangular bay at the corner of the front façade. There’s so much in this structure that is not visible, and I surely wish it were.

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