Original Carte de Visite of a Young Child
N.p. U.P.R.R. Photograph, 1880. Very Good. Item #32410
N.p.: U.P.R.R. Photograph, ca. 1880s. Small format albumen carte de visite (8.5x6cm mounted to card measuring 10x6.5cm.). Brief smudging, else Very Good to Near Fine. Portrait of a seated child, about 18 months old.
Verso printed in red with an engraved reproduction of the photographer's studio, which was housed in a railway car that the photographer S.B. Silvis traveled around on the Union Pacific Railroad line. "Stereoscope & Landscape Views of Notable Points on Line of Pacific R.R. / Always on Hand." We can't find much about Silvis, though a notice in Hailey, Idaho, in late June of 1888 announced that he was in town for a few days to take pictures through the holiday. .
Price: $125.00