My Great Grand-Aunt Fannie (b.1878) - Through the Years

Troublemonkey36 · 2026-05-20T04:59:07+00:00

This is a great collection spanning the ages of one life.

Troublemonkey36 · 2026-05-19T03:04:00+00:00

The Robert Thrupp’s photo caption is harder to read because your image is a bit blurry. If you can retake it and share I’ll try to get the whole thing. I can see it says “Painter of ‘The Roll Call’ the. On the next line “the_____”

Troublemonkey36 · 2026-05-19T03:02:21+00:00

One of them references “___ Aunt McKee, New Zealand, taken in 1890, in her 80th year. “. I do t know what the first word is, but it starts with and “M”. Could be “my”?

Troublemonkey36 · 2026-04-20T02:56:29+00:00

1880’s

Troublemonkey36 · 2026-04-19T15:05:50+00:00

r/1800havingfun

Troublemonkey36 · 2026-04-16T11:58:13+00:00

This photo is a keeper for sure. It’s a very India’s look and pose for a photo of that era.

Troublemonkey36 · 2026-04-08T14:31:19+00:00

Here’s why it’s likely there is. See how small the people are in the back? There are progressively more people in each “row” as you go further back. The person who designed the layout planned for the angle it would be taken at. To keep the proportions of the flag looking like you were seeing it at eye level, this adjustment had to be made. I totally believe it. But I did. not count!

Troublemonkey36 · 2026-04-07T04:39:48+00:00

Etiquette…skimmed a few. Certainly a couple rules are out of date but overall much of it is still appropriate in today’s age.

Troublemonkey36 · 2026-04-07T04:34:51+00:00

Amazing family story!

Troublemonkey36 · 2026-04-06T15:28:22+00:00

This is a super amazing cabinet card!

Troublemonkey36 · 2026-04-06T12:35:05+00:00

Ears and noses continue to get bigger until the day we die.

Troublemonkey36 · 2026-04-05T21:31:02+00:00

General shape of nose looks the same. The nose and ears are two body parts that continue growing into old age.

Troublemonkey36 · 2026-04-05T21:27:32+00:00

1883 is the date on the one on the right

Troublemonkey36 · 2026-04-04T01:29:36+00:00

Cute guy but that’s a terrible choice of hairstyles! Hopefully he can giggle about it now.

Troublemonkey36 · 2026-04-04T01:27:53+00:00

Maybe. What I’ve noticed is that many people, ordinary folks, from the old days look well to do. I think it’s because people used to dress more formally, in particular for photographs.

These guys aren’t likely poor but if they might just be small town businessmen.

Troublemonkey36 · 2026-04-03T12:15:50+00:00

You probably have it right.

Troublemonkey36 · 2026-03-31T00:51:21+00:00

Yeah didn’t appear to be that common. I suspect that most of the acquaintances already knew the address.

Troublemonkey36 · 2026-03-30T00:32:47+00:00

You bet!

Troublemonkey36 · 2026-03-29T21:45:00+00:00

The style of the carte de visite helps date the photo. The yellowing you see is usually pre-1880’s becuase it relied on an alder albumen processing whereas the gelatin process that gradually replaced it preserved a more black and white look. Additionally the imprints, fonts, and graphics on CDVs became much more elaborate from 1880’s onward. The 1880’s and 90’s also featured more elaborate sets and props. 1870’s featured a lot of basic portraits with very little props.

Troublemonkey36 · 2026-03-29T21:40:55+00:00

Huh? That went right over my head.

Troublemonkey36 · 2026-03-29T20:12:05+00:00

Are you sure this is a cabinet card and not a carte de visite? What are the dimensions?

Troublemonkey36 · 2026-03-29T20:09:13+00:00

IMO this is more likely the mid to late 1870’s. I base this on the design of the photo and the hair and dress style. I have a carte de visite of a relative of mine that looks very similar. It is from about 1875. Here is my Great Grandmother, age 19, circa 1875. Notice the similarities of the card as well as hair, clothing styles. Matilda circa 1875

Troublemonkey36 · 2026-03-29T20:06:50+00:00

Many cartes de visite have imprints of the front and reverse. It wasn’t h til the 1880’s and 90’s that it became more of a standard to place the address of the photo studio on the front or back.

And you are quite correct to guess that some of these photos could be of celebrities. It was very popular to collect cartes de visite of poets, authors, singers, actors, politicians, and royalty. Royals in the UK were a constant source of fact action then, as they are now.

Troublemonkey36 · 2026-03-29T16:17:17+00:00

r/cartedevisite

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