This beautiful photo is labelled "Mrs. Joseph Curtis 1862". It is one of the Cartes de Visite in my Civil War Era Photo Album which is now online at my new Lost Faces website.
Her full sleeves and full skirt are typical of the Civil War era fashions for women, as is her center-parted hair.
Mrs. Curtis' husband's photo is also in the album and I suspect it was taken the same day as hers - July 2, 1862.
As many of my readers know, I rescue antique photo albums that have the names of the people in the photos. My dream of one day putting them all online to be freely viewed has finally come true and I now have over 80 albums published on my new Lost Faces site.
I've also added vintage postcards, and individual group photos of sports teams, school classes, and military. There's much more to come but I wanted to share this photo today since it is one of my favourites. Below you can see the front and back of the Cartes de Visite of Joseph Curtis.
Surnames in the album include: Fobes, Tucker, Curtis, Gilbert, Peabody, Spear, Blake, Mansfield, Bassett, Botton, Williston, Nilliston, Kimbal, Daniels, Sutherland, Schaffner, Keith, Towne, Low, Wilder, Holden, and Whitemore. Locations of photographers include Massachusetts, New York, Illinois
Could one of your ancestors be featured?
Wonderful! I love her dress. They are very distinguished.
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