This is a carte de visite portrait I purchased from a local antique store. The photograph was taken by E.D.H. Schutter of the Berliner Gallery at State St. and Col. Mumford St.
(I have many more carte de visite photos at my website at
Help reunite mystery or 'orphan' photos that have lost their families.
Photos with the names and dates lost in history. AncientFaces has been reuniting mystery and orphan photos with their families since we began in 2000.
This 'Lost & Found' collection is of photos foun...
Portrait photographs and paintings of our loved ones and ancestors.
Before photos we had paintings of family members - most usually these were reserved for the well off. The era of modern photography began with the daguerreotype, in 1839. Since the advent of photogr...