Nineteenth-Century Photos of Children

Daguerreotypes

Probably a boy. Mat is stamped "Holmes 89 Broadway"

Tintypes

You can barely see a woman holding the baby still on her lap. The original has touches of metallic gold at the child's shoulders & on the little finger of its right hand.

Labelled "J. Jeanes" on paper inside the case

Printed on Paper

Yes, she's sucking her thumb. Photographed by Wenderoth, Taylor & Brown, 912-914 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Photographed by M.B. Yarnall, Phoenixville, Pennsylvania

Note what appears to be a fancy paisley shawl draped over the chair & embroidery on the child's jacket.

These boys may be wearing a national costume; the pants are unusual.

Later that Same Century (or thereabouts)

These images are later nineteenth-century or early twentieth. I love 'em, so they're here.

Tiny baby, large ears, even larger christening gown. Photographed by P.A. Johnson, Cumberland & Shell Lake, Wisconsin

Judging by the jacket, this is probably a boy; the skirt would make dealing with diapers much easier and is reminiscent of even earlier times, when boys didn't wear breeches until they were well out of diapers. Photographed by H.J. Neick, corner of 3rd St. & North Ave., Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Mae Haney, age 4 Photographed by Morrell, City Gallery, Bloomington, Illinois