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Antique 1800s Photo Album Victorian With 28 Photos Celluloid Cabinet Card Velvet
Celluloid cover and back - silver and brass inlaid with few minor cracks
Velvet spine with edge wear
Brass clasp does not actually function as top portion appears to be missing
Cabinet cards
About 50 % filled
Era seems to be 1850s-1880s based off fashion
1 small picture signed from 1920-30s era
Portraits, few babies, about 6 tintype photos in back
Few quite interesting of 2 women smoking pipes while knitting and the other is women playing cards or gambling with gentleman .
Some portraits named
Area is Burlington Iowa and or Stronghurst Illinois- Midwest rural area
No history about family found
Damage to floral Cabinet cards as shown
Photos seem pasted onto cardstock and slipped into cardstock
28 Photos included (4 loose - includes 3 postcards
Album measures 8 x 10.5 x 2.5" thick
