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Offered for your consideration is a historically significant, museum-quality late-Victorian cabinet card portrait featuring full handwritten family identity and a rare occupational theme.
FRONT SIDE DETAILS:
The front of the card features a spectacular, crisp studio portrait capturing a bearded gentleman seated in an elaborate, heavily detailed antique white wicker photographer's chair. Crucially, he is holding a long, flexible leather carriage/buggy whip, strongly pointing to a career as a professional coachman, teamster, or livery driver. Seated proudly right beside him on the wicker settee—commanding the center focus of the frame—is his sharp, alert smooth Fox Terrier or Jack Russell Terrier mix dog looking straight into the lens.
REVERSE SIDE HISTORICAL PROVENANCE:
The back of the heavy grey card mount serves as a fantastic genealogical archive, beautifully inscribed with period cursive pencil script identifying the subject:
- Subject Name: Clearly written as "Uncle Joe Shoemaker".
- Format: Original Victorian photographic print on a heavy dark charcoal-grey cardstock cabinet card mount.
- Dimensions: Standard cabinet card size (approx. 4.25" x 6.5").
- Condition: Excellent antique condition. The front photograph displays remarkable contrast and razor-sharp focal clarity throughout the textures of the wicker and the dog's coat markings. The reverse handwriting remains perfectly legible and beautifully preserved on the sturdy mount. Please review photos for full detail.
SHIPPING & HANDLING:
Your historic photograph will be handled with the utmost care to ensure it arrives at your doorstep safely.
- Secure Protective Packaging: The cabinet card will be securely sandwiched between two thick pieces of rigid cardboard to prevent any bending, folding, or corner crushing during transit. It will then be shipped inside a durable, weather-resistant cardboard mailer.
- Fast & Reliable Shipping: Your order will be securely packaged and shipped out fast—within 1 business day of receiving cleared payment. Full tracking information will be provided automatically.
A premier, museum-grade crossover piece perfect for Shoemaker family genealogy researchers, collectors of early named canine photography, 19th-century occupational and transit transport ephemera, or advanced Victorian archives!
