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Antique Circa 1890 Circular Photograph – Three Victorian Women – Early Kodak Roll Film Era
Fascinating original antique photographic print believed to date to approximately 1890, featuring three Victorian-era women posing outdoors near a rustic wooden fence or railing.
The women are dressed in period clothing with fashionable hats, capturing a wonderful moment from the earliest years of amateur snapshot photography.
This unusual photograph features a distinctive 3.25-inch circular image printed directly onto a single sheet of matte photographic paper, surrounded by a wide blank border.
Historical Significance:
This photograph was discovered with a handwritten identification describing it as an 1890 photograph taken with the first Kodak roll-film camera, the Kodak No. 1.
Introduced in 1888, the original Kodak camera helped revolutionize photography by making picture-taking accessible to amateur photographers.
Although the handwritten identification suggests a Kodak No. 1 connection, the exact camera and photographic process have not been independently verified.
Details:
- Estimated date: Circa 1890
- Overall dimensions: 5 x 4 inches
- Circular image diameter: Approximately 3.25 inches
- Subject: Three Victorian women outdoors
- Format: Early photographic paper print
- Surface: Matte finish
- Construction: Image and surrounding border printed on the same sheet
- Reverse: Blank
- Provenance: Accompanied by handwritten identification referencing 1890 and the first Kodak roll-film camera
- Original antique photographic print, not a modern digital reproduction to the seller's knowledge
Condition:
Antique condition with visible fading, light discoloration, and age-related handling wear. The circular image remains recognizable, with the women and their period clothing clearly visible.
Please examine all photographs carefully for exact condition.
Collector Appeal:
An unusual piece of early photographic history, particularly appealing to collectors of Victorian photography, early Kodak cameras, circular-format photographs, 19th-century snapshots, and antique photographic ephemera.
A fascinating survivor from the pioneering era of amateur photography.
