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Vintage Strunk Studio Reading PA Man Portrait Cabinet Photo 5x7 Sepia Orig
Original antique early 20th-century sepia gelatin silver cabinet photograph featuring a formal studio portrait of a young man.
The composition presents the sitter turned slightly toward his left, wearing a dark suit coat with narrow lapels, a high white stand collar, necktie, and a small lapel pin with a triangular emblem, posed against a softly graduated neutral background.
Printed in warm sepia tones as a gelatin silver image on photographic paper in an oval format, the photograph is mounted to a black textured card with a double-oval embossed border and additional decorative floral embossing along the outer margins, accentuating the portrait within.
The lower front margin of the mount carries a printed studio imprint reading \"The Strunk Studio, 730 Penn St., Reading, Pa.,\" identifying the photographer and locating the image in Pennsylvania, while the mount is housed in its original brown textured folding presentation folder with an embossed crest on the outer cover and an attached translucent tissue guard inside; the piece is offered as a single original unframed cabinet photo in folder, with any brass display easel, ruler, or other props visible in the listing photos shown for scale and presentation only and not included.
Condition: Original antique early 20th-century sepia gelatin silver mounted photograph with typical handling and storage wear from age and use. Image surface shows light overall age toning with scattered tiny spots in the background and jacket area, together with fine surface scuffs and short gloss lines visible in raking light, while the photographic paper remains intact without tears or hard creases through the sitter\'s face. Black textured card mount displays light edge and corner wear with minor rubbing along the borders, a small abrasion or rubbed spot near the lower left of the image, and faint handling marks around the oval opening. Attached brown folding presentation folder shows moderate wear including a small tear and associated crease at the upper edge of the outer cover, soft corner bends, and general rubbing from handling, and the translucent tissue guard sheet has a tear and small loss near the lower edge and at the side.
- Size: 5 x 7 in
- Material: Paper, Cardboard
