Included on this special set of pages are Cabinet Card examples from just one state, Kansas. A sort of index. They are presented here in alphabetical order according to location.
Why Kansas?
In 1865, when the Cabinet Card size for photo mounts began its popularity, Kansas had only been a state for 4 years. Even today there are less than 400 towns with a population over 200. Back then, even fewer. Where a Cabinet Card carries the name of the photographer and the town where he was working, the dates of city incorporation will be one clue to the date of the cabinet card.
Cabinet Cards were so popular and well known that in some photographer’s newspaper ads of the era, they were referred to merely as “Cabs”.
Most say they eventually surpassed the popularity of the Carte de Viste format. See a brief history of the Carte de Viste.
Photographers often lived and based in a larger town and “worked” the neighboring smaller towns monthly or weekly. The passenger trains were very handy back then.
Where further information on a photographer is known, a link will be provided.
The central purpose in these pages is to help place a date on cabinet cards done by various photographers in various places. Here’s hoping you spot a card design or imprint that will help you date and identify that card in your collection.
These pages are for educational and informational purposes only. Any helpful suggestions are welcomed.
Kansas Cities, Towns, Burgs and Whistlestops in the late 19th century.
Promoting the care, understanding and collection of this unique format of 19th century photography. They are more than 100 years old. Handle with care.
Some examples on this page have been enhanced or restored for clarity
and presentation here.
This page is free for educational and research purposes only but, as
always, if the original owner of any of these examples objects to the
use on this page, just let me know and they will be immediately
removed.
See also:
Owlcation is an excellent site which examines the Kansas photographers of the 19th century. Follow the link
Delphos was founded in 1867 by Levi and Dan Yockey. The two brothers moved to the area from Delphos, Ohio and named the new community for their hometown. Many settlers came to the area looking for a fresh start after the Civil War.
Delphos, KS
example from auction site
Dighton, KS
example from auction site
Dighton, KS
example from auction site
Dighton, KS
examle from piclick
(See also, Holton, KS, and Dighton, KS)
Dighton, KS
example from auction site
Scott City and Dighton, KS
example from auction site
Dodge City, KS, had a colorful histroy.
Dodge City, KS
example from auction site
Dodge City, KS
example from auction site
Dodge City, KS
example from auction site
Douglass, KS
example from pintrest (see also, Leon, Kansas)
Dunlap, KS
example from auction site
Dunlap, KS
example from auction site
Edna, KS
example from auction site
(This would be J D Hughes of Coffeyville, KS, who, according to newspaper items, visited Edna, KS quite often.)
El Dorado was laid out and platted in 1868. El Dorado was incorporated in 1870.
PHotographer: KuhnsEl Dorado, KS
example from auction site
El Dorado, KS
example from auction site
El Dorado, KS
example from auction site
(note this is probably the same as Sandifer)
El Dorado, KS
example from auction site
(Charles R Lory was photographer in El Dorado, KS,
from June of 1890 to June of 1892, according to newspaper items.)
El Dorado, KS
example from auction site
El Dorado, KS
example from auction site
El Dorado, KS
example from auction site
El Dorado, KS
example from auction site
El Dorado, KS
example from auction site
El Dorado, KS
example from auction site
El Dorado, KS
example from auction site
El Dorado, KS
example from auction site
El Dorado, KS
example from picclick
(note this is probably the same as the first card in the El Dorado group labled "L"andifer)
Eldorado, KS
example from auction site
Eldorado, KS
example from contributor
Walnut Valley (KS) Times - 23 Mar 1906
Eldorado, KS
example from contributor
Eldorado, KS
example from contributor
Elk City had its start in the year 1868 by the building of a trading post at that location. The first post office in Elk City was established in November 1869. --WIKIPEDIA
Elk City, KS, and environs
example from auction site
The first claim at Ellinwood was staked in 1871 when it was certain the Santa Fe railroad would be completed nearby. The railroad was finished in 1872 and the city was named after Colonel John R. Ellinwood, a civil engineer working for the Santa Fe railroad. --WIKIPEDIA
Ellinwood, KS
example from auction site
The population of Ellsworth boomed to over two thousand by the time it was incorporated in 1867
Ellsworth, KS
example from picklik
Ellsworth, KS
example from contributor
Ellsworth, KS
example from auction site
Ellsworth, KS
example from auction site
Ellswprth, KS
example from auction site
Emporia was founded in 1857.
Cottage Studio, Emporia, KS
example from auction site
5th Avenue Sudio, Emporia, KS
example from pinterest
Emporia, KS
example from auction site
Emporia, KS
example from auction site
Emporia, KS
example from auction site
Western Street, Emporia, KS
example from pinterest
Fifth Avenue, Emporia, KS
example from auctiqn site
Emporia, KS
example from auction site
Great biography at
Photographs, Pistols and Parasols
Fifth Avenue, Emporia, KS
example from auction site
Great biography at
Photographs, Pistols and Parasols
Emporia, KS
example from auction site
518 Commercial Street, Emporia, KS
example from auction site
reverse of card at left
Trader was in Emporia, KS, in 1887 and 1888
photographer: Trader
Emporia, Kansas.
Empoia, KS
example from auction site
Empoia, KS
example from auction site
West Sixth Ave, Emporia, KS
example from auction site
Emporia, KS
example from picclick
6th Avenue, Emporia, KS
example from auction site
The first settlement at Enterprise was in 1868. The first post office in Enterprise was established in January, 1873.
On January 23, 1901, temperance movement leader Carrie Nation and her followers wrecked a saloon in Enterprise.
Enterprise, KS
example from auction site
(Also of Oscaloosa, McClouth and Cawker City, KS)
Enterprise, KS
example from auction site
Enterprise, KS
example from auction site
Erie, KS
example from auction site
Eureka, KS
(and Wabash Av, Howard City, KS)
example from auction site
Eureka, KS
example from auction site
Opera Block, Eureka, KS
Wabash Ave, Howard, KS
example from auction site
Not the one you were looking for? Here's the photographer's
INDEX by name.
All the Cabinet Card photographers of the 19th
century found in LOST GALLERY are listed there.
This is a work always in progress.
Aditional information and New examples are always welcome. Any
additional information will help narrow the time that these precious
antiques were made.
All submissions should be free of glare and
shadows.
Do not crop.
Leave a border around each card. The edges are
sometimes an important clue to the age of the card.
Email to the address found in the profile at the bottom of this page.
Some examples on this page have been enhanced or restored for clarity
and presentation here.
This page is free for educational and research purposes only but, as
always, if the original owner of any of these examples objects to the
use on this page, just let me know and they will be immediately
removed.
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