Women Photographers of the Cabinet Card era - S

These pages are to develop a catalogue of the woman photographers during the Cabinet Card Era (about 1865 to 1900) in America. This is an ongoing project, adding names and examples as they are found. A work always in progress.

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.

Note that the examples here are not always cabinet cards, but the aim here is to collect female photographers who worked in the cabinet card era and cabinet card examples might be found.

These pages are for educational and informational purposes only. Any helpful suggestions are welcomed.

Links to additional information will be added when known.

One excellent resource is
The Classic: Women in the Dark, by Katherine Manthorne
EXAMPLES ARE FROM PRIVATE COLLECTIONS

Women who chose photography for their occupation during the
CABINET CARD ERA 1865 to 1900

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Promoting the care, understanding and collection of this unique format of 19th century photography. They are more than 100 years old. Handle with care.

Do not write on the reverse!

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 leave a comment and they will be immediately removed.

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photographer: Miss Hannah Scott
Independence, KS
This is NOT a cabinet card

St John (KS) Daily Capital - 25 Nov 1892

Example pending

photographer: Miss O M Shira
St John, KS

photograoher: Miss Costilla Smith
75 Middlesex Street, Lowell, MA
For fine details on photographer Costilla Smith, see this page at Pistold and Parasols

reverse of card at left

photographer: Mrs G W Sittler
Springfield, MO
example from auction site
(Owner dated 29 Aug 1885

reverse of card at left

photographer: Mrs G W Sittler
310 - 312 Saint Louis St, Springfield, MO
example from auction site
(owner dated: 09 Sep 1886)

reverse of card at left

photographer: Mrs G W Sittler
310 & 312 St. Louis st, Springfield, MO
example from auction site

reverse of card at left

photographer: Mrs G W Sittler
310 & 312 St. Louis st, Springfield, MO
example from auction site

This is a CDV, NOT a cabinet card, but is included here because of the information on the reverse. It is both photographer-dated and owner-dated. The card is stamped 1866 but the handwritten date is two decades later.

Example pending

photographer: Mrs C Smith
Lowell, MA

Example pending

photographer: Mrs R A Smith
Carlisle, PA

Example pending

phorographer: Mrs F Snyder
Maquoketa, IA

Conway Springs (KS) Star - 26 Nov 1914

Miss Spore was active in
Conway Springs, KS, in 1914.

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.