Antique 1800s Photo Album Victorian With 28 Photos Celluloid Cabinet Card Velvet For Sale

Antique 1800s Photo Album Victorian With 28 Photos Celluloid Cabinet Card Velvet

Celluloid cover and back - silver and brass inlaid with few minor cracks

Velvet spine with edge wear

Brass clasp does not actually function as top portion appears to be missing

Cabinet cards

About 50 % filled

Era seems to be 1850s-1880s based off fashion

1 small picture signed from 1920-30s era

Portraits, few babies, about 6 tintype photos in back

Few quite interesting of 2 women smoking pipes while knitting and the other is women playing cards or gambling with gentleman .

Some portraits named

Area is Burlington Iowa and or Stronghurst Illinois- Midwest rural area

No history about family found

Damage to floral Cabinet cards as shown

Photos seem pasted onto cardstock and slipped into cardstock

28 Photos included (4 loose - includes 3 postcards

Album measures 8 x 10.5 x 2.5" thick