Knickerbocker Photo (Update)

[drcy]

Please post the dimensions of the stereoview

[SteveS]

drcy, I don't have it with me where I can measure it right now, but as I recall it's approximately 3.5" x 7".

[Snowman]

Have any experts dated the purported George Wright cabinet photo yet? When I was looking for comparable cabinets, it looked to me like it was most likely made in the 1890s, just going by other similar photos/mounts with known dates. But I have no idea. Is it an albumen print? Anyone have any insights on its age?

Also, could you post an image of the back of the purported George Wright cabinet?

[drcy]

Your dating of the cabinet card is accurate. Black with gold letters/edges come from a particular time.

[RCMcKenzie]

Here's an anonymous cabinet that looks like it was dated 'Nov. 19 of 89' or maybe '1890'? and a Beaneaters Cabinet of General Stafford that would date to 1898-99.

I was hoping to match the Anon photo that I bought to an Allen and Ginter type subject, but never found anything on it.

I would guess late 80's early 90's on your cabinet.

[SteveS]

Snowman, here's a pic of the back of the Wright photo. An interesting thing is that it measures 2 1/2" x 4 1/8", so it has a cabinet design in a CDV size. I haven't had anybody date it, and no one else has even seen it other than this board. I had no intention of posting it, but I thought it would be neat when Michael mentioned his collecting interests above. It's not black, but a dark brown. Also, it looks like the very outer edges are gold. I had originally thought 1880s, so that's in the range of what others are saying.

RCMcKenzie, cool pix! The front of that Chickering is very similar to mine, but I don't know the size of yours.

[SteveS]

Also, here's the results of the facial-match program. I was able to use Betaface on this one as there are quite a few examples of Wright photos. It comes out blurry here, but it shows a match as the same person ranging from 81%-90%, and that includes pictures of Wright at various ages.

[RCMcKenzie]

The black mount Chickering that I have is about the size of an n173. Here's a cabinet from a different studio from 1888 with a somewhat similar mount. As for the Wright id, I don't know. I agree it sort of looks like him, and Chickering Studio was in Boston, but I am not very good at facial recognition. My experience with trying to id old photos is that a lot of people look alike.