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- Type: Photograph
- Format: Cabinet Card (4.25 x 6.5 in)
- Number of Photos: 2 (Matching Sequential Poses)
- Time Period Manufactured: 1880-1899
- Theme: Americana, Children\'s Fashion, California History
- Photographer / Studio: Cobb\'s Doré Gallery (San Francisco, CA)
- Location: 1144 Market Street, S.F.
✍️ Item DescriptionFor sale is an exceptional, matching pair of two original antique late 1880s Victorian cabinet card photographs capturing the exact same child in two different poses during a single photography session.Visual & Costume Details:
• Both cards feature a young toddler styled in spectacular 19th-century fashion, wearing a heavy patterned plaid kilt dress, distinct striped knit stockings, and high-button leather boots.
• Pose 1 shows the child leaning against a draped studio prop.
• Pose 2 shows the child sitting directly on an ornate, heavily patterned Victorian studio bench.Studio Provenance & Graphic Marks:
• Both card fronts are boldly stamped on the bottom border: \"Doré Gallery, 1144 Market Street, S.F.\"
• The reverse sides feature the beautiful, highly detailed graphic backstamp for \"Cobb\'s Doré Gallery, San Francisco\" including the text note: \"Late of Edouart & Cobb.\"Condition:
• The photographic prints are in excellent antique condition, boasting rich sepia tones, clean clarity, and wonderful contrast.
