Victorian Black-and-White Photo - Elegant Matriarchial Oval Portrait - 1860s Oval Photo on Damaged Cabinet Card basketball Daughters of the American Revolution

Daughters of the American Revolution

in the vicinity of Lowell

there is writing on the back and the edges are worn

Has Front Piece Page with Illustration by J

Victorian Black-and-White Photo - Elegant Matriarchial Oval Portrait - 1860s Oval Photo on Damaged Cabinet Card basketball Daughters of the American RevolutionThis older woman is posed for a photo where she is the star of the show! Perhaps her family wanted children to have a photo of their grandmother or the family matriarch in the latest photographic style. Her very thin, fashionable collar and pulled back hair indicates that her sense of style was from the 1860s. However, large oval pictures became popular in the 1870s 80s, when technology and photo resolution improved. Her jewelry particularly stands