The Collection: Portrait

An obvious studio shot of a younger woman in dark flowing garb. She is wearing a headdress and has a cover around her throat. Her hair is curly, parted on the left, and pinned back. She sits at a prop table in front of a painted background.
Photo by LeMay
A solid jawed man in a three piece suit. He is wearing a jacket, a vest with large buttons, and a light shirt. His hair is parted on the left and appears to be short cropped. He is in partial profile and looking off camera.
Photo by Steckel
A dapper young man in a textured lined suit jacket and tie with some sort of pin through it. His hair is parted on the left and fairly short. He is looking slightly off camera. He has a mustache.
Photo by Farrington
A dapper young man in a suit jacket and tie with a white shirt and a tie with designs on it. His hair is parted on the left and fairly short. He is looking slightly off camera. He is clean shaven.
Photo by Johnston
A girl with curls and flowing hair in a long sleeved white dress with a round collar and a clasp at her throat. The dress falls below the knees and has a scalloped edge. She is wearing dark leggings. She has a corsage on her chest.
Photo by Schartel
Two small children in matching dresses. One is standing in a chair, the other beside. The younger of the two appears to be a boy, the other a girl. Both dresses are embroidered and have decorative stitching.
Photo by Paeszler
A toddler in a lacy dress or over shirt. She has short curly hair and unevenly trimmed bangs. She appears to be sitting.
Photo by Urlin & Pfeifer
An older woman with her wavy hair pinned to her head and pulled back. She is wearing a dark dressed adorned with elaborate piping on either side of a centerline of large matching buttons. She has a white round collar. There is a clasp at her throat.
Photo by Fuller
An old lady in a pleated dark dress with a frilly collar. Buttons adorn the front of the dress. Her hair is tightly pulled back and is parted down the center. The image is slightly faded, but it appeals she has pierced ears.
Photo by Campbell Bros.
A woman in a dark dress with elaborate stitching, embellishments, and appliqué. The collar of the dress is high and round with a frilly or lace trim. She appears to have a stud earring, a butterfly clasp at her throat, and broach with a chain.
Photo by Weber
A wavy haired teenage young woman in a dark dress with a patterned over coat. She has a rounded collar with a with a piece of jewelry as a clasp at her neck. Her hair is down and thrown back.
Photo by Ritter
Two women. One seated, the other standing with her arm resting on the other's shoulder. Both wear full length dresses with one being a simpler dark dress with buttons down the front. The other with pleats and a pattern.
Photo by Hays
A young woman seated next to a prop stone pedestal. Her hands are filed before her. She is wearing a textured dress with a rounded and frilly collar. Her hair is pinned tightly against her head and her hair is pulled back. Her bangs are cut straight.
Photo by Lindenmuth
Three young women all in formal dresses. Two have hair curled in the front, one has bangs, all have their hair pulled back. All have their ears pierced and wear pendant or loop earrings. Various other pieces of jewelry are in the photo.
Photo by Fritz
A young woman with an oval shaped face. Her hair it styled in a standing wave and is pulled back. She has a pendant earring and is wearing a rounded color trimmed in a ruffle or lace. She has a double diamond piece of jewelry as a clasp at her throat.
Photo by Howard
A woman with her hair piled on top of her head, pulled back, and pinned into place. She has a light colored ruffled collar, a dark pleated dress with buttons down the front, and a pendant earring. A clasp is at her throat.
Photo by Lindenmuth
A woman with her hair pinned back and piled atop her head. Her bangs are curly and she looks like she would have a lot of hair to let down if she were so inclined. Her collar is rounded and dark and she has a piece of jewelry of some sort at her neckline.
Photo by Lock
A woman with her hair in large curls in the front and pulled back otherwise. She has jewelry in her hair and as a coin shaped clasp at her neck. She also has pierced ears. Her face is rounder and she is in partial profile.
Photo by McCahon
A young man wearing a full length coat over a suit, leaning against a prop chair, in a studio environment.  He is standing in front of an abstract painted background. His hair is short and dark.
Photo by John
A woman with wavy hair pushed up in front and pulled back. She has a stern appearance. He ears do not appear to be pierced. She is wearing a dark layered dress with a rounded collar trimmed in a Lacey material.
Photo by Mott
A old woman in a bonnet tied in a bow around her neck. Some sort of broach or clasp is at the center of the bow. Her gray hair is pulled back, parted down the middle, and mostly covered. She is wearing a dark frock with large buttons down the center.
Photo by Shadle & Busser
A young gentleman with his hair combed back sporting a
Photo by Baker
A man in an overcoat and full suit leaning against a cloth covered stand. His pants and jacket are striped and his overcoat is of a lighter color. He holds a pair of gloves in his left hand, his right is behind his back.
Photo by Williams
A young woman staring straight ahead. Her hair is pinned tightly to her head and pulled back. Her ears are not pierced. She has a light colored dress on with some pleats at the neckline. Her collar is white and she has a coin shaped clasp at her throat.
Photo by Schriver & Kibler
An older gentleman with white facial hair. The image has either faded or has exposure issues, so is difficult to tell if he is bald or just has shorter white hair. He is wearing a simple overcoat with a lighter shirt peaking out.
Photo by Saylor
A woman with her hair piled onto of her head in a bun. She has a pendant or pearl earring and is wearing a dress with Italian sleeves. There is a dark triangle of cloth going down from her neckline. She has a clasp at her throat.
Photo by Scheetz
A young girl in a white robe or smock. Could be a sleeping shirt or more likely a dress. Her hair is long with some curl to it. Her bangs are neatly trimmed and even. Most her hair falls down her back, but one curled strand sits on her shoulder.
Photo by Ritter
A young man in a dark suit standing against a gloomy painted background. His tie is plaid, shirt light with an upturned collar, and he was a chain hanging from his second button hole.
Photo by Miller
A man in a full dark suit leaning against a prop of a garden wall. He has on a light colored dress shirt and dark shoes with a shine to them. His mustache is large and impressive and well groomed.
Photo by Lathrop
A young woman in a knee length dress. Her head is canted to the side and she has a whimsical expression. She appears to be dancing or showing off her dress. A floral wreath surrounds her neckline.
Photo by LeMay
Two young boys sitting on a stone railing in front of a painted background in a studio shot. Both are holding stew hats with ribbons around the brim. One child is older than the other by a year or two.
Photo by Winters Bros.
A dour young girl in an obvious studio shot standing on stairs in an artificial garden environment in front of a painted background. he is wearing dark shoes and leggings or dark boots. Her hair is long and down.
Photo by Bell
A young woman with curly bangs with the rest of her hair pulled back tightly against her head. She is wearing a light colored dress and has a pendant earring. Her collar appears to be made of lace and she wears a decorative broach.
Photo by Rippel
A young woman with her hair curled in the front and pulled back. She is wearing earrings and has a clasp at her throat. She is wearing a dress, with a wide collar and a pleated neckline.
Photo by Fritsch
A young boy seated in an elaborate chair or bench without a back. He is dressed in formal attire, wearing a suit coat and tie. His hair is short, trimmed, and neatly combed. His ears stick out.
Photo by Miller
A woman wearing a dress and standing beside a prop pedestal with a floral arraignment on it. The dress has a bustle and a lot of buttons down the front. She has what appears to be a watch chain and a small pocket with presumably a watch in it.
Photo by Harrisburg, PA
A woman with curly hair piled on top of her head. There is some sort of hair comb visible. She is wearing spectacles that have no brows. They rest solely on her nose. Her collar is layered and elaborate.
Photo by Thomas
A short haired young woman with dark straight hair parted on the left. She is wearing a dress and does not have pierced ears. She wears a ribbon around her throat like a choker.
Photo by Criley & Wagner
A young man in a suit leaning between prop pedestals in a studio environment. He is standing in front of an abstract painted background. His hair is short and well groomed and parted on the right. He is holding rumpled hat with a brim in his left hand.
Photo by Winters Bros.
A curly haired young woman with a high collared dress with lace trim and a clasp and chain at her throat. Her dress is pleated in the front and has a piece of jewelry hanging in the front.
Photo by Kawkins
A woman with dark curly hair parted down the middle. She is wearing a pendant style earring. She is wearing a dress with a light colored scalloped collar. She has a clasp at her throat. She has a scarf or decorative cloth going down the front of her dress.
Photo by Dunshee
A young woman with dark curly hair parted down the middle. She is wearing a pendant style earring. She is wearing a dress with a light colored scalloped collar. She has a birch of clasp with a hanging stone and chains.
Photo by Dunshee
A young woman in a dress highly accented with lace. Her face is round and full. Her hair is tight to her head and pulled back. You can see some longer hair over her left shoulder. She could be dressed in some sort of ethnic wear.
Photo by Lochman
A young girl in a full sleeved full length dress. She has sausage curls and shoulder length hair. Her bangs are straight and evenly trimmed. She is seated on a prop rock in a studio shot in front of a painted background.
Photo by Roth
An older bearded gentleman wearing a suit coat and undershirt. He is wearing a dark tie of some sort. He has a watch chain or some other functional appealing jewelry. His beard and hair are starting to gray.
Photo by Lochman
An older bearded gentleman wearing a suit coat and undershirt. He does not appear to be wearing a tie, but this could be obscured by his beard.
Photo by Scheetz
A young man in a suit with a lighter undershirt. The shirt has a round collar and if he's wearing a tie it blends in too well. Only the top button of his suit is buttoned. His hair is neatly trimmed and is parted down the center.
Photo by Greber
A dapper gentleman in a bowtie and a dark suit. His undershirt is light colored and his color is upturned. His hair is well groomed and short in a buzzcut style. He has a mustache that is turned up at the ends.
Photo by Wenzel
A curly haired young woman with her hair pulled up into a topknot. It appears there is a bow in her hair or some other ornament. She has round cheeks and her ears are pierced.
Photo by Urlin & Pfifer
Two young children. One in breaches, one in a dress. Both wear ruffled collars. It is possible that the younger child is a boy.
Photo by Graver
A young man in a suit leaning against a prop pedestal in a studio environment. He is standing in front of an abstract painted background. His jacket is buttoned and he has a visible watch chain. His hair is short and well groomed and parted on the left.
Photo by Roth
A young man in a suit leaning against a prop pedestal in a studio environment. He is standing in front of an abstract painted background. His jacket is buttoned and he has a visible watch chain. His hair is short and well groomed and parted on the left.
Photo by Roth
Presumably a family portrait. There are six subjects; three standing, three seated. There are four males and two females. Three adults are male, one female. All are wearing formal clothes.
Photo by May
A woman looking to the left. Her hair is pulled back into a braided bun and is curled in the front. She is wearing a dress with a clasp or broach at the throat.
Photo by Clutter
A young couple. The man is seated, the woman stands at his right to the left. Her hand is holding onto a curtain. They are both wearing formal wear. This photo is a studio shot.
Photo by Kays
A woman in partial profile wearing a light colored dress. The are three bows down the left side of the dress. Her hair is dark and curly in the front and either short or pulled back. Her ears are not pierced.
Photo by Fuller
A young man standing next to a prop of a fallen log. He is wearing a dark suit and has close cropped hair and ears that stick straight out. He is holding a hat in his left hand.
Photo by Strickmaker
A woman with short or pulled back curly hair wearing a dress with a high collar and a clasp with a stone in the center. Her dress has large lapels.
Photo by Fuller
A woman with short dark curly hair. She is wearing a dress with pleats down the front and flowers on her chest. She has a high collar with a broach or clasp at her throat.
Photo by Fuller
An older gentleman with impressive facial hair. He has gone mostly gray except for his mustache. He is wearing a dark suit and has a visible watch chain. He is seated.
Photo by Bowder
A family of five with a man, woman, and three children. All are dressed up wearing formal clothes. The adults are seated.
Photo by Baker
A well groomed young man with a light buttoned up suit coat and a striped tie. He is wearing a white shirt with a collar. His hair is parted on the left and is neatly trimmed. He sports a longer mustache.
Photo by Emery
A young woman in a dark dress or top. The front has an intricate cloth lattice in a triangular pattern. He has a corsage and a clasp at the front of her collar. She is wearing glasses and has short curly hair or it is pulled back.
Photo by Fuller
A bald older gentleman with log sideburns. He is wearing a suit coat with a matching undervest. He wears a tie and has a round collar that could possibly denote clergy.
Photo by Harlow
This woman is wearing a heart shaped locket on a chocker chain. Her hair is pulled back and pinned to her head. She is in a dark dress with a knitted scarf or collar.
Photo by Moore
A profile of a young woman in an elaborate white dress with puffy sleeves, frills, and pleats. Her hair is curly in front and  pulled back into a large dark bow.
Photo by Miller
Two attractive young women. One fully seated and the other leaning into the armrest of this chair. One woman is looking at the other affectionately. Both women are wearing formal dresses.
Photo by McKecknie & Oswald
A trompe l'oeil image of two young children; one boy, one girl. Both are wearing white and have necklaces.
Photo by Nicoulin
A headshot of an attractive young woman perhaps in her late teens. She is wearing a dress with a high collar and elaborate decorative piping. Her hair is curly in the front and pulled back or short.
Photo by Kramer
A profile of an attractive young woman looking over her left shoulder. She has a drop earring with a bright stone hanging from her right earlobe. Her dress is white and layered. The lighting is dramatic.
Photo by Rohner
A young woman with short unkempt hair. She has a masculine appearance. She wears a top with buttons and piping down the front. She has a clasp at her throat and another pice of ornamental jewelry.
Photo by Hays
A woman with a severe part down the middle of her head with her hair pulled back tightly. She has a wide mouth and a wide nose. She is wearing a dark dress with shiny buttons down the front.
Photo by Unknown
A young girl in an all white dress and black boots. She has long hair that is curly on the ends, but otherwise hangs straight down. She is seated in a whicker chair in a studio in front of a painted backdrop.
Photo by Paeszler
Two young women. One in partial profile. One looking ahead. Both are wearing similar full length dresses. Their hair is either short or pulled back. They stand at a gate in front of a painted background.
Photo by Mitchell
A young woman with curly hair that is either short or pulled back. She has on a patterned dress and her ears appear to be unpierced. She has a choicer chain around her throat and a locket around her neck.
Photo by Snook
A young woman standing against a painted studio backdrop leaning on a prop pedestal with bas-relief carving. She appears to be about college age and is wearing a full length dress with buttons down the front.
Photo by Stallings
A dapper young man in formal wear. He has a dark suit and a white shirt with a large bow tie. His hair is short, parted on the left, and he has no facial hair.
Photo by Torp
Two young women. Both in partial profile. Both are wearing dresses. One has a broach and the other a clasp at her throat. They wear high collars with white trimming.
Photo by Tewksbury
A curly haired woman with her hair swept back. She is wearing a pleated dress with a white lace flower on her lapel. She has a stiff white collar.
Photo by Brown
A young woman in profile with her hair pulled back in a large bun. She is wearing a white or off-white dress with Italian sleeves and a pleated front. There is delicate white  lace trimming at the collar.
Photo by Monfort and Hill
A bust of an older woman in a darker button dress or blouse. Her dress has lace ruff at the collar and she is wearing a large chain necklace (much of which cannot be seen). There appears to be some sort of bow or larger collar as well.
Photo by Stoops
A beautiful young woman with her hair in a topknot and pulled back. She is wearing a dark dress and perhaps an overcoat or cloak. Her outfit is embellished with four large white roses and leaves.
Photo by Adams
A young woman with her hair pulled back and curls in the front. She is wearing a a giant striped bow around her neck and a corsage over her heart. She is wearing a dark dress. This is a bust shot.
Photo by Best
A young woman with short hair in high collared dress with a lace ruff. The dress is austere and almost military in appearance with large buttons and embellishments. Her face is unlined and her ears appear to be unpierced.
Photo by Shouldis
A young girl dress in a white first confession dress. These outfits have a similar appearance to wedding dresses. She is clutching a small prayer book or Bible.
Photo by Boumey
A young woman in a full length dress. This is an obvious studio shot with a prop rock and a painted background.
Photo by Walline
A young woman with a severe part down the middle of her head. She is wearing all white. She has decorative buckles or ribbons on her shoulders and a broach at her throat.
Photo by Dinsmore
An attractive curly haired young woman with her hair pulled back. She wears both a ribbon around her throat with buttons or stones as well as an elaborate pendant with chains. She is wearing dark clothes and a sort of jacket.
Photo by Dunham
Two young women. One somewhat older that the other. Both are in partial profile. Both are wearing formal clothes with one in an overcoat and the other in a dress. Both have broaches at their necks.
Photo by Dawson
Headshot of a young woman with dark curls and her hair pulled back. She is wearing a darker colored dress, but only the neck and shoulders are in the photo.
Photo by Martin
A young woman with dark hair pulled back and curls in the front. She is wearing a dress with large buttons. The dress has a high collar and an integrate broach at her throat.
Photo by Haugh
A curly hair young woman. A dark ribbon is at her throat as a choker and she has a metallic pin at her collar.
Photo by Shomber
A woman wearing a full dress with lace cuffs and collar. Her hands are folded at her waist. Her hair dark and pulled back. It is curly in the front and appears to be parted in the middle.
Photo by Goodenough
A young woman with her hair pulled back and curls in the front. She is wearing a choker necklace with a heart shaped center stone surrounded by smaller stones.
Photo by Shomber
An attractive young woman in a high collared smock or dress. She is wearing a choker style necklace on the outside of the collar with a metal clasp at her throat. She is also wearing a broach on her left side.
Photo by Shomber
A bust image of a young woman in a dark dress or blouse with a small dangling pendant. Her hair is done in a bun at the back of the head and is loose curls in the front.
Photo by Shomber
A young woman in a veil and wearing a white dress.  Most likely this is a Confirmation dress. She is holding a rosary.
Photo by Unknown
A young woman looking displeased and like she does not want her picture taken at all. She is wearing a full white gown with puffy shoulders. She also has fingerless gloves with piping on the back of the hands.
Photo by Unknown
Two young tow headed children, both wearing dresses. Most likely two boys, but the infant could be either.
Photo by Halbach
A handsome young man. He's wearing a suit coat and a white collared shirt. He appears to be wearing a tie of some sort. His hair is parted on the left.
Photo by Unknown

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