Great backmark on carte de visite

I have been collecting antique photographs for over 30 years. Only in the last decade did I really start paying attention to the back of paper images.

Often a mundane image will carry an interesting backmark or unusual tax stamp that takes the photo out of the mundane classification.

Here is one such example. The carte de visite appears to be a copy image of a daguerreotype. The vignette view highlights the subjects glasses, but overall a very typical and common view from the early 1860s.

The back shows and etching view of the photographers studio. A few potential clients mill around out front. Displays of framed photos can be seen and the "trade sign" is a large early camera. Topping the building is "Photographic Gallery, J.W. Miller".

I'd love to see a photographic version of this studio!

My cdv and my posted photos-- do not copy or reproduce in any form without written permission.

scott