Antique Cabinet Card J.W. Gilchrist Severe Woman Button Bodice Fairfield IA
Cabinet Card

Antique Cabinet Card J.W. Gilchrist Severe Woman Button Bodice Fairfield IA

$9.99 USD

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Condition
Used
Format
Cabinet Card · c. 1866–1920s
Listing location
Wichita, Kansas, US
Item ID
398438604379
Description

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Antique Cabinet Card J.W. Gilchrist Severe Woman Button Bodice Fairfield IA

This antique cabinet card features a severe woman captured in a formal studio portrait. Her high-collared bodice is meticulously adorned with a long row of functional buttons, reflecting the strict fashion standards of the late Victorian era.

The studio imprint of J.W. Gilchrist in Fairfield, IA, marks this as a quintessential piece of Midwestern social history. Collectors of 19th-century photography will appreciate the stark, uncompromising gaze and the crisp detail of the garment construction.

A rare visual record of a stern subject from the Gilchrist Fairfield studio.
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