Long before color photography popularity, here below is an amazing collection of colorized photos from Ann Longmore-Etheridge that shows portraits of people in the 1840s and 1850s.
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Frail sister and handsome brother |
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A pink bow and a frown |
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Beautifully dressed woman |
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Blue-eyed sailor |
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Boy wearing a mourning brooch |
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Charming girl in dress |
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Daddy's darling |
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Dark beauty with soulful eyes |
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Dude with a top hat |
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Freckled Philadelphia mother with her child |
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Handsome chappie |
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Icy blue stare |
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Lace collar and cap |
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Little boy with his mom |
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Little boy with lovely curled hair |
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Man wearing glasses |
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Mother and daughter |
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Newlyweds |
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On the back read: "Agatha Ellen Franklyn" |
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On the back read: "Anson, 597 Broadway, NY" |
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On the back read: "Mrs. Stephen Emmons. Catherine Brown," |
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Pale face inside a dark bonnet |
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Personable lady |
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Portrait of a lovely mouner |
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Portrait of a young beauty |
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Portrait of a young wife |
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Proper lady |
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Proud mother and laughing infant |
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Red as the rose |
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Shy boy |
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Sisters wear coral necklaces and bracelets |
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Together |
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Widow and daughter |
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Woman wearing a white widow's cap, a hair mourning brooch and jet bracelets |
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Wonderfully dressed woman |
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Written on reverse: "George Amos Peirce" |
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Young father and son |
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Young lady with beautiful eyes |
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Young mourning woman |
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Young woman holding her baby |
It's nice to be able to look behind the photos when there's enough to go on. George Amos Pierce was a Maine wheelwright who converted to Spiritualism and became a professional clairvoyant. He apparently practiced as some sort of physician and was addressed and known as "Dr." late in life. His name appears in an 1870 list of spiritualist lecturers. He is buried in the Mount Auburn Cemetery in Androscoggin County, Maine.
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