Filter Photography

I mostly post snap shot and photos that have some type of humor or trick but every once and awhile a photograph just grabs you [...]

A image by Baltimore Photographer James F. Hughes, who..”The Hughes Company was a commercial photography studio in Baltimore, Maryland which made photographs for [...]

Circa 1851 Daguerrotype of Man By Baltimore Photographer John Jones 159 Balto. Street Combined Sky & Side Light

A great Real Photographic Postcard, Circa 1910.

The back is hand labeled Siam Buddhist Priest, note person spelled Buddist 

Siam is now Thailand, [...]

The Marionette show was once a time honored tradition, people would gather around to watch the comic, tragic and social commentary of the Puppet Masters. [...]

A very interesting portrait of a woman, she has strong Central European look but what is very nice about the image is the cameo necklace [...]

A early image of a very well dressed man who had extreme wealth. This large image, a quarter plate was a huge luxury and expense [...]

The Daguerreotype came and changed the course of portraiture, the late 1700's in American had the style of silhouette portraits and they were done in [...]

R. Jennings Daguerreotype Philadelphia Vine and Second Street Portrait of f Young Man
Year: Circa 1850
"Robert Jennings was listed as a case [...]

Daguerreotype by Tyler & Co. Washington and Winter in Boston Mass. of a young woman with a very ornate grape designed mat. Very unique in [...]

A CDV, carte de viste of two sisters dressed identical, one is older than the other. Dressed in their best Sunday white dress the young [...]

A sweet and very nice Ambrotype of two sisters. Obviously one is older than the other, but they are dressed almost exactly the same even [...]

Daguerreotype of Young Dandy Posed with Style Two Pinky Rings Ninth Plate Size Case Image Circa 1854
Labeled on the back Tyler & Co.  [...]

Ambrotype Case Image of Young Boy Ninth Plate Near Perfect Case 

A young man poses for his portrait and he is all cleaned [...]

Circa 1890 Cabinet Card Portrait of a Civil War Veteran with Medals 
The photographer is a Baltimore photographer, Hebbel who was located on 409 N. [...]

Two cabinet cards of the same man, the Schutte is a straight portrait of the young man. The other is drawing then photographed, as they [...]

Hebbel Baltimore Photographer Cabinet Card Old Man Reading Wtih Dog

Hebbel (Julius Hebbel) was located on 409 and 411 North Gay Street in Baltimore Maryland. This location [...]

CDV, carte de visite of a scientist with microscope at the table while he poses with a book
No identifying names of the sitter or [...]

Daguerreotype by Cooley's Gallery, a hand colored portrait of a man. Unknown sitter but a man of high distinction. His fashion is of the day, [...]

Daguerreotype by Lorenzo G. Chase Sixth Plate Man with Stylish Eye Glasses
Lorenzo G. Chase, marked "CHASE" (Lorenzo G. Chase, Boston, MA, active 1844-1856). [...]

Sixteenth Plate Daguerreotype Portrait of Woman with Long Necklace 

A very charming portrait of a woman, a small keep sake size Daguerrotype. She [...]

Ninth Plate Daguerreotype Hand Tinted Woman with Large White Lace Collar

Circa 1860
The woman who has one of the best looking collars I have [...]

Daguerreotype of Old Woman Hand Colored Unknown Photographer

This image and other came from a collection of Baltimore images, Pollock, John Jones, Harvey Marks and [...]

A very Early Press Photo, circa 1964 of Larry Laster. This early image is when he was with the unstoppable Little Richard. Billed on the bottom [...]

A very early and perhaps first Press Photo of Tobie Wynn Baritone Sax Player for Hendrix and L.T.D.

Tobie Wynn or later [...]