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1893 antique RAILROAD UNIFORM? PHOTO new york ny CHARLES E KNOWLES identified
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Offered is an original 1893 antique cabinet photograph measuring approximately 4-1/4 x 6-1/2 inches, featuring an identified full-length portrait of Charles E. Knowles. His name is written on the front mount and again in pencil on the reverse, which is dated 1893. The image was produced by Davis Portraits, 551 Eighth Avenue, New York, N.Y.
Knowles is shown wearing a handsome late 19th-century railroad-style uniform consisting of a dark single-breasted coat with bright metal buttons, a standing collar with embroidered insignia, matching trousers, and a service cap. Research uncovered a Charles E. Knowles, born about 1873 in New York, who later appears in the 1920 U.S. Census as a steam railroad conductor in Utica, New York. While this strongly suggests the sitter may be the same individual, this identification has not been conclusively documented and is presented as a well-supported research lead rather than an established fact.
The cabinet card displays expected age-related wear including light foxing, minor soiling, edge and corner wear, and a small chip to the lower corner of the mount. Please examine all photographs carefully, as they form an important part of the description and condition.
An attractive identified Victorian cabinet photograph with excellent appeal for collectors of railroadiana, occupational photography, transportation history, New York history, genealogy, and antique photography.
Authentic period piece related to family, historyor local heritage - well-suited for historical collections, genealogical /genealogy research, or museum acquisition.Vintage or Antique.
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