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Type: Photographic Portrait Pinback Button / Mourning Jewelry
Late Victorian Circa 1898)Subject: Gentleman with Handlebar Mustache & Wingtip Collar
/Studio: Mrs. L. A. Marshall’s Photo Button StudioLocation: 32 Central Street, Lowell, Massachusetts
1.25 Inches (31mm)
United States
Original AntiqueAuthentic Victorian Era Photo Button Keepsake – Mrs. L. A. Marshall Studio (Lowell, Mass.)Up for sale is a rare, historically significant 1.25-inch (31mm) antique photographic portrait button pin dating from the turn of the 20th century (circa 1898 as written on the back).The true highlight of this piece is its pristine, fully intact original paper backing insert. It explicitly attributes the button to \"Mrs. L. A. Marshall’s Photo Button Studio, 32 Central Street, Lowell, Mass.\" It also features handwritten date.
Female-owned photo studios from this boom-town textile era are highly collectible and rarely found with such legible provenance.
