Item 2008.001.162 - Portrait of man in suit with long moustache

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Portrait of man in suit with long moustache

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2008.001.162

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  • ca. 1890 (Creation)
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    Palace R.R. Photograph Car Co.

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1 photograph: 10.5 x 6.3

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Palace R.R. Photograph Car Co. was a photography studio located in a railroad car. Whenever the train stopped, residents of the area were invited to pay to have their photographs taken. It travelled through the Eastern part of Canada from the late nineteenth and into the early twentieth century.

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Item is a white cabinet card with photograph of a man in a plain suit with wide tie and tie clip visible. Man has a long, neat moustache. On verso, elaborate engraving of a rail car with the text "Photographed BY THE/ PALACE R.R. PHOTOGRAPH CAR CO." Text in image at bottom left, "FLEWWELLINGS[RYDYW?]".

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Good. Some yellowing of image and foxing.

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