[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. 4 promotional cabinet cards featuring portraits of children.

Cabinet card of a joyful, cherubic baby seated inside a small basin with "Ralph H. Titus" featured on the side. Tarentum, PA: R. Titus (photographer's blindstamp on mount recto). With "No Unsatisfactory Pictures Allowed to Go Out of My Studio," above the portrait, and "Compliments of Titus, Artist" in the lower margin of the print. Additional details about Titus and a depiction of his studio are included on mount verso. -- Cabinet card, composite view comprised of six images of the same child showing different facial expressions, titled at center "How the Doctor Served Me." N.p.: Poulton & Son (toning, soiling, edge wear to mount). -- 2 cabinet cards, the first entitled "Good Morning," the second entitled "Good night." The former features a composite view of several children wearing large smiles, ready to start the day. The latter features a composite view of several children crying, almost certainly ready for bed. Chicago, IL: Joshua Smith, 1880. Each with promotional information on verso (overall very good, some light soiling). -- Together, 4 cabinet cards.

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[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. 4 promotional cabinet cards featuring portraits of children.

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