Black and White Portrait Woman 7

Black and White Portrait Woman 7 Art Busy Beaver Button Museum
Category
Art
Additional Images
Black and White Portrait Woman 7 back Art Busy Beaver Button Museum
Sub Categories
Photographs
Image Description

Portrait of a woman in black and white. Background has aged to sepia.
Back Paper / Back Info

LAPHAM PHOTO BUTTON CO. CHICAGO VIN-LOCK PATD MAY 31 99
Back Style
No pin
The Shape
Circle
The Size
6 inch
Year / Decade Made
1899
1890s
Additional Information

Lapham Photo Button Co. was a company in the 1890s that specialized in wearable memorabilia including photograph buttons. Located in Chicago, citizens would commission photo buttons for a variety of occasions, portrait buttons being highly popular. The woman featured in this instance is in typical 1890s Victorian clothing. It was common for necklines to be high on the neck and for hair to be styled in an updo during that time period.
Sources

Four O'clock. (1897). United States: A.L. Swift & Company. https://books.google.com/books?id=4_PTv55t67sC&lpg=PT3&ots=G5Ru_pnvHR&d…
Catalog ID AR0454