Baby Cabinet Cards, Galesburg, Illinois

In the last installment of this series, we looked at cabinet cards taken in Galesburg, Illinois, that were of unidentified members of the Godsil family. In this installment we will look a several baby pictures that were also taken in #Galesburg, Illinois. None of the cards are labeled or dated, so it is unlikely that we will be able to ever identify these children although we can be fairly certain that they are from either the Scully or Godsil family.

The first of the cabinet cards comes from the Frisbie's studio and has front imprinting only. This is the only example we have from this studio, so dating the photo is very difficult. It could have been taken anywhere between 1880 and 1900.

The next cabinet card comes from the B & Y studio, has frontside embossed imprinting and therefore dates closer to between 1895 and 1900.

The third cabinet card also comes from the B & Y studio, has identical styling as the previous, and looks like it could be the same child one year older.

The final cabinet card for this installment comes from Harrison studio, has embossed front side imprinting beveled edges and uses a dark green card stock. The photo probably dates no earlier than 1900.

In the next installment, we will look at additional cabinet cards from this collection that come from studios outside of Galesburg, Illinois.