This is a Cabinet Card. It is another foreign card, this one has notches. I believe it may be from Italy. Formato Gabinetto? Images of family that were left overseas? We will never know. To me they look very poor and tired looking..and I wonder what happened to them.
Fotografia Luigi Mastrosanti Casacalenda
Notched edges were popular in the United States from 1894 to 1900, I suppose we can assume that the same trend was popular in Europe.
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"Formato Gabinetto" is Italian for "Cabinet size." :)
ReplyDeleteCasacalenda is about 80 miles / 140 km across )north) the "Italian boot" from Naples and is near the Adriatic sea.
There is an entry for a 34 year old, Luigi Mastrosanti that entered the USA through Ellis Island on October 31, 1894 coming from Naples, Italy, here -->
http://www.ellisisland.org/search/FormatPassRec.asp?ID=103573010015&BN=P00357-3&sship=Bolivia&lineshipid=118
I wonder if this was the "fotografo" (photographer)?
They do look tired, but he photograph is fabulous.
ReplyDeleteIntriguing photograph. I wonder what the little girl is holding in her left hand.
ReplyDeleteShe is certainly quite pregnant, which probably explains why she looks tired. ;) I think it is sweet how she is holding the child's hand and her other hand rests on her belly.
ReplyDeleteIt is a strange and interesting shot. Reminds me of some shots I've seen of Tom Thumb standing on a table. I've seen plenty of shots of children on boxes and chairs, but don't recall one like this on such a wobbly table.
ReplyDeleteI think she looks like a grandmother - not pregnant! And the 'girl'? Looks like a boy.
ReplyDeleteWhere did you get this picture? I have similar pictures of my family from Casacalenda.
ReplyDeleteHi Rosinella, I bought this photo in an Antique Shop in Minnesota.:)
ReplyDeleteHi I have a photo from him of my grandparents and I didn't no he was overseas like them.
ReplyDeleteI have a similar photo of my Grandfather & his little sister. IT was taken in Palermo approx. 1881. Everything is the same, except the logo - it has 2 "daises" and says FomatoGabinetto..no spaces. The immigrated in 1895 to NY.
ReplyDeleteThis site is wonderful - I am doing research on my family and came across a photo of 3 people I believe to be my great granparents and great aunt - They lived in Partinico. On the bottom of the photo it says Formato Gabinetto -
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