Antique c1890 Kodak Era Circular Photo 3 Victorian Women Early Roll Film 5x4 For Sale

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Antique c1890 Kodak Era Circular Photo 3 Victorian Women Early Roll Film 5x4:
$149.95

Antique Circa 1890 Circular Photograph – Three Victorian Women – Early Kodak Roll Film Era

Fascinating original antique photographic print believed to date to approximately 1890, featuring three Victorian-era women posing outdoors near a rustic wooden fence or railing.

The women are dressed in period clothing with fashionable hats, capturing a wonderful moment from the earliest years of amateur snapshot photography.

This unusual photograph features a distinctive 3.25-inch circular image printed directly onto a single sheet of matte photographic paper, surrounded by a wide blank border.

Historical Significance:

This photograph was discovered with a handwritten identification describing it as an 1890 photograph taken with the first Kodak roll-film camera, the Kodak No. 1.

Introduced in 1888, the original Kodak camera helped revolutionize photography by making picture-taking accessible to amateur photographers.

Although the handwritten identification suggests a Kodak No. 1 connection, the exact camera and photographic process have not been independently verified.

Details:

- Estimated date: Circa 1890

- Overall dimensions: 5 x 4 inches

- Circular image diameter: Approximately 3.25 inches

- Subject: Three Victorian women outdoors

- Format: Early photographic paper print

- Surface: Matte finish

- Construction: Image and surrounding border printed on the same sheet

- Reverse: Blank

- Provenance: Accompanied by handwritten identification referencing 1890 and the first Kodak roll-film camera

- Original antique photographic print, not a modern digital reproduction to the seller's knowledge

Condition:

Antique condition with visible fading, light discoloration, and age-related handling wear. The circular image remains recognizable, with the women and their period clothing clearly visible.

Please examine all photographs carefully for exact condition.

Collector Appeal:

An unusual piece of early photographic history, particularly appealing to collectors of Victorian photography, early Kodak cameras, circular-format photographs, 19th-century snapshots, and antique photographic ephemera.

A fascinating survivor from the pioneering era of amateur photography.