Photography is an elegiac art, a twilight art. Taking someones photograph is to participate in his or hers mortality, percisely by slicing out that moment and freezing it.
Photographs testify to times relentless melt.
  -  Susan Sontag



Images (1870-1900)
Cabinet Cards


Antique Photo
Antique Photo
Advertising Cab (very rare)
Female Photographer (uncommon)
Antique Photo
Antique Photo
Small Cabinet (common)
Pet Photo (uncommon)
Antique Photo
Antique Photo
Antique Photo
African American (uncommon)
Antique Photo
Antique Photo
Beautiful Women (not uncommon)
Girls with curls
Antique Photo
Antique Photo
Fireman (uncommon)
Child with toy and animal (very uncommon)
Antique Photo
Antique Photo
"The little girl in the mirror"
Candid, Timeless and Profound
The best image in my collection
A blind woman recieves her diploma (Rare)
Antique Photo
Large cabinet photo - Sometimes called Imperial Prints (1860-1910)


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John Mathew Smith     14914 Ashford Ct.    Laurel, MD 20707    301.604.0664   Email: johnmathewsmith@yahoo.com