CDV_standing portrait of Charley, Amboy, Illinois
photo by Mrs. W. B. Andruss, Artist, Amboy, Illinois
(I have two copies of this CDV, the other has "Charley" written on it)
Dolly B. Andruss (1825-1904)
When Dolly B. Andruss of Amboy, Illinois, decided to become a photographer in 1855, she anticipated that her husband William’s health problems might require her to provide support for him and their eight-year-old son, Virgil. Andruss’s business thrived during the 1860s, the heyday of the carte de visite, as many of her photographs date from that period, a few identified by the cancelled tax stamps, a tax levied on commercial photographers between August 1, 1864 and August 1, 1866 to raise money for the American Civil War effort.
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CDV_standing portrait of Charley, Amboy, Illinois
photo by Mrs. W. B. Andruss, Artist, Amboy, Illinois
(I have two copies of this CDV, the other has "Charley" written on it)
Dolly B. Andruss (1825-1904)
When Dolly B. Andruss of Amboy, Illinois, decided to become a photographer in 1855, she anticipated that her husband William’s health problems might require her to provide support for him and their eight-year-old son, Virgil. Andruss’s business thrived during the 1860s, the heyday of the carte de visite, as many of her photographs date from that period, a few identified by the cancelled tax stamps, a tax levied on commercial photographers between August 1, 1864 and August 1, 1866 to raise money for the American Civil War effort.
from www.newberry.org/uploads/files/Photography%20-%20first%20...