IDENTIFIED PRETTY YOUNG WOMAN : HENRY, ILLINOIS : CIVIL WAR VET : CABINET CARD for Sale

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IDENTIFIED PRETTY YOUNG WOMAN : HENRY, ILLINOIS : CIVIL WAR VET : CABINET CARD For Sale

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IDENTIFIED PRETTY YOUNG WOMAN : HENRY, ILLINOIS : CIVIL WAR VET : CABINET CARD:
$14.00

This cabinet card portrait features a pretty woman named Lizzie Smitz. She is identified on the reverse of the image. She is wearing earrings and what appears to be a beaded dress. Ms Smitz has great eyes. The photographer is Charles Abbott, whose studio was located in Henry, Illinois. No biographical information about Lizzie Smitz could be found. The photographer, Charles Abbott is listed in the 1880 US census as an artist. He was 35 years old and lived with his wife, Louisa Abbott (age 32), and their son Harry (age 12). The family lived in a boarding house. The couple had married in 1867. Louisa Abbott was also listed in the census as an artist. The 1900 census finds the Abbots living as a couple in Henry, and Charles working as a photographer. Research also discovered that during the civil war, Charles was a Private in the 27th Maine Volunteer Infantry (Company K).Fair Condition. Note residue in three corners caused by former residence in a photo album or photo frame. The image itself is in excellent condition (see scans).