Baltimore City Nineteenth-Century Photos

Donna Stewart submitted this great advertisement from Neal & Sons Dry Goods.
On the back it is labelled "Santa Claus 1895."

This cabinet card was stored with others from her McKenna family.
The photographer who created the whimsical image was Charles Quartley
who maintained a studio in Baltimore beginning in 1878.
Unfortunately, he had his focus set on the pages of Santa's ledger
resulting in a somewhat out-of-focus image of Saint Nick.
A unique and terrific picture!

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