NEWSBOY CABINETS
Written by Mike Reeve
karto “at” lineone “dot” net
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Now before the uninitiated have visions of their paperboys
hoarding away Chippendale or Sheraton sideboards, we are, in fact, talking
about photographs. To be precise
photographs mounted on stiff board usually 6" x 4" and known as
‘cabinets’ supposedly because they were often displayed in cabinets. Newsboy cabinets were given away as
‘premiums’, by tobacconists or drug stores, when making a purchase of plug
tobacco produced by the National Tobacco Works of New York. This firm was later acquired by the American
Tobacco Company. Although precise dates
of issue are not known, it is likely they were produced and issued throughout
the early 1890’s
Perhaps because of their size and method of distribution,
they do not appear to be widely found or collected within the
For the record Part 11 of the World Tobacco Issues Index
reads as follows:-
NATIONAL TOBACCO WORKS,
Became branch of American Tobacco Co about 1892. Cards issued about 1890. Premium issues, exchanged for tags or
coupons. Pictures mounted on thick board
inscribed at base “Newsboy …..
CABINET PICTURES (A) Corners rounded. Mostly actresses but including actors,
celebrities and scenes. There are many
faded captions and numbers. Ref
USA/566-7.
(1) Number only on photo, number and caption on mount. Mostly Actors and Actresses, including some Celebrities, Athletes, Baseball.
1.
Nos 1/136 Each number with one caption,
many with two, three or four pictures of the same subject. “Newsboy –
2.
Nos 301/385 “Newsboy –
3.
Nos 502/604 “Newsboy –
4.
Nos 800/841 “Newsboy –
(2) Number
and caption on photo, not on mount. Nos
between 1/227 known, including Actresses, Actors, Views, Warships. “Newsboy –
I think you will agree the above details are quite complex
and I hope by the conclusion of this article to identify and simplify the main
groupings, hopefully to the benefit of other collectors or the interested
observer.
Almost by accident I acquired a batch of these cards some
years ago and was immediately impressed by the strong images, size and
stoutness of board and the challenge of the series. Before long I became a victim of ‘stealth
collecting’ as I was blissfully unaware of the number of photos I was
acquiring. Eventually I had to decide
whether to call a halt or to specialise in this series, which in effect became
a long term research project. I have now
acquired or seen sufficient examples of “Newsboys” to be in a position to
classify them into possibly more user- friendly groupings. More importantly a workable checklist of
subjects has evolved which, although far from complete, will enable other
collectors to compare their cards and hopefully fill in the gaps as well as
spotting the inevitable errors, which will have crept in.
Working on a volume basis, 3 main groupings and 4 minor
groupings have emerged (setting aside the known set of 100 coloured half tones
230 x 150).
As a rule of thumb, there are four key things to look for
when attempting to classify Newsboy cabinets viz
(1)
Is the subject title in upper or lower
case
(2)
Position of subject title-on mount or
photo
(3)
Colour and number of frame lines
(4)
Position of number on the mount
Now to business: The
first and arguably the most confusing group, has the subject title in upper
case and always on the mount. The photo
will be numbered but this may be on the mount, or the photo itself, or
both. If on the mount, it will usually
be on the left hand side. The word
Newsboy will be in red, also on the left hand side of the mount and the words
The highest number in the first grouping in the WTII is 136
(William McKinley for the record) and, unlike the other, groupings which
follow, is the highest number I have come across. (Martin Murray has a variety
of card 108 numbered 198, which may be some sort of printing anomaly). It
should have been a relatively straightforward task to compile a subject
checklist, however, as the WTII indicates, many numbers have different pictures
of the same subject. The WTII records
up to 4 different pictures but so far I have found two numbers with 6 different pictures and another with 5.
If this occurred for every number, the total for this grouping would be
staggering, well 816 cabinets actually.
And, of course, we do not know if six is indeed the maximum.
It is open to conjecture whether the compiler of the series
worked to an organised plan or responded to the popularity of the subject or
output from the photographer involved. I
suspect the series evolved on a random basis, rather than a deliberate
pre-planned marketing exercise.
These cabinet photos are sometimes described as ‘albumen
photographs’, which refers to the photographic process prevalent at the time.
The abbreviations used when describing the ‘pose’ of the
subject follow the Guinea Gold Reference Book ie F refers to ‘full length’,
H/S-Head/Shoulders etc, etc.
.
A number of identical
subjects can be found in the various groups and I have endeavoured to provide a
cross reference with the corresponding number in brackets after the subject’s
name. (NB the letters UC & LC after the ref. Number, indicate Upper/Lower
Case, ie, groups 1 & 3.Some UC examples may also have a further number
after a ‘forward slash’ to indicate which ‘picture variety’ is involved.
UPDATES TO WEBSITE 1St March 2015 New
subjects/portraits/variety/corrections indicated by * in front of number.
No |
SUBJECT |
1st POSE |
2ND |
3RD |
|
1 |
ISABELLE
URQUHART (U/N) |
F,
HALF LYING |
F, R
ARM RAISED |
F, L
HAND TO CHIN |
|
1 |
-do- |
F FACING
R DRAWING SWORD |
|
|
|
2 |
FANNY
DAVENPORT |
F, R
ARM RAISED |
H/S,
FACING R (29LC) (Also variety ‘FANNIE’) |
|
|
3 |
FAY
TEMPLETON |
F,
FACING R.HAT |
|
|
|
4 |
LILLIAN
RUSSELL |
½ L
FACING FRT |
H/S,
WIDE BRIM HAT |
H/S,
LOOKING R HANDS AT NECK |
|
4 |
- do - |
¾ L
SITTING, FACING CAMERA,NECKLACE |
|
|
|
5 |
PATTI |
½ L
FACING L |
|
|
|
6 |
RHEA |
F,
HANDS TO CHIN |
¾ L
LOOKING TO R SEATED |
|
|
7 |
MARY
ANDERSON |
H/S,
FEATHER HAT (100LC) |
¾ L R
ARM RAISED |
H/S,
FACING FRT |
|
8 |
AGNES
EVANS |
F,
SITTING ON STOOL (502) |
H/S,
FACING L |
F,
LEANING ON TREE |
|
8 |
- do -
(4/5/6 pose) |
F, LH
TO HEAD FEET CROSSED |
F, LH
TO HEAD LOOKING UP LACE UP BOOTS |
¾ L
HANDS ON HIPS |
|
9 |
ANNIE
SUMERVILLE |
F, RT
ARM RAISED |
F,
HOLDING HORN (531) |
|
|
10 |
Isabelle Irving |
¾ L
SITTING (U/N) |
|
|
|
11 |
JENNIE
McNULTY |
F,
SITTING ON CHAIR ARM |
(Also
variety – JENNIE MCNULTY) |
|
|
12 |
SYLVIA
GERRISH |
F,
STANDING R ARM RAISED (803)(543) |
F,
HEAD TO L, HAT |
|
|
13 |
JENNIE
JOYCE |
F,
HEAD BOWED (514) (U/N) |
F,
PLUS FOURS, SMILING, HAT IN R HAND ((552)
(P63) |
F,
LEANING ON TREE R HAND ON HEAD |
|
14 |
AMANDA
FABRIS AS
ERMINIE |
F,
HOLDING BOUQUET |
|
|
|
15 |
MARION
MANOLA |
F, STG
LH ON SWORD FACING L |
STG LH
ON SWORD FACING R (71LC)(U/N) |
F,
SITTING ON CHAIR HOLDING MANDOLIN |
|
16 |
ALICE
EVANS |
F,
HOLDING BASKET (524) |
¾ L,
LARGE HAT HOLDING SPRAY |
|
|
17 |
CAROLINE
MISKELL |
F,
SITTING ON STOOL |
F,
CHAIR/FOWERS (544) |
|
|
18 * |
BEATRICE
CAMERON |
F,
BALLET POSE RH HOLDING OUT SKIRT |
|
*
BESSIE CLAYTON (Same Portrait) also
Number 18 |
|
*19 |
BLANCH
WALSH |
F, STG
THIGH BOOTS ((143LC) (815)(* also
variety BLANCHE WALSH) |
F, RH
RAISED |
|
|
20 |
SADIE
KIRBY |
F,
HANDS ON HIPS |
|
|
|
21 |
ANNA
BOYD |
F,
SEATED MORTAR BOARD |
F, |
F,
HOLDING UP VEIL |
|
21 |
- do
- (4/5 pose) |
F, WHITE
HAT LOOKING R, LH RAISED BY CHEST |
F, BY
WALL.STOOL BY FEET |
, |
|
22 |
IRENE |
F,
DRAWING SWORD |
F,
FEET CROSSED |
|
|
23 |
IDA
MULLE |
F,
SITTING.BIRD CAGE |
F, BOW
& ARROW |
|
|
24 |
ANNIE
PIXLEY |
F, STG
HAT IN LH (519) (U/N) (NB also seen
with printed advert on reverse for THE RACKET, Edina,MO) |
F, STG
BY TREE |
¾ L RH
TOUCHING HAT |
|
25 |
MME DE
GILLERT |
F,
SITTING IN BALLET COSTUME, LEGS CROSSED)
(539) |
F,
STANDING ON RLEG LOOKING R |
|
|
26 |
JULIA
CALHOUN |
F,
HOLDING LUTE |
|
|
|
27 |
MINNIE
PALMER |
F,
SITTING, CAP (81LC) |
|
|
|
28 |
EVA
BARTHOLDI |
HANDSTAND
ON GLASS |
|
|
|
29 |
LOUISE
EISSING |
F,
STRIPED SHORTS |
F, R
ARM RAISED (Also variety LOUISE ESSING) |
|
|
30 |
MARGARETTA
CUTTER |
F,
FOOT ON CHAIR |
F,
SITTING ON CHAIR (Also variety MARGAETTA CUTTING) |
|
|
31 |
M’LLE
NAYA |
F, HAT
& CAPE (Also variety MLLE NAYA) |
|
|
|
32 |
FANNIE
RICE |
F,
TUTU WITH SHAWL |
FANNIE
RICE AS |
|
|
33 |
BELLE
ARCHER |
F,
STANDING ON BENCH (5LC) (527) |
F,
SITTING SMOKING (535) |
|
|
34 |
MINNIE
HAUK |
F,
FACING FRT.TREE ((54LC) |
|
|
|
35 |
HATTIE
HARVEY |
F,
SITTING ON CHAIR |
|
|
|
36 |
MADGE
LESSING |
F,
SITTING BONNET |
|
|
|
37 |
JENNIE
DICKERSON |
F,
DAGGER IN BELT |
|
|
|
38 |
CAMILLE
D’ARVILLE |
F,
SITTING, TAMBOURINE |
F,
STANDING ARMS FOLDED (P22) |
(also
varieties for both GAMILLE D’ARVILLE) |
|
39 |
MAUDE
WALTERMERE |
F,
STANDING BARE ARMS |
|
|
|
40 |
LILY
ELTON |
F,
SITTING ON SWING |
|
|
|
41 |
LOTTIE
COLLINS TA. RA. RA. BOOM. DE. AYE |
F,
HOLDING OUT SKIRT |
(Ta-
ra- ra- Boom- de- Aye) NB The
above refers to a variety in lower case. |
|
|
42 |
JUNIORI
VALAREZ |
F, RT
FOOT ON CHAIR |
|
|
|
43 |
HARRIETT
|
F, |
F,
RIGHT HAND ON HIP |
F,
HOLDING SWORD |
|
44 |
OTERO |
F,
LOOKING LEFT VERY LONG HAIR |
|
|
|
45 |
MARIE
DANTES |
F,
SITTING ON CHAIR |
|
|
|
46 |
DELLA
FOX |
F, R
HAND HOLDING HAT |
F,
HAT, ARMS FOLDED (P41)(43LC) |
H/S,
HAT LOOKING UP |
|
46 |
DELLA
FOX |
F
TROUSER SUIT, R ARM ON R KNEE, FOOT ON BENCH |
HS, NO
HAT, LOOKING L (45LC) |
F HAT
SALUTING FEET CROSSED |
|
47 |
ESTELLE
CLAYTON |
F,
LYING ON SIDE |
H/S,
LONG HAIR, LOOKING UP |
|
|
48 |
LILLIAN
ELMORE |
F,
LOOKING RIGHT, RH ON HIP |
|
|
|
49 |
FANNIE
WARD |
F,
FACING FRONT, SITTING ON PILLAR |
F,
DRAWING SWORD |
|
|
50 |
ANNA
MANTELL |
F,
STANDING, FACING L, RH ON POT |
F,
HOLDING LYRE |
|
|
51 |
LOTTIE
GILSON |
F, BY
WALL, HANDS TOUCHING WALL |
|
|
|
52 |
KATE
STOKES |
¾ L,
SNAKE ARMBANDS |
|
|
|
53 |
CORINNE |
¾ L,
HANDS TO HAT |
F,
HOLDING MANDOLIN |
¾ L,
WHITE HAT |
|
54 |
NINA
FARRINGTON MISS
FARRINGTON |
F,
DRAWING SWORD |
-DITTO- (DIFF.
TITLE) |
|
|
55 |
FRANCIS
WILSON |
F,
SITTING, HANDS CLASPING R KNEE |
|
|
|
56 |
GRACIE
WILSON |
F,
HANDS ON HIPS, CLOAK |
|
|
|
57 |
MISS
MARION |
F,
HOLDING BOW AND ARROW |
|
|
|
58 |
ETHEL
LYNN |
F,
BOTH HANDS RAISED |
|
|
|
59 |
ROBERT
G INGERSOL |
H/S,
FACING RIGHT (199LC) |
|
|
|
60 |
ELEANOR
MAYO |
H/S,
SHOULDERS BARE |
|
|
|
61 |
MME
ROLLA |
H/S
ROSES AT BUST |
|
|
|
62 |
SANDERSON
|
H/S
FACING L |
|
|
|
63 |
MISS
WALTERS |
FL, RH ON HIP,ROBINSON CRUSOE COSTUME |
|
|
|
64 |
MISS
HOWELL |
¾ L,
SITTING, HAT, FERNS |
|
|
|
65 |
MARIE
BURROUGHS |
F,
SITTING ON CHAIR FACING CAMERA |
|
|
|
66 |
GRACE
SHERWOOD |
F
HOLDING PARASOL, LEANING ON TREE |
F,
PARASOL ON R SHOULDER |
|
|
67 |
ANNIE
SUTHERLAND |
F
SWORD IN R HAND (536) (P99) |
|
|
|
68 |
|
½ L
LOOKING LEFT, NECKLACE (86LC) |
|
|
|
69 |
MRS
LANGTRY |
½ L
SITTING FACING L |
|
|
|
70 |
JESSIE
BARTLETT-DAVIS |
F ARMS
FOLDED, |
|
|
|
71 |
ISABELLE
COE |
F ‘TWO
HEADS’ |
|
|
|
72 |
J J
CORBETT |
F
BOXING STANCE |
H/S
FACING LEFT (LC23) |
|
|
73 |
PETER
JACKSON |
F
BOXING STANCE |
|
|
|
74 |
ALICE
VIVIAN |
F
PLAYING LUTE |
|
|
|
75 |
VIOLA |
F, RH
ON MUSICAL INSTRUMENT |
|
|
|
76 |
LOUISE
MONTAGUE |
F,
ARMS FOLDED (U/N) |
F,
LEANING ON WALL (U/N) |
|
|
77 |
GERALDINE
McCANN |
F,
HAT, FACING FRONT |
F, RH
ON HIP, HAT, TUNIC (U/N) (Also variety GERALDINE MCCANN) |
FL
STANDING ON LADDER |
|
78 |
URBANASKA |
F,
SITTING LOOKING L, R HAND RAISED |
|
|
|
79 |
FLO
HENDERSON |
F, IN
FRONT OF WALL, L HAND HOLDING HAT |
|
|
|
80 |
MOLLIE
FULLER |
F, L
HAND TO MOUTH, HAT, TIGHTS. |
|
|
|
81 |
ELISA
SARACCO |
F,
LEANING, ARMS FOLDED |
F, L
HAND ON HIP |
|
|
82 |
BEATRICE
CAMERON |
F, L
HAND ON SWORD |
|
|
|
83 |
PAULINE
HALL |
F,
HANDS ON HIPS (P25) |
¾L
NECK CHOKER HANDS CLASPED(56LC) |
|
|
84 |
JOSIE
GREGORY |
¾L,
HANDS BEHIND HEAD |
|
|
|
85 |
FANNY
RUTHERFORD |
F, ½
SITTING ON STEPS |
|
|
|
86 |
LYLA
KAVENAUGH |
F, R
LEG ON WALL (511) |
|
|
|
87 |
LILLIAN
GRUBB |
F,
PEASANT COSTUME ,LEANING ON TABLE,PLAQUE BY L
FOOT |
|
|
|
88 |
CATHERINE
GREY |
¾L
HANDS IN POCKETS (53LC) |
|
|
|
89 |
LEVY
SISTERS |
3
SISTERS STANDING (P28) |
|
|
|
90 |
LOIS
ARNOLD |
F,
HANDS RAISED |
|
|
|
91 |
EDNA
WALLACE MRS DE
WOLFHOPPER |
F,
WHITE DRESS (55LC) |
|
|
|
92 |
JULIA
MARLOW |
½ L
FACING LEFT (70LC) |
|
|
|
93 |
DE
WOLF HOPPER AND DELLA
FOX |
F,
FACING EACH OTHER |
|
|
|
94 |
|
|
|
|
|
95 |
|
|
|
|
|
96 |
|
|
|
|
|
97 |
|
|
|
|
|
98 |
MODJESKA |
¾L
SITING ON CHAIR |
|
|
|
99 |
MISS
BAYLEY |
F,
HANDS BEHIND BACK |
|
|
|
100 |
ISABELL
EVERSSON |
H/S
LOOKING TO R |
|
|
|
101 |
MISS
CONYERS |
F, |
|
|
|
102 |
BROWNE
WELLS |
F,
FACING L, HANDS ON HIPS |
|
|
|
103 |
KITTY
CHEATHAM |
F,
HOLDING OUT APRON (25LC) |
|
|
|
104 |
IDA BELL |
F, L
HAND HOLDING OUT SKIRT, WEARING HAT |
|
|
|
105 |
JOSEPH
JEFFERSON |
½ L,
LOOKING AT CAMERA (60LC) |
|
|
|
106 |
TONY
PASTOR |
F, L
HAND HOLDING WATCH CHAIN |
|
|
|
107 |
ROBERT
MANTEL |
¾ L,
WEARING DINNER SUIT |
|
|
|
108 |
|
¾ L,
GLOVE ON L HAND (10LC) |
|
|
|
109 |
HOPE
BOOTH |
H/S
LOOKING AT CAMERA, L HAND TO FACE |
½ L,
UNSMILING, LEANING ON PILLAR (P75) |
H/S,
SMILING, L HAND TO FACE |
|
109 |
- do- |
H/S
FACING CAMERA, UNSMILING |
|
|
|
110 |
ADELE
PURVIS ONRI |
F,
SITTING ON BENCH |
F,
STANDING ON GLOBE, ARMS RAISED |
|
|
111 |
PAULA EDWARDES |
H/S
BARE NECK |
|
|
|
112 |
NETTIE
BLACK |
F,
FOATING VEIL |
|
*also
seen with GLADYS WALLIS crossed out. |
|
113 |
NAT
GOODWIN |
H/S,
HIGH COLLAR (50LC) |
|
|
|
114 |
HELEN
BERTRAM |
¾ L,
ARMS FOLDED, SWORD |
¾ L,
HAT & FEATHERS |
F, R
ARM RAISED |
|
115 |
LEO
CAMPBELL |
F,
SITTING, BARE FEET (P56) |
|
|
|
116 |
EFFIE
CHAPPIE |
F, R
ARM RAISED, MANDOLIN |
F,
STANDING, LH ON HIP, RH HOLDING STAVE |
|
|
117 |
INEZ
L’ORMA |
F, |
|
|
|
118 |
LULU
GLASER |
F,
HANDS HOLDING SHAWL |
HS,
FACING R. FLORAL H’DPIECE |
|
|
119 |
FORA
FINLAYSON |
F,
RH/RL RAISED |
|
|
|
120 |
FRANCES
EVERETT |
F, L
HAND/LEG RAISED (Also variety FRANCIS EVERETT) |
|
|
|
121 |
GRACE
GOLDEN |
F, RH
HOLDING SWORD |
|
|
|
122 |
BOULLARD |
F,
KNEELING, HANDS OUTSTRETCHED |
|
|
|
123 |
ANNA SEIDLE |
F,
TIGHTS, RH TO CHIN |
|
|
|
124 |
CHRISTINE
BLESSING |
F,
HOLDING BOW |
|
|
|
125 |
BESSIE
|
F,
LOOKING RIGHT, HAT, SWORD, LH ON HIP |
|
|
|
126 |
INEZ
RAE |
F, R
LEG ON STOOL, HOLDING LEAF OR FAN |
|
|
|
127 |
HELEN
VINCENT |
F,
SITTING, BLACK STOCKINGS |
|
|
|
*128 |
CLARA
BELL |
H/S *
DIRECTLY FACING CAMERA |
|
|
|
129 |
M DALY
VOKES |
H/S,
FUR COLLAR |
|
|
|
130 |
ROSITA
WORRELL |
F/L,
SITTING, RH TOUCHING BOATER, LEGS CROSSED |
|
|
|
131 |
MINNIE
PACKARD |
F,
KNEE ON TILTED CHAIR |
|
|
|
132 |
STARA
KIMBALL |
F,
SITTING ON BACK OF CHAIR |
|
|
|
133 |
WARD
AND VOKES |
2 MEN
H/S, ONE FACING LEFT OTHER FRONT |
|
|
|
134 |
CLARA
QUALITZ |
F,
BALLET POSE ARMS OUTSTRETCHED |
|
|
|
135 |
YOLANDE
WALLACE |
F,
LEANING ON PILLAR, RH HOLDING SPRAY |
|
|
|
136 |
WILLIAM
McKINLEY |
H/S,
PORTRAIT, FACING LEFT |
H/S
PORTRAIT FACING RIGHT |
|
|
198 |
|
¾
FACING L, HAT IN L HAND (UC108) |
|
|
|
|
|
Number on mount and photo |
Number on photo only |
|
|
The next group is easy to identify, having the words
Newsboy/
The photos are numbered on the mount, and apart from one
example (306 on RH side), always in the centre. The photo may also bear the
number, either on the right or left hand sides. The printing of the words
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A great number of the subjects in this grouping were taken
by the renowned New York society photographer Benjamin J Falk and his copyright
wording often appears on the mount beginning with the year 1888 through to 1894
though it is likely this grouping would have been issued after these dates. Mr
Falk also had his copyright stamped on the photo in the manner of a cartouche.
For the collector possibly the most interesting feature of
this grouping is that an advertisement can sometimes be found on the reverse of
the photo but only in a very small minority of the specimens I have seen. The WTII describes two examples (in addition
to the usual plain back) (see (b) (c) in WTII description on page 1 above) but
a couple more have come to light viz
(d) FREE! A 5c Package of Chewing Gum …
(e) Tom Hood cigars are made from imported HAVANA
TOBACCOS.
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(b) |
(c) |
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(d) |
(e) |
One strange feature, for which I have
no explanation, but which I have found is common to almost all photos with an
advertisement on the reverse, is that the image is in sepia or brown, as
opposed to the usual black and white.
It is not clear whether each number can
be found with an advertisement back, but as those photos with an advertisement
are very much in the minority, I think not.
The numbering of this group commences
with 301, and to date the highest I have come across is 390. Until recently I was convinced there was only
one subject for each number but recently I came across three numbers with two
entirely different subjects,
(308/309/319 – see index). I can
offer no explanation, as the names and numbers are clearly printed on the mount
thus discounting the possibility of the wrong photo being attached.
NO |
SUBJECT |
1ST ADVERT BACK |
2ND ADVERT BACK |
NOTES |
||
301 |
MADGE
ALPHABET |
|
|
|
||
302 |
QUEENIE
VASSAR |
BLISS
LONG CUT |
RED
INDIAN CUT PLUG/FRENCH CANDY |
FALK
92 |
||
303 |
SYLVIA
GERRISH |
|
|
|
||
304 |
EMMA
EAMES |
BLISS
LONG CUT |
RED
INDIAN/FRENCH |
FALK
92 |
||
305 |
PAULINE
HALL |
BLISS
LONG CUT |
RED
INDIAN/FRENCH |
FALK
92 |
||
306 |
MARIE
JANSEN |
BLISS
LONG CUT |
|
FALK
92 |
||
307 |
JENNIE
JOYCE |
|
|
FALK
91 |
||
308 |
DELLA
FOX |
|
|
FALK
94 |
||
308* |
JENNIE
JOYCE |
|
|
|
||
309 |
MARIE
TEMPEST |
|
|
FALK
91 |
||
309* |
LILLIAN
RUSSELL |
|
RED
INDIAN/FRENCH |
FALK
93 |
||
310 |
ROSE
COGHLAN |
|
|
|
||
311 |
MARIE
TEMPEST |
BLISS
LONG CUT |
|
FALK
91 |
||
312 |
PAULINE
HALL |
|
|
|
||
313 |
SANDOW |
5c CHEWING
GUM (3rd advert back) |
RED
INDIAN/FRENCH |
FALK
94 |
||
314 |
JENNIE
JOYCE |
BLISS
LONG CUT |
RED
INDIAN/FRENCH |
FALK
91 |
||
315 |
JESSIE
BRADBURY |
|
|
FALK
94 |
||
316 |
ALICE
JOHNSON |
|
|
|
||
317 |
LYLA
KAVENAUGH |
|
|
|
||
318 |
JULIA
MARLOWE |
|
RED
INDIAN/FRENCH |
FALK
92 |
||
319 |
JENNIE
JOYCE |
|
|
|
||
319* |
DELLA
FOX |
|
RED
INDIAN/FRENCH |
|
||
320 |
ANNIE
SUTHERLAND |
HAVANA
TOBACCOS (4th advert back) |
|
|
||
321 |
ANNIE
PIXLEY |
|
|
|
||
322 |
JESSIE
BRADBURY |
|
RED
INDIAN/FRENCH |
FALK
94 |
||
323 |
FRANCES
EVERETT |
|
|
|
||
324 |
LYLA
KAVENAUGH |
|
|
FALK
93 |
||
325 |
JESSIE
BARTLETT-DAVIS |
|
|
|
||
326 |
SYLVIA
GERRISH |
|
|
|
||
327 |
LITTLE
|
|
|
|
||
328 |
FANNIE
WARD |
|
|
|
||
329 |
FRANCES
EVERETT |
|
RED
INDIAN/FRENCH |
FALK
91 |
||
330 |
EDWIN
BOOTH |
|
RED
INDIAN/FRENCH |
FALK
89 |
||
331 |
NESTA
NEILSON |
5c CHEWING
GUM (3rd advert back) |
|
|
||
332 |
LILLIAN
RUSSELL |
5c
CHEWING GUM (3rd advert back) |
|
FALK
93 |
||
333 |
|
5c
CHEWING GUM (3rd advert back) |
|
|
||
334 |
Modjeska |
|
RED
INDIAN/FRENCH |
FALK
‘89 |
||
335 |
M’LLE
NAYA |
5c
CHEWING GUM (3rd advert back) |
|
|
||
336 |
MARIE
JANSEN |
BLISS
LONG CUT |
|
FALK
88 |
||
337 |
FANNIE
WARD |
|
|
|
||
338 |
ANNIE
SUTHERLAND |
|
|
|
||
339 |
MADGE
ALPHABET |
|
|
|
||
340 |
LILLIAN
RUSSELL |
|
RED
INDIAN/FRENCH |
FALK
93 |
|
|
341 |
BELLE
ARCHER |
|
RED
INDIAN/FRENCH |
FALK
91 |
|
|
342 |
CAROLINE
MISKELL |
|
|
|
|
|
343 |
|
|
|
FALK
94 |
|
|
344 |
DAVID
B HILL |
|
|
|
|
|
345 |
GROVER
|
|
|
FALK
92 |
|
|
346 |
JULIA
MARLOWE |
|
|
FALK
94 |
|
|
347 |
J.J.
CORBETT |
|
|
|
|
|
348 |
TROJA |
|
|
FALK
94 |
|
|
349 |
CISSY
FITZGERALD |
|
|
FALK
94 |
|
|
350 |
AMY
BUSBY |
|
|
FALK
94 |
|
|
351 |
MARIE
SHOTWELL |
|
|
FALK
93 |
|
|
352 |
EMMA
EAMES |
BLISS
LONG CUT |
|
FALK
92 |
|
|
353 |
JUNIORI
VALAREZ |
|
RED
INDIAN/FRENCH |
FALK
94 |
|
|
354 |
HATTIE
HARVEY |
|
|
FALK
93 |
|
|
355 |
DELLA
FOX |
|
RED
INDIAN/FRENCH |
FALK
94 |
|
|
356 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
357 |
AMY
BUSBY |
|
|
FALK
94 |
|
|
358 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
359 |
MARIE
TEMPEST |
|
|
|
|
|
360 |
KATHERINE
GREY |
|
|
FALK
94 |
|
|
361 |
LILLIAN
RUSSELL |
|
|
|
|
|
362 |
ALICE
EVANS |
|
|
|
|
|
363 |
EFFIE
SHANNON |
|
|
|
|
|
364 |
LULU
GLASER |
|
|
FALK
93 |
|
|
365 |
Edna Wallace-hopper |
|
|
|
|
|
366 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
367 |
JOSEPH JEFFERSON |
|
|
|
|
|
368 |
Lillian blauvelt |
|
|
|
|
|
369 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
370 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
371 |
Thomas a. |
|
RED
INDIAN/FRENCH |
|
|
|
372 |
THOMAS
P.OCHILTREE |
|
|
|
|
|
373 |
ROBERT
G INGERSOL |
|
|
|
|
|
374 |
WILLIAM
MULDOON |
|
|
|
|
|
375 |
REV.
C.H. PARKHURST |
|
|
|
|
|
376 |
WALTER
Q. GRESHAM |
|
RED
INDIAN/FRENCH |
|
|
|
377 |
REV.
T. DE WITT TALMAGE |
|
|
FALK
92 |
|
|
378 |
DELLA
FOX |
|
|
FALK
94 |
|
|
379 |
HATTIE
HARVEY |
|
RED
INDIAN/FRENCH |
|
|
|
380 |
MARIE
FLOYD |
|
|
|
|
|
381 |
DELLA
FOX |
|
|
FALK
94 |
|
|
382 |
JOSEPH
JEFFERSON |
|
|
|
|
|
383 |
CAROLINE
MISKELL |
|
|
|
|
|
384 |
BLANCHE
WALSH |
|
|
FALK
93 |
|
|
385 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
386 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
387 |
EUGENIE
TABER |
5c
CHEWING GUM (3rd advert back) |
|
|
|
|
388 |
EMMA
EAMES |
|
|
|
|
|
389 |
MARIE
BURROUGHS |
|
|
|
|
|
390 |
DELLA
FOX |
|
|
|
|
|
The third of the three major groupings of Newsboy cabinets
has the same numbering as the first grouping, and in consequence, if referred
to by number alone, can easily be confused with that group.
The words Newsboy and
*Unlike the complexities of the first grouping, each number
has a unique picture but as stated the numbering is the same ie commences with
number 1, with the highest recorded number at 1065 (but see note re. 1376)
However as can be seen there are huge gaps in the numbering from 233 upwards
for which I have no explanation other than the possibility of a ‘master’
numbering series used by multiple studios but principally NEWSBOY.
Arguably this is the most interesting of the three groupings
for, in addition to the vast numbers of theatrical subjects which predominate
groups one and two, it includes a number of views, buildings, bridges, warships
and sportsmen, the most sought after, being, of course, the ten baseball
subjects.
Little is known of the production of these ‘cabinets’ but
they were obviously mass-produced in view of the numbers and variable quality.
The mounts were printed with the photos being pasted on sometimes leaving
traces of glue around the edges of the photo. Mention is made in the WTII of
known examples with trace of a different name on the mount compared with the
name on the photo. I suspect that the first issue was in fact the first grouping
where the subject name was printed on the mount and the appropriate photo
added. Later on, when preparing the third grouping, spare mounts from the first
grouping were used, relying upon the operative to cover up the name on the
mount if it differed from the subject photo being used.
(NB Letters NYPL in brackets after subjects name indicate
image seen on New York Public Library website)(Photos of USN ships have been
seen issued by photographer NIBLOT with identical numbering to Newsboy)
No |
SUBJECT/TITLE |
No |
SUBJECT TITLE |
1 |
Maude
Adams |
126 |
?
Vesta Tilley |
2 |
|
127 |
Louise
Grans |
3 |
|
128 |
Allie
Gilbert |
4 |
|
129 |
Henry
Irving |
5 |
Belle
Archer (33UC/1)(527) |
130 |
DeWolf
Hopper |
6 |
Mary
Anderson |
131 |
Bernhard
Stavenhagen |
7 |
|
132 |
Dr A
Conan Doyle |
8 |
Christine
Blessing |
133 |
Wilson
Barrett |
9 |
Amy
Busby (NYPL) |
134 |
H.
Beerbohm Tree |
10 |
|
135 |
Augustus
Cook |
11 |
|
136 |
Joseph
Jefferson |
12 |
Helen
Bertram (114UC/2) |
137 |
Joseph
Jefferson |
13 |
Hope
Booth (109UC/2) |
138 |
Edwin
Booth |
14 |
Marie
Burroughs |
139 |
|
15 |
Carmencita |
140 |
Yolande
Wallace |
16 |
Miss
Cayvan |
141 |
Lillian
Russell |
17 |
Kate
Castleton |
142 |
Miss
Cissie Loftus |
18 |
|
143 |
Blanche
Walsh (19UC) |
19 |
Minnie
Cornellara? |
144 |
Caroline
Miskel |
20 |
Corinne |
145 |
|
21 |
Estelle
Clayton |
146 |
|
22 |
Corinne |
147 |
|
23 |
J.J.
Corbett |
148 |
Brooklyn
Bridge N.Y. |
24 |
J.J.
Corbett (72UC/2) |
149 |
|
25 |
Kitty
Cheatham (103UC) |
150 |
|
26 |
Bessie
Clayton |
151 |
Chauncey
M Depew |
27 |
Camille
D’Arville (horizontal) |
152 |
Mrs
Kendall |
28 |
Zellie
De Lussan |
153 |
Camille
D’Arville |
29 |
Fannie
Davenport (2UC/2) |
154 |
Sadie
Martinot |
30 |
Jesse
Bartlett Davis |
155 |
Louise
Thorndyke Bouicault |
31 |
Fannie
Davenport (2UC/1) |
156 |
Dorothy
Dene |
32 |
|
*157 |
(subject
deleted-see 188) |
33 |
Annie
Russell (NYPL) |
158 |
Herbert
Keleey |
34 |
Camille
D’Arville |
159 |
Robt.C
Hilliard |
35 |
Emma
Eames |
160 |
Cissy
Fitzgerald |
36 |
Lily
Elton |
161 |
Cissy
Fitzgerald |
37 |
Frances
Everett (120UC) (NYPL) |
162 |
W.H.
Crane |
38 |
Agnes
Evans |
163 |
Viola
Allen |
39 |
|
164 |
Henry
Miller |
40 |
Katherine
Florence(Two portraits seen-one looking L/ one looking at camera) |
165 |
William
Faversham |
41 |
Mollie
Fuller |
166 |
Amy
Busby (NYPL) |
42 |
|
167 |
Mary
Hampton |
43 |
Della
Fox (46UC/2) |
168 |
E.C.
Bald |
44 |
Della
Fox |
169 |
Raymond
Macdonald |
45 |
Della
Fox (46UC/5) |
170 |
Mark
Twain (seen on Emma Eames mount) |
46 |
Nina
Farrington |
171 |
Rev
C.H. Parkhurst (by Napoleon Sarony N.Y. copyright 1892 (seen on Robert Mantel
mount) |
47 |
Mollie
Fuller |
172 |
Grover
|
48 |
|
173 |
Della
Fox |
49 |
Jennie
Goldthwaite |
174 |
W H
Murphy |
50 |
Nat
Goodwin (113UC) |
175 |
Amos
Rusie |
51 |
Lottie
Gilson |
176 |
Michael
Tiernan |
52 |
Lulu
Glaser |
177 |
E.D.
Burke |
53 |
Catherine
Grey (88UC) |
178 |
J.J.
Doyle |
54 |
Minnie
Hauk (34UC) |
179 |
W.B.
Fuller |
55 |
De
Wolf Hopper & Della Fox(93UC) |
180 |
Geo Van
Halfran |
56 |
Pauline Hall (83UC/2) |
181? |
Dave
Foutz |
*57 |
Edna
Wallace Hopper |
182 |
Jouett
Mekin |
58 |
? Miss
Marie Jansen |
183 |
?
Griffin |
59 |
Emma
Juch |
184 |
|
60 |
Joseph
Jefferson (105UC) |
185 |
|
61 |
|
186 |
Maud
Haslam |
62 |
|
187 |
William
Gillette |
63 |
Jennie
Joyce |
188 |
Selma
Rawston |
64 |
Kathryn
Kidder |
189 |
May
Robson |
65 |
Levy
Sisters |
190 |
Vesta
Tilley |
66 |
Madge
Lessing |
191 |
Pudd’nhead
Wilson |
67 |
|
192 |
Melba |
68 |
Mrs
Langtry (also seen as Lily Langtry-NYPL) |
193 |
Calve |
69 |
Modjeska
|
194 |
Emma
Eames |
70 |
Julia
Marlow (92UC) |
195 |
Agnes
Miller |
71 |
Marion
Manola (15UC/2) (also seen with
printed back for TOM HOOD CIGARS) |
196 |
Lackye |
72 |
|
197 |
Richard
Mansfield |
73 |
Wm
McKinley |
198 |
E.J.Ratcliffe |
74 |
|
199 |
Robert
G Ingersol (59UC) |
75 |
Robert
Mantel |
*200 |
Paula
Edwardes (111UC) |
76 |
Miss
Mather |
201 |
W.H.
‘Dad’ |
77 |
Caroline
Miskel |
202 |
Parke
Wilson |
78 |
Ada
Dare |
203 |
Virginia
Harned |
79 |
Otero |
204 |
San
Francisco USN |
80 |
Tony
Pastor (NYPL) |
205 |
|
81 |
Minnie
Palmer (27UC) |
206 |
Bancroft
USN |
82 |
Ida
Rock, Alice Branson, Geraldine McCann. |
207 |
|
83 |
Rhea |
208 |
|
84 |
Lillian
Russell |
209 |
Dolphin
USN |
85 |
Annie
Russell |
210 |
Miantonomoh
(only seen photographer NIBLOT) |
86 |
|
211 |
|
87 |
Effie
Shannon |
212 |
|
88 |
Lillian
Russell |
213 |
Vesuvius
USN |
89 |
Ellen
Terry |
214 |
Statue
of La Fayette, |
90 |
Juniori
Valarez (NYPL) |
215 |
|
91 |
Amy
Busby |
216 |
The |
92 |
Francis
Wilson (NYPL) |
217 |
City
Hall N Y |
93 |
…………….… |
218 |
|
94 |
|
219 |
Zoological
Gardens, |
*95 |
PRESIDENTIAL MANSION Washington DC (also seen in ‘lower case’) |
220 |
High Bridge & Water Tower N Y |
*96 |
STATUE
OF LIBERTY N.Y.(also seen in ‘lower case’) |
221 |
The
Capitol |
97 |
The
Terrace, |
222 |
Bathing
scene at |
98 |
Sandow |
223 |
New
York Bay Battery Park Gardens Governors Island etc |
99 |
Sandow |
224 |
David
B Hill |
100 |
Mary
Anderson (7UC) |
225 |
Buffalo
Bill |
101 |
|
226 |
R P
Gibbs as Geekern Trilby Photo by Elmer Chickering Boston. By permission of A
M Palmer |
102 |
Agnes
Evans (506) |
227 |
William
Lackaye as Svengali and Virginia Harned as Trilby. Photo by Chickering. By
permission A M Palmer |
103 |
John S
Johnson |
228 |
Alfred
Hickman as Little Billy Trilby |
104 |
L.S
Meinyes |
229 |
John
Glendenning as The laird in Trilby Photo by E C Chickering by permission of A
M Palmer |
105 |
Agnes
Miller |
230 |
Three
Musketeers of The Brush Copyright by |
106 |
W.
Sanger |
231 |
……Brady…..Billie…Copyright
by |
107 |
Grace
Sherwood (66 UC/2) |
232 |
William
Lackaye as Svengali in Trilby |
108 |
Leo F
Taylor |
233 |
“Trilby”
By permission of A M Palmer Copywright by E Chickering 95 |
109 |
Fannie
Ward |
234 |
|
110 |
Yolande
Wallace |
235 |
|
111 |
H.C.
Wheeler |
247 |
Inez
Rae |
|
|
*255 |
Camille
D’Arville |
112 |
A A
Zimmerman |
266 |
Yolande
Wallace |
|
|
*270? |
Louise
Eissing |
|
|
308 |
“CITY
HALL etc FROM NORTH BROAD STREET.PHILA” |
113 |
Olga
Nethersole |
379 |
Camille
D’Arville |
114 |
Marie
Wainwright |
453 |
Pearl
Eytinge |
115 |
Cora
Urquhart Potter |
473 |
Jessie
Carlisle |
116 |
Minnie
Seligman |
481 |
Charles
Dana |
117 |
Walter
James |
511 |
Lillian
Elmore |
|
|
*530 |
Clara
Palmer |
|
|
565 |
Adele
Purvis Onri |
118 |
Jas
Powers |
587 |
Miss
Mignon |
119 |
Fannie
Johnson |
589 |
Vera
……. |
120 |
Nina
Farrington |
595 |
Miss
Ridgway |
121 |
Fannie
Johnson |
608 |
May
Robson |
122 |
Cissy
Fitzgerald |
664 |
Brig
Gen Slocum |
123 |
|
691 |
Gen
Lew Wallace |
124 |
The
Foundling (U/N) |
738 |
Dorothy
Morton |
125 |
Isabel
Irving |
782 |
Yollande
Wallace |
|
|
806 |
Julia
Marlowe |
|
|
815 |
Edith
Craske |
|
|
824 |
Andrew
Mack |
|
|
832 |
Miss
Marion |
|
|
847 |
Agnes
Evans |
|
|
*850? |
Bessie
Cleveland |
|
|
853 |
Helen
Bartram |
|
|
878 |
Charity
Ball |
|
|
900 |
Kilanyi’s
Living Pictures |
|
|
901 |
Kate
Uart |
|
|
907 |
Lillian
Russell |
|
|
923 |
Andrew
Mack |
|
|
*924 |
Andrew
Mack |
|
|
942 |
Amelia
Summerville as ‘Trilby’ |
|
|
947 |
Max
Alvary |
|
|
952. |
US
Post Office Department |
|
|
954 |
US War
Navy and State Departments Washington DC |
|
|
957 |
Agricultural
department Washington |
|
|
966 |
Bob
Fitzsimmons |
|
|
967 |
Scene
in Central Park |
|
|
970 |
Obelisk
NY Central Park |
|
|
981 |
Marie
Tempest |
|
|
987 |
Gen.Adlai
Stevenson. |
|
|
982 |
Cissy
Fitzgerald |
|
|
992 |
Chas H
Hopper as ‘Chirmmic Fadden’ |
|
|
999 |
Dorothy
Morton |
|
|
1065 |
John L
Sullivan |
|
|
1376 |
Atlanta
and Fleet N.River NY Copyright... (only seen photographer NIBLOT) |
Photo with caption in lower case
As a rough estimate, I would say the first three groups
would account for 90% of the Newsboy cabinets I have seen. This brings us to the remaining five groups,
which are much smaller and in two cases contain less than a handful of cards.
Cards in these subsequent groupings can be recognised by the
number and its relative position on the mount, the colour of the wording and
number of frame lines..
The fourth and largest of the remaining groups could be
entitled the ‘500’ series as most of the numbers are in the 500’s, the lowest I
have seen being 501. The most obvious feature of this grouping is the double
frame line that encloses the photo. The
frame lines are of different thickness, the inner line being narrower than the
outer. They may also be coloured either
red or purple/brown as are the words Newsboy,
The cabinets are numbered either centrally or on the right
hand side of the mount. Curiously, where
a number appears on the photo the ‘500’ part is sometimes missing so number 502
on the mount becomes just 2 on the photo.
The same subjects would appear to be available in either ‘red’ or
‘purple/brown’ printings. Identical
subjects can be found in either groups one and three. I believe all the photos are printed using the
‘albumen’ process.
The backs are blank and the highest number I have seen is 604
(Della Fox). As with the third group, the subject’s name is in lower case.
500 |
|
553 |
Alice
Johnson |
501 |
Edna
Wallace Hopper |
554 |
Kittie
Connors |
502 |
Agnes
Evans (8UC/1) |
555 |
Juno
Burbank |
503 |
Agnes
Evans (819) |
556 |
Juno
Burbank |
504 |
Agnes
Evans |
557 |
Helen
Brockett |
505 |
Agnes
Evans |
558 |
Mittie
Atherton |
506 |
Agnes
Evans (LC102) |
559 |
Paula
Edwards |
507 |
Agnes
Evans |
560 |
Paula
Edwards |
508 |
M’lle
Naya |
561 |
Kittie
Connors |
509 |
Della
Fox |
562 |
Paula
Edwards |
510 |
Blanche
Walsh |
563 |
|
511 |
Lyla
Kavenaugh (86UC) |
564 |
Alice
Johnson |
512 |
Jennie
Dickerson |