This is a cabinet card, made by Helmuth Schumacher of Newark, New Jersey. It measures a little over six inches high by four inches wide and is fairly sturdy. (Perhaps the clipped corners indicate that this photograph was kept in an album? Where is the rest of the album?)

You can also date the photograph based on the style of dress and hair. The little triangle that appears to be sticking out of the back of Clara's head is a hair comb to hold her hair in place. The bodice of her dress is tightly cinched at her natural waste, producing an hourglass appearance. The shoulders are pronounced, protruding above and beyond the natural shoulders. I think that this dress dates from the 1890s.
In perusing the rest of the photographs, I came across a tintype measuring approximately 3 inches by 2 inches.
I'm thinking that this tintype could be Clara Uhl as a teenager, late 1870s or early 1880s. The shoulders are natural and the sleeves sit above the wrists with ruffles.
By tilting the tintype, you can better see the resin coating reflecting in the light. |
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Is this the same person? |
Next I compared Clara Uhl to a picture of her son, Howard Lutter. I don't see much of a resemblance, especially with the eyes. I do not have a picture of Howard's father to check for resemblance to him. (Though I did find a picture of his second wife!)
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