This first one is from the New York Gallery, which was featured the other day. It shows a man and a woman (presumably they are husband and wife) and there are no identifications anywhere on the photograph.
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This second cabinet card is from Strunk, Artistic Photographer, who was located at 730 Penn Street in Reading.1 In this one, we again find the man in a chair and the woman standing next to him. And, again, there are no identifications scrawled anywhere on the front or back.
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The backs of the cards are also quite ornate. You can click on the image below to see greater detail.
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Footnote
1. This photographer's full name was John D. Strunk, and you can browse numerous other (fabulous) cabinet cards that he produced on The Cabinet Card Gallery.
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