Nineteenth Century Photography of Doctors
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This image shows a man wearing a bowler hat holding an umbrella in his right hand and a square medical case typically used to carry "medicines" in his left hand, and another person wearing a top hat holding a medical bottle in his right hand and a medical bag in his left hand, circa 1895. This cabinet card by Van de Grif, Sidney, Australia, is most likey a photo of a doctor (right) with his younger apprentice (left). Note the windsor tie with tie pin and banded shirt collar on the apprentice, which became a popular style in the 1890s.
