American Victorian Costume in Early Photographs, by Priscilla Harris Dalrymple

This book is an awesome resource for CDV's, beginning in the 1840's and going up through the 1890's. The pictures are really great, with equal amounts of men, women, and children photo's. I was very surprised to see that some of the pictures are very sweet; it gives a very real sense that people did actually have lives back then.  And all of the kids were so cute! Most of the kids actually smiled.