General Tom Thumb and Lavinia Warren, 1863-1870
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The 1863 marriage of actress Lavinia Warren to circus performer Charles Stratton--known as General Tom Thumb--was front-page news. Publishers distributed cartes-de-visite featuring the famous couple. Cartes-de-visite, small photographic prints on cardboard stock, remained popular from the Civil War in the 1860s through the 1880s. Americans commonly collected and exchanged them to commemorate family members or celebrities.
The 1863 marriage of actress Lavinia Warren to circus performer Charles Stratton--known as General Tom Thumb--was front-page news. Publishers distributed cartes-de-visite featuring the famous couple. Cartes-de-visite, small photographic prints on cardboard stock, remained popular from the Civil War in the 1860s through the 1880s. Americans commonly collected and exchanged them to commemorate family members or celebrities.
Artifact
Carte-de-visite (Card photograph)
Subject Date
1863-1870
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
00.17.327
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Cardboard
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Albumen process
Mounting
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 3.875 in
Width: 2.375 in
Inscriptions
Text printed at bottom under image: Case & Getchell Bosto_
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