J. F. Ryders's Market, Maine, circa 1890

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Artifact Overview

Professional photographers began producing cabinet cards in 1867, and people soon preferred these photographic prints on cardboard stock to the earlier, smaller cartes-de-visite. American commonly collected and exchanged cabinet photographs through the early 1900s. This example from around 1890 shows J. F. Ryder's Market in Maine.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Cabinet photograph

Subject Date

circa 1890

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

91.26.1

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)
Cardboard

Technique

Gelatin silver process
Mounting

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 4.125 in
Width: 6.375 in