Horse-Drawn Hearse and Driver, 1897
THF210197 / Horse-Drawn Hearse and Driver, 1897
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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, made in 1897 by Portland, Michigan, photographer George J. Van Horn, shows a horse-drawn hearse and rider.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Cabinet photograph
Subject Date
1897
Creators
Place of Creation
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
93.51.18
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: 4.25 in
Width: 6.5 in
Inscriptions
obverse, printed:
Portland, Mich. 1897
obverse, handwritten:
Geo J Van Horne [sic]
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