Portrait of a Young Woman, circa 1885
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Professional photographers began producing cabinet cards in 1867. Consumers quickly preferred them over earlier cartes-de-visite, which were mounted on smaller cardboard stock. Through the early 1900s, Americans commonly exchanged and collected cabinet photographs--often to commemorate friends or family. This woman, in what appears to be mourning clothing, posed in Gustave Aufrecht's Allegheny, Pennsylvania, studio around 1885.
Professional photographers began producing cabinet cards in 1867. Consumers quickly preferred them over earlier cartes-de-visite, which were mounted on smaller cardboard stock. Through the early 1900s, Americans commonly exchanged and collected cabinet photographs--often to commemorate friends or family. This woman, in what appears to be mourning clothing, posed in Gustave Aufrecht's Allegheny, Pennsylvania, studio around 1885.
Artifact
Cabinet photograph
Subject Date
circa 1885
Keywords
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
99.109.12
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: 6.5 in
Width: 4.25 in
Inscriptions
front: Aufrecht Best Finish. Allegheny, Pa. back: Aufrecht Photographer 68 Federal Street Allegheny, Pa. No. __4082__
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