Actress Portraying Stalacta in "The Black Crook," circa 1870
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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 of family, friends and celebrities. This example features an actress from "The Black Crook"--the most successful and longest-running Broadway play of its time.
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 of family, friends and celebrities. This example features an actress from "The Black Crook"--the most successful and longest-running Broadway play of its time.
Artifact
Cabinet photograph
Subject Date
circa 1870
Keywords
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
00.1307.25
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: The Black Crook Schloss 54 West 25d St. NEW YORK
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