Portrait of Vice-President Hannibal Hamlin, 1861-1865
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Cartes-de-visite, small, professionally made photographs on cardboard stock, remained popular in the United States from the Civil War in the 1860s through the 1880s. Many were given to friends and loved ones, but enterprising photographers also produced images of famous individuals to sell to the collecting-crazed public. Celebrities, military officers and politicians, such as Vice President Hannibal Hamlin, were popular subjects.
Cartes-de-visite, small, professionally made photographs on cardboard stock, remained popular in the United States from the Civil War in the 1860s through the 1880s. Many were given to friends and loved ones, but enterprising photographers also produced images of famous individuals to sell to the collecting-crazed public. Celebrities, military officers and politicians, such as Vice President Hannibal Hamlin, were popular subjects.
Artifact
Carte-de-visite (Card photograph)
Subject Date
1861-1865
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
66.143.30
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Cardboard
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Albumen process
Mounting
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 4 in
Width: 2.5 in
Inscriptions
verso, printed: Published by E. Anthony 501 Broadway New York From Photographic Negative in Brady's National Portrait Gallery verso, handwritten: Hannibal Hamlin Vice Pres. under Lincoln obverse, handwritten: Brady, NY
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