Boy with a Tricycle, circa 1895

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Artifact Overview

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 depicts a young boy, who posed with a tricycle in Detroit's McMichael Studio around 1895.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Cabinet photograph

Subject Date

circa 1895

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

86.18.320.1

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)
Cardboard

Technique

Gelatin silver process
Mounting

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)
Black (Color)

Dimensions

Height: 6.438 in
Width: 4.188 undefined

Inscriptions

Photographer's imprint on front: McMichael / DETROIT / MICH. Photographer's imprint on back: McMichael / STUDIO / 150 & 152 WOODWARD AVE. / DETROIT, / MICH. INSTANTANEOUS PROCESS / ONLY USED SPECIAL CARE TAKEN IN / PHOTOGRAPHING CHILDREN DUPLICATES OR ENLARGEMENTS / FROM THE NEGATIVE OF THIS / PHOTO CAN BE HAD / AT ANY TIME.
Boy with a Tricycle, circa 1895