Portrait of Horace Greeley, circa 1865
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Artifact Overview
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. Politicians, military officers, celebrities and other notable persons, such as abolitionist and editor Horace Greeley, were popular subjects.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Carte-de-visite (Card photograph)
Subject Date
circa 1865
Creators
Creator Notes
Distributed by D. & L. Meeker, mercantile company.
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
66.143.22
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Cardboard
Technique
Albumen process
Mounting
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 3.875 in
Width: 2.375 in
Inscriptions
front, printed:
Horace Greeley
verso, printed:
Prof. Meeker's Opium Cure
a Certain and Safe Remedy for
the Opium Habit
Address: D. & L. Meeker
P.O. Box 475. La Porte, Ind.
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