Brewery Workers, "The Bear Brewists," Buffalo, New York, circa 1865
THF210591 / Brewery Workers, "The Bear Brewists," Buffalo, New York, circa 1865
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Artifact Overview
This carte-de-visite, made in an unknown photographer's studio around 1865, shows four brewery workers from Buffalo, New York. Cartes-de-visite were small, professional photographic prints on cardboard stock. Americans often collected cartes-de-visite, which remained popular in the United States from the Civil War in the 1860s through the 1880s, to help them remember places, celebrities, or family members.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Carte-de-visite (Card photograph)
Subject Date
circa 1865
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
94.117.14
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Cardboard
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Albumen process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 4 in
Width: 2.375 in
Inscriptions
Handwritten in ink on back:
The Bear (sic) Brewists / Buffalo N.Y. / Cousin / 1 John Shelser Junior / 2 / 3 / 4 Cousin Solomon Myers
Handwritten in ink under front image: 1 2 3 4
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