Circus Performer Dolly Adams, "The Water Queen," circa 1880
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Artifact Overview
Circus performer Dolly Adams, nicknamed "The Water Queen," posed in her bathing suit for this carte-de-visite around 1880. The carte-de-visite was a small photographic print on cardboard stock made by professional photographers. People exchanged and collected cartes-de-visite, popular in the United States from the Civil War in the 1860s through the 1880s, to help them remember family and celebrities.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Carte-de-visite (Card photograph)
Date Made
circa 1880
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
00.1307.3
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Cardboard
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Albumen process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 2.5 in
Width: 4.25 in
Inscriptions
printed on front:
DOLLY ADAMS "The Water Queen"
handwritten on back in pencil:
Dolly Adams / "The Water Queen"
purple ink stamp on back:
WM. A. HILDEBRAND / COLLECTION
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