Autographed Portrait of John Palmer Usher, 1863-1865
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Artifact Overview
This autographed portrait carte-de-visite shows John Palmer Usher, Secretary of the Interior under Abraham Lincoln. 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)
Subject Date
1863-1865
Creators
Place of Creation
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
66.143.19
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Cardboard
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Albumen process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 3.625 in
Width: 2.313 in
Inscriptions
Text printed on back:
GARDNER / Corner 7th & D Str. / Washington, / D.C.
Handwritten [signature?] in ink on front under image:
J. P. Usher
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