Portrait of William Dennison, United States Postmaster General, 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. Celebrities, military officers and politicians, such as William Dennison, Abraham Lincoln's second postmaster general, were popular subjects.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Carte-de-visite (Card photograph)
Date Made
1865
Creators
Place of Creation
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
66.143.32
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Cardboard
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Albumen process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 4.125 in
Width: 2.438 in
Inscriptions
verso, printed:
Henry Ulke, 278 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C. 1865
front, handwritten:
W. Dennison
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