Edwin Booth, circa 1875
THF210139 / Edwin Booth, circa 1875
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Artifact Overview
Professional photographers made cabinet card photographs from 1867 through the early 1900s. Mounted on a larger size of cardboard stock than the earlier cartes-de-visite, Americans soon preferred to exchange and collect cabinet photographs of family, friends and celebrities. This circa 1875 example from Frederick Gutekunst's Philadelphia studio depicts Edwin Booth, a famous Shakespearean actor.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Cabinet photograph
Subject Date
circa 1875
Creators
Place of Creation
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
88.0.1114.90
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Cardboard
Technique
Albumen process
Mounting
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 6.25 in
Width: 4.25 in
Inscriptions
front, stamped: F. Gutekunst
front, lower, printed: Edwin Booth
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