Actress Appearing in the Musical, "H.M.S. Pinafore," circa 1880
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Artifact Overview
Professional photographers began producing cabinet cards in 1867. Consumers quickly preferred them over earlier cartes-de-visite, which were mounted on smaller cardboard stock. Through the early 1900s, Americans commonly exchanged and collected cabinet photographs of family, friends and celebrities. This example features an actress from "H.M.S. Pinafore"--a landmark comic opera that marked the beginning of popular American musical theatre.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Cabinet photograph
Subject Date
circa 1880
Creators
Place of Creation
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
00.1307.26
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Cardboard
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Mounting
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 6.5 in
Width: 4.25 in
Inscriptions
front, handwritten:
Caterine Smeether[?] in Pinafore
front, bottom:
Schloss 54 West 25d St. NEW YORK. /
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