Portrait of 1st Lieutenant DeLoss C. LeBaron, 18th Michigan Infantry, Company B, 1865
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Artifact Overview
A.J. Hoag of Tecumseh, Michigan, made this bust portrait of Union Army infantry officer DeLoss C. LeBaron. Professional photographers made cartes-de-visite beginning in the 1860s. Mounted on small cardboard stock, these early photographic prints proved popular in the United States from the Civil War through the 1880s. Americans exchanged and collected CdVs to help them remember family and celebrities.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Carte-de-visite (Card photograph)
Date Made
1865
Subject Date
1865
Creators
Place of Creation
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
2008.0.12.7
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Cardboard
Technique
Albumen process
Mounting
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 3.938 in
Width: 2.375 in
Inscriptions
Handwritten in ink on back:
DeLoss C. LeBaron / 1st Lt. & A.D.C.
Text of photographer's imprint on back:
A.J. HOAG / ARTIST / Tecumseh, Mich.
Printed on back at bottom edge: New Prints can be had from this Nega- / tive at any future time
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