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

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
Portrait of 1st Lieutenant DeLoss C. LeBaron, 18th Michigan Infantry, Company B, 1865