Young Man, circa 1880
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Artifact Overview
A young man posed for this carte-de-visite around 1880 in Cape Town, South Africa. The carte-de-visite was a small photographic print on cardboard stock made by professional photographers. People exchanged and collected portrait cartes-de-visite, popular in the United States from the Civil War in the 1860s through the 1880s, to help them remember celebrities and family.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Carte-de-visite (Card photograph)
Subject Date
circa 1880
Creators
Place of Creation
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
2012.0.5.3
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford
Material
Cardboard
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Albumen process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 4 in
Width: 2.5 in
Inscriptions
Text printed on back reads:
FROM / Photogra___ / Studio / OF / James E. Bruton . PHOTOGRAPHER / CAPE TOWN / Cape of Good Hope / CARTES DE VISITE ENLARGED TO LIFE SIZE / AND FINISHED IN COLORS / Marion, Imp., Paris
Text on front under image:
J.E. BRUTON CAPE TOWN
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