Squirrel Eating a Nut in a Photographic Studio, circa 1865
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Artifact Overview
Cartes-de-visite - small photographic prints on cardboard stock - were made in professional photographers' studios. This circa 1865 example shows a squirrel eating a nut. Americans collected and exchanged cartes-de-visites, which remained popular in the United States from the Civil War in the 1860s through the 1880s.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Carte-de-visite (Card photograph)
Subject Date
circa 1865
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
2012.0.5.11
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford
Material
Cardboard
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Albumen process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 4.125 in
Width: 2.375 in
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