Portrait of Bank Treasurer John W. Barron, circa 1870
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Artifact Overview
Cartes-de-visite -- small photographic prints on cardboard stock -- were made by professional photographers. This example from J. F. Page's Dexter, Maine, studio shows John W. Barron, treasurer of the Dexter Savings Bank, around 1870. 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 1870
Creators
Place of Creation
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
2012.0.5.19
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: 2.5 in
Inscriptions
Text on back of carte reads:
J. F. PAGE / Photographer / Spring St., Dexter / ME. / Negatives preserved.
Text printed on lower front under image:
J.W. BARRON, / Late Treasurer Dexter Savings Bank. / DEXTER, ME.
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