"Quais de Bingen et Chateau d'Ehrenfels" (Embankment at Castle Ehrenfels), circa 1860
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Artifact Overview
This French carte-de-visite shows a European castle around 1860. Cartes-de-visite - small photographic prints on cardboard stock - were made in professional photographers' studios. 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)
Date Made
circa 1860
Subject Date
circa 1860
Creators
Place of Creation
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
2012.0.5.22
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: 2.438 in
Inscriptions
Text under image on front:
AD. BRAUN. / a DORNACH (H'Rhin)
Photographer's text center back:
AD. BRAUN / PHOTOGRAPHE. / A. DORNACH / (H'Rhin)
Label adhered to back of image on left side reads:
No.877. Quais de Bingen et chateau d'Ehrenfels
Typed on red bordered label adhered to back: 4111
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