Old St. Louis Cemetery, New Orleans, Louisiana, circa 1870
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Artifact Overview
This carte-de-visite shows the above ground vaults of Old Saint Louis Cemetery in New Orleans, Louisiana around 1870. 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 1870
Subject Date
circa 1870
Place of Creation
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
2012.0.5.23
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: 2.375 in
Inscriptions
Photographer's text and logo center back:
Published by / S.T. BLESSING / No. 24 Chartres St. / New Orleans / Dealer in / CARDS, ALBUMS, FRAMES / PHOTOGRAPHIC / & / ARTIST'S MATERIALS
Red bordered label typed with number: 2368
Handwritten in pencil on back: Old St. Louis
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