Young Girl Holding a Doll, circa 1860
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Artifact Overview
A young girl posed with her doll in a New York City studio for this early carte-de-visite around 1860. The carte-de-visite was a small photographic print on cardboard stock made by professional photographers. People exchanged and collected cartes-de-visite, popular in the United States from the Civil War in the 1860s through the 1880s, to help them remember family and celebrities.
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
88.0.1254.1
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Cardboard
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Albumen process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 3.875 in
Width: 2.375 in
Inscriptions
Text on center back of carte reads:
Fredricks & Co. / 179 Fifth Avenue / Madison Square / New York.
Red bordered typed label adhered on back: 4191
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