Portrait of a Young Boy, circa 1865
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Artifact Overview
A young boy posed for this carte-de-visite in a New York City studio around 1865. The carte-de-visite was a small photographic print on cardboard stock made by professional photographers. People exchanged and collected portrait cartes-de-visite, popular in the United States from the Civil War in the 1860s through the 1880s, to help them remember celebrities and family.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Carte-de-visite (Card photograph)
Date Made
circa 1865
Creators
Place of Creation
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
2012.0.5.25
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
Handwritten in ink on back:
[slightly illegible] __hn McCarley (9? 3? 8)
Printed text on back of image:
Fredricks & Co. / 179 Fifth Avenue / Madison Square / NEW YORK
Typed red-bordered label on back upper right corner reads: 2849
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