Woman with Basket on a Flooded Street, circa 1865
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Artifact Overview
This circa 1865 carte-de-visite shows a flooded street, possibly in the American South. Cartes-de-visite were small photographic prints on cardboard stock made in professional photographers' studios. Americans commonly 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 1865
Subject Date
circa 1865
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
2012.0.5.60
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford
Material
Cardboard
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Albumen process
Mounting
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 2.375 in
Width: 4 in
Inscriptions
Red bordered label adhered on back typed: 2353
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