Austrian Physician and Writer Jakob Eduard Polak, circa 1870
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Artifact Overview
The interestingly dressed man in this carte-de-visite is Jakob Eduard Polak. Born into a Jewish family in what is now the Czech Republic, Polak received his medical degree at Vienna, Austria in the 1840s. From 1851 to 1860, he taught medicine at a college in Iran and became the personal physician to the shah. He returned to Austria in the early 1860s.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Carte-de-visite (Card photograph)
Subject Date
circa 1870
Creators
Place of Creation
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
2012.0.5.63
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford
Material
Cardboard
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Albumen process
Mounting
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 3.875 in
Width: 2.625 in
Inscriptions
Text printed on front under image: Julie Haftner
Photographer's imprint on back of image reads:
Photographitche Anstalt / Julie Haftner / Jagerzeile No. 523 / WIEN
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