Portrait of Major General Abner Doubleday, 1862-1865
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Artifact Overview
Cartes-de-visite, small, professionally made photographs on cardboard stock, remained popular in the United States from the Civil War in the 1860s through the 1880s. Many were given to friends and loved ones, but enterprising photographers also produced images of famous individuals to sell to the collecting-crazed public. Admired politicians or military officers, such as General Abner Doubelday, were popular subjects.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Carte-de-visite (Card photograph)
Subject Date
1862-1865
Place of Creation
Collection Title
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
2015.0.1.1.9
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
Text on front:
Brady / New York
Doubleday (handwritten)
Text of on back: BRADY'S / NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC / PORTRAIT GALLERIES, / Broadway & Tenth Street, NEW YORK, / No 3521 Pennsylvania Ave. Washington D.C.
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