U.S. Attorney General Charles Devens, 1877
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Artifact Overview
Professional photographers began producing cabinet cards in 1867. Consumers quickly preferred them over earlier cartes-de-visite, which were mounted on smaller cardboard stock. Through the early 1900s, Americans commonly exchanged and collected cabinet photographs of family, friends and celebrities. This 1877 example made in Boston, Massachusetts, depicts Charles Devens, U.S. Attorney General under President Rutherford B. Hayes.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Cabinet photograph
Subject Date
1877
Creators
Place of Creation
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
00.1432.2
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Cardboard
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Mounting
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 6.25 in
Width: 4.25 in
Inscriptions
obverse, printed:
Miller Attorney General Devons. (sic) Boston
verso, printed:
Geo. A. Stevens, Druggist and Stationer, Tilton, N.H. A Large and Full Line of Christmas & New Years Goods. Miller & Best, Pub's, 67 High St., Boston
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