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- U.S. Army 1st Lieutenant Wearing the Society of the Army of the Potomac Medal, circa 1877 -
- circa 1877
- Collections - Artifact
U.S. Army 1st Lieutenant Wearing the Society of the Army of the Potomac Medal, circa 1877
- Portrait of Alexander H. McGuffey, 1894 - 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 example from James Landy's Cincinnati, Ohio, studio depicts Alexander McGuffey, who co-wrote the famed "McGuffey Readers" with his brother, William.
- 1894
- Collections - Artifact
Portrait of Alexander H. McGuffey, 1894
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 example from James Landy's Cincinnati, Ohio, studio depicts Alexander McGuffey, who co-wrote the famed "McGuffey Readers" with his brother, William.
- Young Man Wearing a Uniform, Possibly a Band Musician, circa 1877 - Cartes-de-visite were given to family and friends to help them remember their loved ones. This portrait, taken at the studio of James Landy in Cincinnati, Ohio, shows a young unidentified man in a uniform. The braid suggests he may have served in a military band. Whatever his vocation, he was proud enough to have his photograph taken while wearing the coat.
- circa 1877
- Collections - Artifact
Young Man Wearing a Uniform, Possibly a Band Musician, circa 1877
Cartes-de-visite were given to family and friends to help them remember their loved ones. This portrait, taken at the studio of James Landy in Cincinnati, Ohio, shows a young unidentified man in a uniform. The braid suggests he may have served in a military band. Whatever his vocation, he was proud enough to have his photograph taken while wearing the coat.