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- Union Army Officer, circa 1863 - This carte-de-visite made by I.G. Tomkins, Grand Rapids, Michigan, shows an unknown Union Army cavalry officer in his dress uniform. Carte-de-visite was a small photographic print on cardboard stock made by professional photographers. Popular in the United States from the Civil War in the 1860s through the 1880s, people exchanged and collected CdVs to help them remember family and celebrities.
- circa 1863
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Union Army Officer, circa 1863
This carte-de-visite made by I.G. Tomkins, Grand Rapids, Michigan, shows an unknown Union Army cavalry officer in his dress uniform. Carte-de-visite was a small photographic print on cardboard stock made by professional photographers. Popular in the United States from the Civil War in the 1860s through the 1880s, people exchanged and collected CdVs to help them remember family and celebrities.