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- Union Navy Sailor, 1861-1865 - This carte-de-visite made by Tubbs & Woodbridge of Binghamton, New York, shows an unknown Union Navy sailor in his uniform. Professional photographers made cartes-de-visite beginning in the 1860s. Mounted on small cardboard stock, these early photographic prints proved popular in the United States from the Civil War through the 1880s. Americans exchanged and collected CdVs to help them remember family and celebrities.
- 1861-1865
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Union Navy Sailor, 1861-1865
This carte-de-visite made by Tubbs & Woodbridge of Binghamton, New York, shows an unknown Union Navy sailor in his uniform. Professional photographers made cartes-de-visite beginning in the 1860s. Mounted on small cardboard stock, these early photographic prints proved popular in the United States from the Civil War through the 1880s. Americans exchanged and collected CdVs to help them remember family and celebrities.