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- Woman Wearing a Gown with Pagoda Sleeves, 1860-1865 -
- 1860-1865
- Collections - Artifact
Woman Wearing a Gown with Pagoda Sleeves, 1860-1865
- Union Army Infantry 1st Lieutenant, 1861-1865 - Whitaker & Co. of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, made this head-and-shoulders portrait of an unidentified Union Army infantry officer. 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
- Collections - Artifact
Union Army Infantry 1st Lieutenant, 1861-1865
Whitaker & Co. of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, made this head-and-shoulders portrait of an unidentified Union Army infantry officer. 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.