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- Portrait of Montgomery Blair, United States Postmaster General, 1861-1864 - Cartes-de-visite, small, professionally made photographs on cardboard stock, remained popular in the United States from the Civil War in the 1860s through the 1880s. Many were given to friends and loved ones, but enterprising photographers also produced images of famous individuals to sell to the collecting-crazed public. Celebrities, military officers and politicians, such as Montgomery Blair, Abraham Lincoln's first postmaster general, were popular subjects.
- 1861-1864
- Collections - Artifact
Portrait of Montgomery Blair, United States Postmaster General, 1861-1864
Cartes-de-visite, small, professionally made photographs on cardboard stock, remained popular in the United States from the Civil War in the 1860s through the 1880s. Many were given to friends and loved ones, but enterprising photographers also produced images of famous individuals to sell to the collecting-crazed public. Celebrities, military officers and politicians, such as Montgomery Blair, Abraham Lincoln's first postmaster general, were popular subjects.
- Portrait of Gideon Welles, 1863-1865 - Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy under Abraham Lincoln, posed for this carte-de-visite in New York City. The carte-de-visite was a small photographic print on cardboard stock made by professional photographers. People exchanged and collected portrait cartes-de-visite, popular in the United States from the Civil War in the 1860s through the 1880s, to help them remember family and celebrities.
- 1863-1865
- Collections - Artifact
Portrait of Gideon Welles, 1863-1865
Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy under Abraham Lincoln, posed for this carte-de-visite in New York City. The carte-de-visite was a small photographic print on cardboard stock made by professional photographers. People exchanged and collected portrait cartes-de-visite, popular in the United States from the Civil War in the 1860s through the 1880s, to help them remember family and celebrities.
- Portrait of Edward Bates, 1861-1864 - Edward Bates, Attorney-General of the United States under Abraham Lincoln, posed for this carte-de-visite in New York City. The carte-de-visite was a small photographic print on cardboard stock made by professional photographers. People exchanged and collected portrait cartes-de-visite, popular in the United States from the Civil War in the 1860s through the 1880s, to help them remember family and celebrities.
- 1861-1864
- Collections - Artifact
Portrait of Edward Bates, 1861-1864
Edward Bates, Attorney-General of the United States under Abraham Lincoln, posed for this carte-de-visite in New York City. The carte-de-visite was a small photographic print on cardboard stock made by professional photographers. People exchanged and collected portrait cartes-de-visite, popular in the United States from the Civil War in the 1860s through the 1880s, to help them remember family and celebrities.
- Portrait of Vice-President Hannibal Hamlin, 1861-1865 - Cartes-de-visite, small, professionally made photographs on cardboard stock, remained popular in the United States from the Civil War in the 1860s through the 1880s. Many were given to friends and loved ones, but enterprising photographers also produced images of famous individuals to sell to the collecting-crazed public. Celebrities, military officers and politicians, such as Vice President Hannibal Hamlin, were popular subjects.
- 1861-1865
- Collections - Artifact
Portrait of Vice-President Hannibal Hamlin, 1861-1865
Cartes-de-visite, small, professionally made photographs on cardboard stock, remained popular in the United States from the Civil War in the 1860s through the 1880s. Many were given to friends and loved ones, but enterprising photographers also produced images of famous individuals to sell to the collecting-crazed public. Celebrities, military officers and politicians, such as Vice President Hannibal Hamlin, were popular subjects.