Portrait of Cornelius Vanderbilt, circa 1860
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Cornelius Vanderbilt, a well-known American industrialist and philanthropist, posed for this carte-de-visite around 1860. 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.
Cornelius Vanderbilt, a well-known American industrialist and philanthropist, posed for this carte-de-visite around 1860. 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.
Artifact
Carte-de-visite (Card photograph)
Subject Date
circa 1860
Creators
Unknown
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
2012.0.5.21
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford
Material
Cardboard
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Albumen process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 3.875 in
Width: 2.375 in
Inscriptions
Typed on red bordered label adhered to back: 3722
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