Portrait of Alexander H. McGuffey, 1894
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Professional photographers began producing cabinet cards in 1867. Consumers quickly preferred them over earlier cartes-de-visite, which were mounted on smaller cardboard stock. Through the early 1900s, Americans commonly exchanged and collected cabinet photographs of family, friends and celebrities. This example from James Landy's Cincinnati, Ohio, studio depicts Alexander McGuffey, who co-wrote the famed "McGuffey Readers" with his brother, William.
Professional photographers began producing cabinet cards in 1867. Consumers quickly preferred them over earlier cartes-de-visite, which were mounted on smaller cardboard stock. Through the early 1900s, Americans commonly exchanged and collected cabinet photographs of family, friends and celebrities. This example from James Landy's Cincinnati, Ohio, studio depicts Alexander McGuffey, who co-wrote the famed "McGuffey Readers" with his brother, William.
Artifact
Cabinet photograph
Subject Date
1894
Keywords
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
30.1255.3
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Cardboard
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Mounting
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 5.75 in
Width: 3.813 in
Inscriptions
front, imprinted: Landy, 208 W. Fourth St., Cincinnati verso, handwritten: Alex'd H. McGuffey, Age 78 Years
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