Union Army Infantry 1st Lieutenant, 1861-1865
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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.
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.
Artifact
Carte-de-visite (Card photograph)
Date Made
1861-1865
Subject Date
1861-1865
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
2005.0.21.16
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Cardboard
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Albumen process
Mounting
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 4 in
Width: 2.5 in
Inscriptions
Photographer's imprint text on back reads: PHOTOGRAPHED / BY / WHITAKER & CO / No. 814 Chestnut Street / Philadelphia Red bordered label adhered to back of image typed: 3099
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