Commodore Nutt and Minnie Warren, 1863-1868
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The 1863 marriage of actress Lavinia Warren and circus performer Charles Stratton--known as General Tom Thumb--was front-page news. This carte-de-visite depicts the bride's sister and maid of honor, Minnie Warren, with Stratton's best man, fellow circus performer George Washington Morrison "Commodore" Nutt. Americans collected and exchanged cartes-de-visite from the 1860s through the 1880s to commemorate family members and celebrities.
The 1863 marriage of actress Lavinia Warren and circus performer Charles Stratton--known as General Tom Thumb--was front-page news. This carte-de-visite depicts the bride's sister and maid of honor, Minnie Warren, with Stratton's best man, fellow circus performer George Washington Morrison "Commodore" Nutt. Americans collected and exchanged cartes-de-visite from the 1860s through the 1880s to commemorate family members and celebrities.
Artifact
Carte-de-visite (Card photograph)
Subject Date
circa 1865
Creators
Brady, Mathew B., approximately 1823-1896
Creator Notes
Originally photographed by Mathew Brady.
Keywords
Cartes-de-visite (Card photographs)
Card photographs (Photographs)
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
2012.0.5.58
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
Red bordered label adhered on back typed: 4453
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