Woman Knitting, circa 1860
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An unidentified woman posed in a North Bridgewater, Massachussets photographer's studio around 1860. This portrait carte-de-visite is a product of her sitting. Cartes-de-visite, small photographic prints on cardboard stock, remained popular from the Civil War in the 1860s through the 1880s. Americans commonly collected and exchanged them to commemorate family members or celebrities.
An unidentified woman posed in a North Bridgewater, Massachussets photographer's studio around 1860. This portrait carte-de-visite is a product of her sitting. Cartes-de-visite, small photographic prints on cardboard stock, remained popular from the Civil War in the 1860s through the 1880s. Americans commonly collected and exchanged them to commemorate family members or celebrities.
Artifact
Carte-de-visite (Card photograph)
Subject Date
circa 1860
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
2012.0.5.68
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford
Material
Cardboard
Paper (Fiber product)
Ink
Technique
Albumen process
Mounting
Handwriting
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 4.25 in
Width: 2.5 in
Inscriptions
Photographer's imprint label on back reads: S.W.S. HOWARD, / Photographic Artist, / Cor. Main & School Sts. / North Bridgewater / Mass. Red bordered label adhered on back typed: 4343
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