tintypes (photographs)
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
William J. Bradford family photograph album
Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31116021977969]
Identifier: 107-03
Scope and Contents
The William J. Bradford Family Photograph Album collection contains a total of 15 items: 14 photographs, and one photograph album. Of the 14 photographs, 12 are early examples of carte de visites (CdV), approximately the size of visiting cards (4 x 2.5 inches), which became very popular in the United States during the Civil War, as the families of soldiers now had a means of obtaining keepsakes of their loved ones. The additional two photographs, items 13 and 14, are similarly sized...
Dates:
1860 - 1875