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Cartes de visite

 Subject
Subject Source: TGM II, Genre and physical characteristic terms

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

2nd Rhode Island Infantry, Co. F. photographs

 Collection
Identifier: 002-03-11
Scope and Contents

This collection contains 7 items: 6 of which are photographs mounted on cards. The photographs were taken at Bush Camp in Centreville, Virginia and feature 3 or more soldiers in uniform carrying rifles and posing informally for the camera. Text at the base of the cards partially identifies some of those pictured. The 7th item in the collection is a small scrap of paper which states the regiment, location, and date of photographs; it is signed by R.L. Johnstone.

Dates: 1861

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