Cartes de Visite Album

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Description:

Cartes de Visite album with fifty images including those of Civil War generals, Abraham Lincoln, Actresses and other famous persons of the nineteenth century. Green album in good condition with two working clasps.

Date Made: circa 1860s

Maker: George K. Warren

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: Massachusetts, Boston

See more items in: Work and Industry: Photographic History, Photography

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Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 1995.0231.211Catalog Number: 1995.0231.211Accession Number: 1995.0231

Object Name: Album

Measurements: open: 7 in x 11 1/2 in x 2 3/8 in; 17.78 cm x 29.21 cm x 6.0325 cmclosed: 7 in x 5 3/4 in x 2 5/8 in; 17.78 cm x 14.605 cm x 6.6675 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a8-a4c6-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1004714

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