Man with pen and book
Man with pen and book
- Description (Brief)
- Carte-de-visite made by C.C Giers; Portrait of a balding man with a beard, sitting next to a table with floral tablecloth. The man is dressed in a suit and has a pen in his hand, as if he was ready to write. Label on verso: "C.C. Giers, Successsor to F.N. Hughes, Corner Union and College Sts., Nashville, Tenn.". Handwritten in ink on verso: "This is [illegible] of [illegible]".
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- carte-de-visite
- place made
- United States: Tennessee, Nashville
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 4 in x 2 3/8 in; 10.16 cm x 6.0198 cm
- ID Number
- 1986.3048.0327
- catalog number
- 1986.3048.0327
- nonaccession number
- 1986.3048
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- Work and Industry: Photographic History
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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