Virginia, Georgia, and Maryland carte-de-visite album, 1870s-1880s

University of Michigan William L. Clements Library

909 South University Avenue

Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA

clements-reference@umich.edu

Creator:: Anonymous
Abstract:: The Virginia, Georgia, and Maryland carte-de-visite album contains carte-de-visite and tintype studio portraits of men, women, and children taken around the 1870s-1880s. Most of the tintypes are hand-tinted.
Extent:: 1 volume
Language:: English
Sponsor:: Frederick P. Currier Collection
Authors:: Collection processed and finding aid created by Meg Hixon, June 2013

Scope and Content:: This album (13cm x9cm) contains 16 carte-de-visite and 13 tintype photographs taken in Virginia, Georgia, and Maryland circa 1870s-1880s. Most items are individual portraits, with three exceptions: a carte-de-visite of two women, a tintype of a woman holding an infant, and a tintype family photograph of six people, mostly children. The majority of the tintypes and at least two of the cartes-de-visite have hand coloring. One photograph of an infant is identified as Estelle Simcoe. The volume's brown cover has a raised geometric design, and the title "Album" is stamped in gold on the spine.
Biographical / Historical:: The photographs in this album were taken in studios in places such as Norfolk, Virginia; Baltimore, Maryland; and several Georgia locales in the late 19th century.
Acquisition Information:: F-443 .
Processing information:: Cataloging funded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC). This collection has been processed according to minimal processing procedures and may be revised, expanded, or updated in the future.
Rules or Conventions:: Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS)