Object ID:
2003.127
Title:
Carte de visite, Man wearing dark eyeglasses
Photographer:
Union Picture Gallery
Place:
Auburn, NY
Date:
ca. 1865
Description:
Sepia-toned photo is mounted on a white card with brown trim. Photo shows a head-and-shoulders portrait of a man wearing dark eyeglasses. He has a full beard and mustache. Printed on the reverse, within a decorative illustration, is "Union Picture Gallery. No. 112 Genesee Street. Auburn, N.Y. S.Hall Morris." The same man appears to be in two other photos in the museum collection; accession 2001.176, 2003.156. Slight foxing on photo. Cartes de visite were popular during the Civil War era.
Studio:
Union Picture Gallery
Medium:
Card stock, paper
Print Size:
4 x 2 1/2 in.
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Man wearing dark eyeglasses
Man wearing dark eyeglasses