Brewery Workers, "The Bear Brewists," Buffalo, New York, circa 1865
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This carte-de-visite, made in an unknown photographer's studio around 1865, shows four brewery workers from Buffalo, New York. Cartes-de-visite were small, professional photographic prints on cardboard stock. Americans often collected cartes-de-visite, which remained popular in the United States from the Civil War in the 1860s through the 1880s, to help them remember places, celebrities, or family members.
This carte-de-visite, made in an unknown photographer's studio around 1865, shows four brewery workers from Buffalo, New York. Cartes-de-visite were small, professional photographic prints on cardboard stock. Americans often collected cartes-de-visite, which remained popular in the United States from the Civil War in the 1860s through the 1880s, to help them remember places, celebrities, or family members.
Artifact
Carte-de-visite (Card photograph)
Subject Date
circa 1865
Creators
Unknown
Keywords
United States, New York, Buffalo
Cartes-de-visite (Card photographs)
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
94.117.14
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Cardboard
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Albumen process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 4 in
Width: 2.375 in
Inscriptions
Handwritten in ink on back: The Bear (sic) Brewists / Buffalo N.Y. / Cousin / 1 John Shelser Junior / 2 / 3 / 4 Cousin Solomon Myers Handwritten in ink under front image: 1 2 3 4
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