cartes-de-visite (card photographs)

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  • Small-format photographs affixed to card stock, popular in the mid-19th century. They went out of fashion in the 1870s. The photographs were typically portraits and the image was a standard size of 3 1/4 x 2 1/4 inches; they were generally produced by a multiple-lens camera that created several images on a single full-sized negative plate. Full-size prints from the plate were cut into sections measuring 4 x 2 1/2 inches, and the pieces were often mounted on cards, which initially served as visitors' cards; it later became the custom to exchange them on birthdays and holidays, and to collect cartes-de-visite of friends, family members, and celebrities in albums. Examples are card photographs patented by the Parisian photographer André-Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri in 1854 and similar items produced by Mathew B. Brady and other photographers.

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cartes-de-visite (card photographs)

cartes-de-visite (card photographs)

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cartes-de-visite (card photographs)

  • UF card photographs (cartes-de-visite)

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cartes-de-visite (card photographs)

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Silver, C. S.

Silver, C. S.

Transcription from back: “Property of J. M. Brown R V Banks, Ore. C. S. Silver, Pioneer of 1850 in Portland merchant for many years.”

B. F. Howland & Co. Studio (Photographers)

Smith, Hannah M.

Smith, Hannah M.

Transcription from back: “Smith, Mrs. Hiram (Hannah M.----) Pioneer of 1851. Known as a very benevolent woman. By will she left fund for constructing a Presbyterian Church at Fairview a few miles east of Portland, which is known as the Hannah M. Smith Memorial Church. Presented by Mrs. S. C. Dyer, Salem. Rec. No. 270.”

Vaughan's First Premium Photograph Gallery (San Francisco, Calif.)

Smith, Hiram

Smith, Hiram

Transcription from back: “Smith, Hiram. Born in New York State. After reaching his majority he went to Ohio. Organized three expeditions to Oregon, in 18451 1851, 1863. The one in 1863 was to aid immigrants. His home was on 12th St. near Washington. He died in San Francisco, Jan 17, 1870. Presented by Mrs. S. C. Dyer, Salem. Rec. No. 270.”

Vaughan's First Premium Photograph Gallery (San Francisco, Calif.)

Smith, William

Smith, William

Transcription from back: “William Smith” There are a two cent and a three cent revenue stamps affixed to the back.

Bradley & Rulofson

Tenney, Rev. William Alfred

Tenney, Rev. William Alfred

Transcription from back: “Rev. William Alfred Tenney. B. St. Albaus, Maine Nov. 18, 1827; Gr. Bangor Theo. Sem. 1856; Ord. July 31, 1856; To Oregon, 1856; Congregationalist; Pastor Eugene, 1856-57; Astoria, 1857-59; Dalles, 1859-61; Forest Grove, 1861-62; Calif. 1862-71; Astoria, 1871-75. Then to California and Mass. Rec’d July 29, 1924.”

D. H. Woods (San Francisco, Calif.)

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