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Carte De Visite Photograph File, PR 011, Department of Prints, Photographs, and Architectural Collections, the New-York Historical Society Guide to the Carte de Visite File ca 1856-1900 (Bulk 1861-1869) PR11 The New-York Historical Society 170 Central Park West New York, NY 10024 Descriptive Summary Title: Carte de Visite File Dates: ca 1856-1900 (bulk 1861-1869) Abstract: The carte de visite photograph was a card-size mounted photograph that became a popular fad in Europe and the United States in the mid-to-late 19th century. This collection includes family portraits, portraits of prominent and famous people, and Civil War soldiers and officers. Also included are a lesser number of New York City and other views. Quantity: 11.67 linear feet (28 boxes) Call Phrase: PR 11 Note: This is a PDF version of a legacy finding aid that has not been updated recently and is provided “as is.” It is key-word searchable and can be used to identify and request materials through our online request system (AEON). 2 The New-York Historical Society Library Department of Prints, Photographs, and Architectural Collections PR 011 CARTE DE VISITE PHOTOGRAPH FILE ca. 1856-1900 (bulk 1861-1869) 11.676 lin. ft., 28 boxes Series I. Portraits Series II. Views Series III. Civil War Series IV. Miscellaneous Inventory created March 2005 PR 011 3 Provenance Gifts of various donors. Access The collection is open to qualified researchers. Portions of the collection that have been photocopied or microfilmed will be brought to the researcher in that format; microfilm can be made available through Interlibrary Loan. Photocopying Photocopying will be undertaken by staff only, and is limited to twenty exposures of stable, unbound material per day. Researchers may not accrue unused copy amounts from previous days. On-site researchers may print out unlimited copies from microfilm reader-printer machines at a per-exposure rate; see guidelines in the reading room for details. Permission to reproduce or quote in publication Application to use images from this collection for publication should be made in writing to the Department of Rights and Reproductions, The New-York Historical Society, 2 West 77th Street, New York, NY 10024-5194. Permission to reproduce or quote text from this collection in a publication must be requested from and granted in writing by the Library Director, The New-York Historical Society, 2 West 77th Street, New York, NY 10024-5194. Citation This collection should be cited as: Carte de Visite Photograph File, PR 011, Department of Prints, Photographs, and Architectural Collections, The New-York Historical Society. PR 011 4 Historical Notes The carte de visite photograph was patented in France in 1854, and quickly became a popular fad both in Europe and the United States. The photographs were made using a special camera which took a number of photographs (usually 8), which were then developed through the collodion wet-plate process, and printed on albumen paper, which was then mounted on a standard size of card stock (2 ½ x 4 in.). The photographs were inexpensive to produce and to purchase, and became a way for individuals to share photographs of themselves with friends and family members, and for individuals to collect the images of locally and nationally prominent people, local and foreign views, and other keepsake images. Special albums were produced for holding the small photographs. Cartes de visite began to appear in the United States in the summer of 1859, and continued to be produced up to about 1900, although their prime period of popularity had ended by around 1870, when larger, cabinet-size photographs (introduced in the U.S. in 1866) became more readily available and affordable. Throughout the 1860s, the carte de visite was the chief commercial portrait medium. Scope and Content Notes The Carte de Visite Photograph File contains mounted albumen photographs in the carte de visite format, with the bulk of the images, individual portraits, filed alphabetically by sitter. While the vast majority of the collection is photographic, it also includes engravings, lithographs, and photo-mechanical prints mounted on cards. Most of the images date from the 1860s. Many portraits depict soldiers and officers in Civil War uniform; indeed the overlapping time period of the carte de visite craze and the Civil War makes this collection an important resource for Civil War-era portraits and views. Many photographers are represented in the collection, although there is no index to photographer. Represented photographers hail from twenty-two foreign countries, and thirty-two states. One hundred and twelve New York City photographers and eight Brooklyn photographers are represented as well. Prominent photographers and publishers include E. & H.T. Anthony, D. Appleton & Co., Mathew Brady, Jeremiah Gurney & Son, George G. Rockwood, and Napoleon Sarony. The collection is arranged in four series, Portraits; Views; Civil War; and Miscellaneous. Series I. Portraits holds most of the images in the collection. The following list of sitters is current as of March 2005. The series is arranged in two subseries: Photographic Portraits; and Printed Portraits. Subseries I. Photographic Portraits includes identified and unidentified men, women, and children. Sixty-five percent of the subseries is identified photographic portraits of men, women, and children, while the remaining 35% are unidentified. This subseries sometimes includes photographs of paintings of the person. Unidentified sitters are filed by gender and thereunder by type of portrait (full-length, bust, etc.). Persons with more than 10 portraits in the collection include: Robert Anderson, Nathaniel P. Banks, John Wilkes Booth, William Cullen Bryant, Ambrose Burnside, Benjamin Butler, Jefferson Davis, Elmer Ellsworth, David Farragut, Ulysses S. Grant, Andrew Johnson, William Pitt Kellogg, Robert E. Lee, Abraham Lincoln, George B. McClellan, George Gordon Meade, William T. Sherman, and the concert singer Emma Thursby. Specific groups of sitters are filed after the alphabetical list of sitters and the unidentified sitters. These include circus and theatrical performers, European royalty, Native Americans, sitters in foreign costume (all unidentified), and members of the 1867 New York State Constitutional Convention. All photos of the latter category were taken by the studio of Jeffers & McDonald, at No. 519 Broadway, Albany. Library PR 011 5 of Congress standard headings have been used for royalty wherever possible. Subseries II. Printed Portraits: contains engravings issued in carte de visite format. Most of those held here are bust portraits of Civil War generals, many from a series printed by L. Prang. Most are identified. Series II. Views includes photographs and a few prints of views in Europe, Central America, New York City and other states. The photographs of New York City churches are mostly from a series taken by New York photographer G. Stacy, in ca. 1863. Other views from this same church series were tipped in to larger sheets of paper, and can be found foldered together in PR 020. Series III. Civil War includes scenes from the war, and some composite and group portraits of officers. Individual portraits can be found in Series I. Series IV. Miscellaneous includes cartes de visite that do not fit into the previous series. Photographs of paintings, and of objects can be found here. Many paintings are genre scenes, many by John P. Soule. Hand-colored lithographs of natural history specimens are also included. Related Materials Many additional cartes de visite can be found throughout the Album File (PR 002), either in specially-made carte de visite albums, or pasted in to other albums. Most carte de visite theatrical portraits and city views have been mounted on larger sheets and can be found through the Theatrical Portrait File (PR 104) and Geographic File (PR 020). A scrapbook of photographic advertising in the Bella C. Landauer Collection of Business and Advertising Ephemera (PR 031) includes more than 150 cartes de visite. PR 011 6 Box Series I. Portraits Portraits are filed alphabetically by surname of sitter. Unidentified sitters are filed after identified sitters, with specific groups filed at the end. If more than one image exists per sitter, that number appears after the sitter’s name. The series is divided into two subseries: Photographs and Printed Portraits. Subseries I. PHOTOGRAPHS 1 Abercrombie, John Abbot, Ezra Abbot, Rev. John C. Abbot, J.C. Abbey, E.A. Abt, Franz Achupenburg, J. Adams, Lt. Col. Adams, Charles (3) Adams, Edwin (3) Adams, John Q. (4) Adams, William (2) Adriane, John P. Agassiz Aicken, Jennie Aikman, Rev. William Aird, Thomas Aitken Albert, Anselme Albert, Francis Alcott, Louise Aldess, Owen Alexander, Col. Alexander, Henry M. Alexandra Alger Allen Allen, George W. Allen, John Allen, Lottie Allen, L.W. Allen, Ruth Allen, T.F. Allen, William (2) Allen, Mrs. (2) Almy, Capt. John Alofsen, S. PR 011 7 Box Series I. Portraits, cont. Subseries I. PHOTOGRAPHS, cont. [1] Alpenalk, Ulrich Alsop, Mrs. Richard Ames, Sarah Amielie, Pauline Ammen, Daniel Amoberg, Anderson, Charles Anderson, E. Anderson, H Anderson, Mary (3) Anderson, Miss Anderson, Robert (18) Andressen, Henry Andrew, John Albion (2) Andrew, John A. Andrews, Charles Andrews, Edwin C. Andrews, Gen. Anger, Gen. Anka, C.D. Annable, George O. Annandale, Lizzie Anthon, Charles E. Anthon, Henry Anthony, Henry B. (5) Appleton, Nathan (2) Appleton, W.S. Armstrong, Mr. Arnold, John D. Arnot, Fanny Arnús, Evaristo (3) Arny, W. Arrowsmith, Geroge Arthur, Prince Asboth, Alexander (3) Asbury, George E. Ashton, Helen (2) Ashton, Kate Aspinwall, Col. Astor, J.J. Atkin, Washington Auber, D.F.E. Audenried, Joseph Auger, Christopher (2) PR 011 8 Box Series I. Portraits, cont. Subseries I. PHOTOGRAPHS, cont. [1] Austerhouse Austin, Issac Goodwyn Austin, Mary Louisa Averell, Williams W. (3) Avery, W. Ayers, R. (2) Ayers, Mrs. Ayers Children Aytorin Babbitt, E.M. Babcock, Allie Babcock, Francis (2) Backus, Charles Bacon, Alphonse (2) Bacon, Charles A. Bacon, Judge Bacon, Rhoda Wells Badollet, Jean Bailey, James M. Bailey, Theodorus Baird, Ariette Baker, Col.
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