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Cartes de visite

 Subject
Subject Source: TGM II, Genre and physical characteristic terms
Scope Note: Scope Note: Card photographs; mounts measure approximately 4 x 2.5 in. (10 x 6 cm.). Introduced in the United States in 1859; made into the 1900s. https://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/tgm/item/tgm001729/

Found in 11 Collections and/or Records:

A. S. Williams III Cartes de Visite Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WP-001
Abstract

The collection contains approximately 3,400 cartes de visite, small photographs mounted on thin pieces of cardboard popular in the latter half of the nineteenth century. The images primarily depict portraits of individuals, many of which are not identified.

Dates: circa 1854-1910
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Andrew Jackson Riddle papers

 Collection
Identifier: W-0162
Abstract

Papers and photographs by Civil War photographer Andrew Jackson Riddle.

Dates: 1864 - 1956
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Benjamin Franklin Whittemore record book and photographs

 Collection
Identifier: W-0077
Abstract

Record book of Chaplain Benjamin Franklin Whittemore of the Fifty-Third Massachusetts, describing the military service of its members

Dates: 1863 - 1887
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Captain Raphael Semmes Signed Carte de Visite

 Collection
Identifier: 2015-003
Scope and Contents

Captain Raphael Semmes signed Carte de Visite.

Dates: 1860
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Carte de Visite, 1860

 File — Box 1: [Barcode: 1006213651], Folder: 2
Identifier: 2015.003.000001
Abstract

Studio portrait of Captain Raphale Semmes.

Dates: 1860
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / Captain Raphael Semmes Signed Carte de Visite

Edward Maffitt Anderson Photographic Album

 Collection
Identifier: 2009-219
Abstract

Photograph album containing forty-seven Cartes de Visite belonging to Edward Maffitt Anderson, midshipman on board the CSS Alabama.

Dates: 1864
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

J. H. Lakin Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: 2008-009
Abstract

This collection consists of eleven cartes de visite, taken by J. H. Lakin, Montgomery photographer.

Dates: 1860 - 1880
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Aniece Ragland Kerr and Patricia Treelawner Banks Wade Tuskegee Institute Memorabilia

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-4180
Abstract

Tuskegee Institute memorabilia collected by two alumnae.

Dates: 1970 - 1991
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Pettigrew Family Carte de Visite

 Collection
Identifier: 2014-026
Abstract

Carte de visite (CDV) of the Pettigrew family, along with an African American woman and a young boy. Acc # 015-008

Dates: 1866
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Poellnitz and Meador Family Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: 2013-011
Abstract

This collection consists of fifty-two photographs of Poellnitz and Meador family members during the Mid-Nineteenth Century through the Early Twentieth Century.

Dates: 1859 - 1925
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Snow Family Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: 2008-026
Abstract

Three photo albums created by the Snow family from Tuscaloosa.

Dates: 1865 - 1920
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections