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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 3 Collections and/or Records:

A. S. Williams III Cartes de Visite Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WP-001
Overview 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 / A. S. Williams III Cartes de Visite Collection

Andrew Jackson Riddle papers

 Collection
Identifier: W-0162
Overview Papers and photographs by Civil War photographer Andrew Jackson Riddle.
Dates: 1864 - 1956
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / Andrew Jackson Riddle papers

Benjamin Franklin Whittemore record book and photographs

 Collection
Identifier: W-0077
Overview 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 / Benjamin Franklin Whittemore record book and photographs