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cabinet photographs

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Card photographs, generally portraits, which measure 4 1/4 by 6 1/2 inches, including the mount. They were introduced by F. R. Window in 1867 as larger alternatives to the "cartes-de-visite," which measured 3 1/4 x 2 1/4 inches. The larger size was considered more appropriate for display, allowed for group portraits, and permitted the image to be retouched. The size remained popular until World War I.

Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:

Byrd-Leach Family Photographs Collection

 Collection
Identifier: RH-A-4343
Scope and Contents

The collection contains thirty-six photographs from the Byrd and Leach families from Michigan and Ohio dating from 1880 to 1929.

Those pictured are sons-in-law, children and friends including Pauline Johnson; Essa Byrd’s family including Mary Katherine’s husband, Charles H. Smith, and her sons Robert Adrian Smith, Harold D. Smith and Frederick D. Smith.

Dates: 1880-1929

Framed photographs & publications, 1872-1882

 Series
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Collection consists of 5 framed photographs and one framed poem, illustrated. The photographs feature portraits of Walt Whitman. Poem entitled Leaves of Grass.

Dates: 1872-1882

Hurtt Family, c.1886

 File — Folder 1
Identifier: Folder 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The collection is composed of one sepia-toned cabinet card, 4 ¼”x6 ½” of three children, two girls and one boy, and one adult male, all holding musical instruments. The photograph is identified as "The Hurtt Family." Local photographer C.C. Packard took the photograph and his name is at the bottom of the photograph.

Dates: c.1886

Kalamazoo Fire Department Photograph

 Collection
Identifier: RH-A-3664
Scope and Contents The photograph of a tillerman of the Kalamazoo Fire Department was taken by photographer M. Reidsema of Kalamazoo, Michigan between the dates of 1891-1895. The address on the front of the photograph, 101 West Main St., indicates where the photographer had his studio as well as the time period the photograph had been taken; 1891-1895. John Reidsema was a photographer in Kalamazoo from 1889-1911. In this picture, a young man wears a cap with the word “TILLERMAN” followed by “KFD” (Kalamazoo...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1891-1895

Kalamazoo Portrait Photographers

 Collection
Identifier: RH-A-2898
Abstract

The collection is composed of photographs, mainly carte de visites, cabinet cards and miscellaneous photographs of unidentified people taken by Kalamazoo photographers. These photographs more than likely were taken anywhere between 1870 and 1955.

Dates: 1870-1900

The Hurtt Family

 Collection
Identifier: RH-A-3349
Scope and Contents

The collection is composed of one sepia-toned cabinet card, 4 ¼”x6 ½” of three children, two girls and one boy, and one adult male, all holding musical instruments. The photograph is identified as "The Hurtt Family." Local photographer C.C. Packard took the photograph and his name is at the bottom of the photograph.

Dates: ca. 1886

Walt Whitman at Auction, framed, 1872

 Item — Box 1: [Barcode: 31141025371597], Object: 1
Scope and Contents

Half length photograph of Walt Whitman, wearing a white hat, seated at small desk, facing left; left hand raised to neck. Photograph by G. Frank E. Pearsall. Caption below reads: "This copy of 'Walt Whitman at Auction' is a personal gift from Charles E. Feinberg."

Dates: 1872

Walt Whitman at Auction, framed, September 1872

 Item — Box 2: [Barcode: 31141025371662], Object: 1
Scope and Contents

Photographic print of Walt Whitman seated at desk, leaning on left hand, wearing a white hat, with caption beneath. Caption reads: "Photo'd from life, Sept. '72, Brooklyn, N. Y. by G. F. E. Pearsall, Fulton St. (Printed by C. F. Spieler, Phila.).

Dates: September 1872