SMALL WORLDS: The Art of the Carte de Visite Main Gallery
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SMALL WORLDS is an invitation to journey back in time to the 1860s and 1870s. You’ll be able to get a closer look at the wealth of details packed into these small photographs by clicking on any image. In some cases, the enlargements that you’ll see will provide links to details found within the pictures. At your option, you may go from one enlargement to the next, or return to this gallery at any time.
The actual size of the photographs is approximately four inches (10cm) across.
“A Brief History of the Carte de Visite”
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Lincoln’s Funeral at the Ohio State House, Columbus
Attributed to Martin Witt, 1865
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Carpenters at Work
Unidentified Photographer, U.S.
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Scene at Cooperstown, New York
Washington G. Smith
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Western Town with Native Americans
Unidentified Photographer, U.S.
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“People Escaping from the Indian Massacre, at Dinner on a Prairie. “
Adrian J. Ebell, August 21, 1862
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Mescalero Apaches with U.S. Agent A.J. Curtis
Fort Stanton, New Mexico
N. Brown and Son
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Interior of a School
Unidentified Photographer, U.S.
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The Kinni-Kinnick
Martin’s Gallery, St. Paul, Minnesota. 1863
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Train Wreck near Clinton, Iowa
Attributed to J. Blackhall
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