Cabinet photo of a little girl
Description
- Mystery Question
- Can you identify the girl in this photograph?[Please answer by clicking on the Comments tab]
- Creator
- Gagen & Fraser, Photographer
- Media Type
- Image
- Item Type
- Photographs
- Description
- A photograph of a little girl from the photo album of Amos Wright, resident of Richmond Hill. The name of the girl is unknown.
- Notes
- Gagen & Fraser Studio is listed as operating from 1878-1896 in Toronto, on 79 King St. West.
Cabinet card photographs were first introduced in 1866. They were initially employed for landscapes rather than portraitures. Cabinet cards replaced Carte de visite photographs as the popular mode of photography. Cabinet cards became the standard for photographic portraits in 1870. Cabinet cards experienced their peak in popularity in the 1880′s. Cabinet cards were still being produced in the United States until the early 1900′s and continued to be produced in Europe even longer. The best way to describe a cabinet card is that it is a thin photograph that is mounted on a card that measures 4 1/4″ by 6 1/2″. Cabinet cards frequently have artistic logos and information on the bottom or the reverse of the card which advertised the photographer or the photography studio’s services.
- Date of Original
- ca. 1878-1896
- Dimensions
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Width: 10.6 cm
Height: 16.5 cm
- Local identifier
- wright017.jp2
- Language of Item
- English
- Geographic Coverage
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Ontario, Canada
Latitude: 43.87111 Longitude: -79.43725 -
Ontario, Canada
Latitude: 43.87111 Longitude: -79.43725
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- Creative Commons licence
[more details]- Copyright Statement
- Public domain: Copyright has expired according to Canadian law. No restrictions on use.
- Contact
- Richmond Hill Public LibraryWebsite:
Agency street/mail address:1 Atkinson St, Richmond Hill, ON L4C 0H5
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