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Group Portrait of Athletes, ca. 1880s

Description

Maker

Title

Group Portrait of Athletes

Year

ca. 1880s

Medium

Tintype

Materials/Techniques

Materials

Type

Credit

Gift of Frank G. Lesure

Object Number

2014.75

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Collective Recollection

July 27, 2018 - January 20, 2019

In the second half of the 1800s, standard-sized, mass-produced photographs such as the tintype and cabinet card were introduced. Middle-class and working-class consumers could afford to visit a photography studio and sit for a portrait, buying copies by the dozen to share with friends and family; at the same time, they could purchase portraits of celebrities. Collecting photographs and gathering them in albums became a popular hobby, allowing people to create their own “dream” social networks. People today continue to fill albums with pictures of their loved ones.

Early Exposures

March 13 - July 19, 2015

Tintypes could be purchased in a simple paper cover. This grouping of athletes is typical of the casual nature and directness of many tintypes.

Use

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