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Unknown Maker

Group Portrait of Athletes

Description

Maker

Unknown Maker

Title

Group Portrait of Athletes

Year

ca. 1880s

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

iron

Dimensions

8.9 x 5.6 cm (3 1/2 x 2 3/16 inches)

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Frank G. Lesure

Object Number

2014.75

Type

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Collective Recollection
Jul 27, 2018 – Jan 20, 2019

Label copy

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
19th-Century Photography from the Collection
Mar 13, 2015 – Jul 19, 2015

Label copy

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

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Tombstone

Unknown Maker
Group Portrait of Athletes, ca. 1880s
Tintype
8.9 x 5.6 cm (3 1/2 x 2 3/16 inches)
Gift of Frank G. Lesure 2014.75

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