Photographicon, 1865

File — mu: 1511

Identifier: MU-1511

Scope and Contents

From the Series:

This series includes boxed CDVs. For the CDV albums that have been cataloged individually see the list at the end of this guide.

Dates

1865

Creator

From the Collection: Loewentheil, Stephan (Collector, Person)
From the Collection: Stephan Loewentheil History of Photography Collection (Organization)

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

Extent

40.1 cubic feet.

Additional Description

Abstract

Photograph viewer in the form of a wooden box covered in velvet, containing two rollers, with a viewing window on the top. By turning one of two knobs on the front of the device, the viewer can move forward or back through a roll of photographs on the two rollers. The roll contains many reproductions of engravings or lithographs in addition to (unidentified) portrait photographs. The images are in carte de visite format, but inserted into a continuous roll of paper photo frames. Images include a photo of a Union army officer from the Civil War.