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Cartes-de-visite

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

C. R. Savage cartes-de-visite and cabinet cards, 1852-1918

 Series — Box 2: Series 2 [Barcode: 31197233281101]
Identifier: MSS P 24 Series 2
Scope and Contents

Contains cartes-de-visite and cabinet cards produced by Savage, dating from between 1852 and 1918.

Dates: 1852-1918

Orville C. Roberts photographs, postcards, and other material

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS P 211
Scope and Contents

Collection includes 116 photographs, postcards, and cartes-de-visite of the Roberts family and other families. These include the Stevens, Allen, Gibson, Biggs, Cooper, Steele, and Young families. Also includes one negative. Photographs were collected by Orville C. Roberts between the 1860s and the 1960s. Includes photographs by Savage and Ottinger, and C.W. Carter.

Dates: approximately 1860-1969

C. R. Savage cartes-de-visite of the joining of the rails

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197227646939]
Identifier: MSS 4222
Scope and Contents This collection contains two carte-de-visites taken at Promontory Point, Utah during the Joining of the Rails ceremony which linked the Union Pacific and Central Pacific railroads to form the first transcontinental railroad in the United States on 10 May 1869. On the back of the carte-de-visites is written "Point of Junction of U.P. & C.P.R.R. [Union Pacific & Central Pacific Rail Roads]. Getting ready to lay the last rail" and "Driving last spike U.P. & C.P.R.R.R.s. Promontory...
Dates: 1869