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COLLECTION Identifier: TCS 22

Harvard Theatre Collection French and Italian cartes-de-visite theatrical portrait photographs

Scope and Contents

Cartes-de-visite portrait photographs of males and females involved in the theater, with a French or Italian producer of the card. Depicts primarily French and Italian actors and actresses.

Dates

  • Creation: 1854-1879

Conditions Governing Access

There are no restrictions on physical access to this material. Collection is open for research.

Extent

2 linear feet (3 boxes)

Biographical / Historical

Cartes-de-visite were small-format photographs affixed to card stock begun about 1854. The image was a standard size of 3 1/4 x 2 1/4 inches. They went out of fashion in the 1870s.

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by name of subject of photograph.

Physical Location

TCS

Immediate Source of Acquisition

No accession number. Various sources, various dates.

Processing Information

Processed by Sarah Mirseyedi, 2018.

Title
Harvard Theatre Collection French and Italian cartes-de-visite theatrical portrait photographs, 1854-1879 (TCS 22): Guide.
Status
completed
Author
Houghton Library, Harvard University.
Date
September 17, 2018
Description rules
dacs
Language of description
und
EAD ID
hou03011

Repository Details

Part of the Houghton Library Repository

Houghton Library is Harvard College's principal repository for rare books and manuscripts, archives, and more. Houghton Library's collections represent the scope of human experience from ancient Egypt to twenty-first century Cambridge. With strengths primarily in North American and European history, literature, and culture, collections range in media from printed books and handwritten manuscripts to maps, drawings and paintings, prints, posters, photographs, film and audio recordings, and digital media, as well as costumes, theater props, and a wide range of other objects. Houghton Library has historically focused on collecting the written record of European and Eurocentric North American culture, yet it holds a large and diverse number of primary sources valuable for research on the languages, culture and history of indigenous peoples of the Americas, Africa, Asia and Oceania.

Houghton Library’s Reading Room is free and open to all who wish to use the library’s collections.

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