Historical Portrait
[Nate Foster, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front]
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Archive record
1 photograph : albumen print on card mount ; mount 98 x 63 mm (carte de visite format)
About this photograph
This carte de visite portrait shows Nate Foster, photographed by Melander Bros in 1865. The albumen print is mounted on card in the standard carte de visite format of the period.
Nothing further is known about the sitter or the circumstances of the portrait. The archive record provides no information about Foster's occupation, location, or reason for being photographed. Similarly, while Melander Bros is identified as the photographer, no details about this studio or its work are available in the archive's documentation.
Compiled from the catalogue record and reference notes on the formats and events involved. The archive record above is the primary source.
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