Portraits of America

Stacy's Photographic Carte de Visite, 691 Broadway.

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Stacy's Photographic Carte de Visite, 691 Broadway., 1861 (Library of Congress)
Stacy's Photographic Carte de Visite, 691 Broadway., 1861 (Library of Congress)
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1 card : letterpress ; 4 x 7 cm. | Business card used by photographer George Stacy listing his New York City studio address at 691 Broadway which he occupied from 1861 to 1865.


This business card advertised George Stacy's photographic studio at 691 Broadway in New York City. According to the archive's cataloguing, Stacy occupied this address from 1861 to 1865.

The card is small, measuring 4 by 7 centimetres, and was produced using letterpress printing. Carte de visite was a standard format for photographic portraits during this period, though this item is the photographer's business card rather than a photograph itself.

No further information about George Stacy or his photographic practice is available in the archive record.

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Cartes de Visite

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