The family photograph tree – Historic Photo Reproduction
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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A window into the past: The family photograph tree, preserved in this historic photograph. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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The family photograph tree
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The print's title, *The Family Photograph Tree*, points to its central idea: a tree whose branches carry family portraits in place of leaves or fruit, turning a genealogical chart into a picture of kinship. Published in New York by Currier & Ives around 1871, it reflects the period when photographic portraits, especially small cartes de visite, had become common in middle-class homes and were often collected in albums or displayed on walls. Currier & Ives sold inexpensive lithographs to a broad public, so the print also shows how sentiment about family and memory reached ordinary households. The record gives no further detail about the specific people depicted.
| Created / published | New York : Published by Currier & Ives, c1871. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph. |
| Genre | Lithographs 1870-1880. |
| Notes | Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 2002 |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,045 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-174417 |
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