Mother Garfield / J.F. Ryder, Cleveland, O., photographer. – Historic Photo Reproduction
![Mother Garfield / J.F. Ryder, Cleveland, O., photographer., [between 1870 and 1897] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/d3/d379627ee0ec-L.webp)
(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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Step back in time with Mother Garfield / J.F. Ryder, Cleveland, O., photographer., a historic photograph rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Mother Garfield / J.F. Ryder, Cleveland, O., photographer.
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Eliza Ballou Garfield, mother of President James A. Garfield, sits for this card, made by J.F. Ryder, a Cleveland studio photographer. Cabinet cards like this one were the standard keepsake portrait from the 1870s into the 1890s, often exchanged among relatives and friends. Eliza Garfield had raised her children on a modest farm near Hiram, Ohio, after her husband died when James was a toddler, and her son's rise to the presidency in 1881 drew public attention to her family. The card is worth noticing for pairing a rural matriarch with a city studio, a meeting of domestic and public life.
| Created / published | [between 1870 and 1897] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print on cabinet card. |
| Genre | Portrait photographs 1870-1900.Cabinet photographs 1870-1900.Photographic prints 1870-1900. |
| Subjects | Garfield, James A. (James Abram),--1831-1881--Family. Garfield, Eliza. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,268 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-180800 |
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