[Fontinelle Weller posed as Columbia] – Antique Wall Art
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(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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This historic photograph of [Fontinelle Weller posed as Columbia] brings a moment of history to your wall. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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[Fontinelle Weller posed as Columbia]
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Fontinelle Weller poses as Columbia, the female figure who had long personified the United States, here draped in the flag and arranged for the camera as a living emblem of the nation. Made in 1873, the card was meant to be viewed through a stereoscope, which gave the figure a sense of depth a flat print could not. Stereograph cards like this were popular parlor entertainment in the 1870s, and the record also lists the writer Bret Harte among the names associated with the card. The mix of performance, costume and patriotic symbolism shows how closely everyday home amusement and national sentiment were linked in the years after the Civil War.
| Created / published | 1873 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph. |
| Notes | D2455 U.S. Copyright Office. Title devised by Library staff. No. 378. Stereoscopic Treasures. · Harte Bret 1836-1902. |
| Subjects | Columbia (Symbolic character) Girls--1870-1880. Costumes--1870-1880. Flags--American--1870-1880. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Stereograph Cards |
| Original scan | 1,000 × 538 px |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-STV-270902 |
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