Corporal Nimrod Burke Cabinet Card Photograph Civil War Union Vintage Slavery RP

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Corporal Nimrod Burke Cabinet Card Photograph Civil War Union Vintage Slavery RP:
$7.99

Handmade historical reproduction Cabinet Card of Corporal Nimrod Burke of the 23rd US Black Infantry Union Regiment. Each card has a short bio on the reverse which makes it useful as a history teaching tool in addition to interesting, enjoyable art for display.Mounted on sturdy chipboard the overall card is approx. 4.75” x 7.25”From the back bio -
Many African American slaves and former slaves played an important role in the American Civil War.
The Union Army legally enlisted blacks after July 17, 1862, and many fled North to achieve freedom and fight against their Southern oppressors. The Union utilized many blacks as soldiers and other workers.
At first, volunteerism was slow. Abolitionist leaders, such as Frederick Douglass, urged blacks to pick up the cause and fight for freedom. In May 1863, Congress established the Bureau of Colored Troops in an effort to organize black efforts in the war.Although Cabinet Cards were not introduced during the American Civil War. Many of the great photographs from the period were exchanged as the smaller Carté de Visité CDV\'s and are just worth looking at now in the larger Cabinet Card style.
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The cabinet card was a style of photograph which was widely used for photographic portraiture from the 1860’s through the early part of the 20th Century.
It consisted of a thin albumen photographic paper print mounted on a card typically measuring 4¼ by 6½ inches (108 by 165 mm). They are often confused with Carte de Visité (CDV), a similar but smaller format introduced around 1854 in France. CDV’s were very popular during the American Civil War. They tended to be much smaller in a standard 2-1/2\" x 4\" format.
“Cabinet Card” portraits were often presented and exchanged by individuals of position, and social standing. They came to often replace the “calling card” as a currency of social exchange and introduction. They were often kept and displayed in glass “cabinets” to demonstrate acquaintance or connection in some way with the notables pictured in the portraits.