Rural Retreat, Virginia, Carte de Visite,
Scope and Content
This collection consists of a single carte de visite. While the woman pictured is unidentified, the photographer is. The back side of the card is marked "W.A. Johnston, Photographic Artist, Rural Retreat, Va."
Dates
- Creation: n.d.
Creator
- Johnson, W. A. (Photographer, Person)
Access Restrictions
Collection is open to research.
Use Restrictions
Permission to publish material from the Rural Retreat, Virginia, Carte de Visite must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.
Biographical/Historical Information
Prior to the use of cartes de visite, individuals used calling cards–cards with an individual's name engraved on the front. These cards were meant to be left with individuals one had visited. While these calling cards were quite popular in the mid-1800s, they were replaced by cartes de visites–small paper and cardboard cards with a photograph–with the improvements in photography during the latter part of the nineteenth century. Typically, these cards depicted an individual or a couple, and had the name(s) of those depicted on the picture.
W.A. Johnston was born in Virginia about 1844. In 1880, he listed his profession as photographer, and was boarding with a Crockett family in Wythe County, Virginia. No other biographical information is available.
Full Extent
0.1 Cubic Feet (1 folder)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The collection contains a carte de visite is of an unidentified woman taken by photographer W.A. Johnston from Rural Retreat, Virginia.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged by material type.
Acquisition Information
The Rural Retreat, Virginia, Carte de Visite was purchased by Special Collections in February 2009.
General Physical Description note
1 folder; 0.1 cu. ft.
Processing Information
The processing, arrangement, and description of the Rural Retreat, Virginia, Carte de Visite commenced and was completed in May 2009.
- Title
- A Guide to the Rural Retreat, Virginia, Carte de Visite, n.d.
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Lora Settle
- Date
- © 2009 By Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. All rights reserved.
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- Description is in English
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections, Virginia Tech Repository
Special Collections, University Libraries (0434)
560 Drillfield Drive
Newman Library, Virginia Tech
Blacksburg Virginia 24061 US
540-231-6308
specref@vt.edu