Postmaster James
Artist
Jose Maria Mora
(American, b.1849)
CultureAmerican
Date19th Century
MediumAlbumen
DimensionsOverall, Image: 3 5/8 × 2 3/16 in. (9.2 × 5.6 cm)
Overall, Support: 4 × 2 1/2 in. (10.2 × 6.4 cm)
Overall, Support: 4 × 2 1/2 in. (10.2 × 6.4 cm)
InscribedPrinted on front: "Mora, 707 Broadway, N.Y." Handwritten on front: "Post M. James". Handwritten on reverse: "Postmaster James"
Credit LineMuseum purchase and gift of Reid Diggs, Jr.
Object number90.219
Not on view
DescriptionThis is an albumen carte de visite depicting Postmaster Thomas Lemuel James, 1831-1916), editor of DEMOCRATIC-REPUBLICAN and Postmaster General (1881-1882) under President Garfield.
Arthur Rothstein
October 1935