Glenalvin Goodridge African American Photographer 1860 Civil War CDV Photo Black

DETAILS: Original cartes de visite (CDV) photograph by African American photographer Glenalvin Goodridge. Verso has the photographers original sole proprietorship East Saginaw art design (Crouse's Block, East Saginaw). Later versions refer to the studio as Goodridge Bros. As his younger brothers Wallace and William had joined the studio. Rare example of Goodridge's solo work art design. Because of his Measure 2.5" x 4.0" inches. Goodridge (1829 - 1867) was an American photographer from York, Pennsylvania who was among the first African-American photographers in the United States. In 1863, at the height of the Civil War, Goodridge was convicted of a rape charge and spent a year in prison until receiving a gubernatorial pardon the following year. While incarcerated, he contracted tuberculosis, which led to his death after he was released from prison.

In addition to being a among the first black photographers he was also an abolitionist and leader in the African American community. Oxxbridge Galleries was founded in 1987 and specializes in vintage paper items with a large selection of historical and 19th Century tintypes, daguerreotypes, ambrotypes, cabinet cards, carte des visites and other types of early photography.