Fifty Photographs: selections from SCUA collections

Abby F. Blanchard at work on a card punching machine

Title

Abby F. Blanchard at work on a card punching machine

Creator

Blanchard, C. P.

Date

ca.1895

Extent

1 photograph

Description

Technologies of reproduction collide in this 1890s image from Brookfield, Mass. With one of the first practical amateur cameras using flexible film stock, the Kodak 2, C.P. Blanchard captured his daughter hard at work on a card punch machine, probably used in textile production.

Collection:

Blanchard-Means Family Papers (MS 830)

Identifier

mums830-s07-b02-i021

Cite As:

Abby F. Blanchard at work on a card punching machine. Photo by C.P. Blanchard, ca.1895. Blanchard-Means Family Papers (MS 830)