Media Type: Cabinet card

Cabinet card photo of the Robert E. Lee mausoleum, Lexington, Va., 1897. His final resting place is in the lower level of the Lee Chapel on the campus of Washington & Lee University, Lexington, Va. The recumbent statue in the photo was executed by Edward Valentine in 1875. Cabinet cards replaced the CDV (carte-de-visite) in the popular home photo album, and were widely popular in the 1880’s and 1890’s. Ca. 1897, item # 2001.0703.300, 20 x 12.5 cm.https://mds.marshall.edu/sc_cwart/1025/thumbnail.jp