VIVANDIERE Kady C. Brownell 1st Rhode Island CIVIL WAR VNTAGE PHOTO CARD CDV RP

Description

Kady C. Brownell - vivandiere with the First Rhode Island Infantry Regiment
Print from the vintage Cabinet Card photograph - a Canon Archival Quality Semi-gloss Print from an original. Mounted on sturdy chipboard the overall card is 4” x 6”.
Vivandière or cantinière
is a French name for women attached to military regiments as sutlers or canteen keepers. Their actual historic function of selling wine to the troops and working in canteens led to the adoption of the name 'cantinière' which came to supplant the original 'vivandière' starting in 1793, but the use of both terms was common in French until the mid-19th century, and 'vivandière' remained the term of choice in non-French-speaking countries such as the US, Spain, Italy, and Great Britain. Vivandières served in the French army up until the beginning of World War I, but the custom (and the name) spread to many other armies. Vivandières also served on both sides in the American Civil War, and in the armies of Spain, Italy, the German states, Switzerland, and various armies in South America, though little is known about the details in most of those cases as historians have not done extensive research on them.
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“Cabinet Card” portraits were often presented and exchanged by individuals of position, and social standing. They often replaced the “calling card” as a currency of social exchange and introduction and they came to frequently be displayed in glass “cabinets” to demonstrate acquaintance or connection in some way with the notables pictured in the portraits.