History of Photography - Virtual Exhibits of 19th Century Photographs

Virtual Exhibits of 19th Century Photographs

Dating Cabinet Cards

Examples of cabinet cards in chronological order, useful to determine dates of other cabinet cards. View

Dating Cartes-de-Visite

Examples of Cartes-de-Visites in chronological order, useful to determine dates of other Cartes-de-Visites. View

Anonymous Cartes-de-Visite

While most cdvs have the photographer’s name printed on the front or back, some are found with no identification for reasons we can only guess. View

Tintypes

American tintypes are often found mounted on cards the size of cartes-de-visite, While most ferrotype cards have either embossed or printed designs, these examples were both printed and embossed. Several have Potter’s March 7, 1865, patent notice. View

British Ferrotype Cards

Examples of British ferrotype cards with more decorative printed mats than typical in American examples of the period. Some of those shown were formerly in the collection of the late Eaton S. Lothop, Jr. View