Quality reprint/restoration from a vintage
cabinet card photograph - a Fujifilm Archival Quality Matte Print from
the original. Mounted on sturdy chipboard, the overall card is
approximately 4” x 6”.
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The
cabinet card was a style of photograph which was widely used for
photographic portraiture from the 1860’s through the early part of the
20th Century.
It consisted of a thin albumen photographic paper
print mounted on a card typically measuring 4¼ by 6½ inches (108 by 165
mm). They are often confused with Carte de Visité (CDV), a similar but
smaller format introduced around 1854 in France. CDV’s were very popular
during the American Civil War. They tended to be much smaller in a
standard 2-1/2" x 4" format.
“Cabinet Card” portraits were often
presented and exchanged by individuals of position, and social standing.
They came to replace at times the “calling card” as a currency of
social exchange and introduction. They were often kept and displayed in
glass “cabinets” to demonstrate acquaintance or connection in some way
with the notables pictured in the portraits.