Cabinet Card Photo Melander Chicago Two Woman and a Man

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ITEM : Cabinet Card Photo by photographer Melander of Chicago showing two women and a man posing for a picture. SHIPPING : All buyers agree to pay calculated shipping charges. We will gladly combine shipments to help save you postage. We ask that PAYPAL payments are also paid in ONE transfer. Payment is expected in 21-days. Thank you! NOTE: Some images are enlarged to show clarity and details. HISTORY : The dimensions of the standard Cabinet Card are 6 ½ x 4 ½ inches or in metric measurements 16.5 x 11.4 cm. Card stock is thicker than the carte de visite with earlier cards being made of Bristol Board gradually giving way to various types of press board (early cardboard) or cardboard (paper made from pressed layers of paper like a sandwich) cards throughout the 1880's and 1890s as technology for manufacturing cardboard advanced. Cards showing evidence of separating layers on the edges are definitely made after the introduction of pressboard and cardboard technology (after 1870) replacing the Bristol Board (a single layer card stock) of the 1860s. Timeline - Introduced in 1866, the Cabinet format was adapted for portraits. The format had already been in use for some years for views. Peak - Although not uncommon in the 1870s, the cabinet card, however, did not displace the carte de visite completely until the 1880s. Waned - The 18 read more

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