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Pre-photographic

Photomechanical

Photographic

Albumen
Ambrotype
Bromoil
Bromoil Transfer
Carbon
Carbro
Chromogenic
Collodion POP
Cyanotype
Daguerreotype
Direct Carbon (Fresson)
Dye Imbibition
Gelatin Dry Plate
Gelatin POP
Gum Dichromate
Instant (Diffusion Transfer)
Instant (Dye Diffusion Transfer)
Instant (Internal Dye Diffusion Transfer)
Matte Collodion
Platinum
Salted Paper
Screen Plate
Silver Dye Bleach
Silver Gelatin DOP
Tintype
Wet Plate Collodion

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Notes on this view:

Salted paper cartes de visite are rare objects, as CDVs were typically albumen prints. A distinctive feature of this object is the thin mount made from high quality paper, which is usually an indication of a CDV made in the late 1850s. Mounts made later than this are thicker and usually composed of good quality paper on the front and back, with a core of poor quality paper in the middle.

Although the above features help to identify the time period in which this CDV was created, other clues about the object may indicate that it was actually made at a later time. The most important of these clues are the image size and the use of hand-applied color on a salted paper CDV, which would suggest that the object was created circa 1867. Lastly, the sitter's clothing and hairstyle (1860s) further helps to identify the age of the print.