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Albumen
Ambrotype
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Chromogenic
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Instant (Internal Dye Diffusion Transfer)
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Notes on this view:

This commercial studio portrait is an albumen print mounted on a standard-sized cabinet card, a format which replaced the carte de visite as the dominant medium for portraiture in the last quarter of the 19th century. The tan mount has rounded corners and its edge is colored with bronze ink. The image has a warm brown-purple tone, typical of albumen prints. The use of the albumen process, the color of the mount, and the studio composition of the standing figures suggest this portrait dates from the 1880s.