Description: ITEM: Up for sale is this antique cabinet card photograph showing a little boy in a fancy costume or outfit. Photo is by photographer Albee or Athol, MA, good shape. SHIPPING: All buyers agree to pay calculated shipping charges. We will gladly combine shipments to help save you postage (please wait for us to invoice you or contact us to send a combined invoice). If you have special packaging requirements, please contact us BEFORE paying so the shipping charge can be adjusted. Postcards/snapshots are shipped in envelopes (over $20 shipped in cardboard sleeves) and books are shipped in bubble mailers (over $50 shipped in a box).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 1890s witnessed the decline of the cabinet card and the card photograph album, replaced by the snapshot (an unmounted paper print) and the scrapbook album. A variety of other large card styles of various names and dimensions came about for professional portraits in the 1880s and 1890s. After 1900, card photographs generally had a much larger area surrounding the print. An embossed frame around the image, heavy, gray card stock and blind imprints were hallmarks. Last Used. The cabinet card was popular and continued to be produced until the early 1900s and quite a bit longer in Europe. The last cabinet cards were produced in the twenties, perhaps as late as 1924.
Price: 10 USD
Location: Weatherly, Pennsylvania
End Time: 2025-01-21T23:43:59.000Z
Shipping Cost: N/A USD
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Item Specifics
Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Production Technique: Albumen Print
Material: Cardboard, Paper
Theme: Portrait, Children, Costumes
Format: Cabinet Card
Type: Photograph
Features: One of a Kind (OOAK)
Number of Photographs: 1
Subject: Boys, Children & Infants, Fashion
Original/Licensed Reprint: Original
Image Color: Black & White
Time Period Manufactured: 1850-1899
