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Carte de visites are paper photographs that were wildly frequent in the mid-19th century, but were still made into the 1900s. They are black and white prints but the older CDVs have a distinct cream-sepia color to them. The cabinet card and later photographic processes made them obsolete, so the question remains, who still collects carte de visite photos?

CDVs are collected by historians of early photography or of history in general. Photographers love to learn as much as they may with regards to their craft and learning it is history hands-on is very helpful. History buffs gather carte de visites because they love being immersed in the times. Civil War historians love to gather photos of soldiers and CDVs are in general a for less substitute than say tintypes or daguerreotypes. It is stimulating for an individual fascinated in history to recognise that they own something that was at the time a brand new technology that was cherished by friends and relatives alike. Historians study each detail of carte de visites including captions, backmarks, tax stamps, signatures, intricate designs, and of course the images themselves.

Even those not specially mesmerized in the history itself gather CDVs. Those fascinated with early Victorian dress styles and fashions receive pleasure from gathering them, as do those fascinated in early interior design or antiquate studio props. Women in 1800s wedding dresses are interesting to progressed brides and celebrity albumen prints are popular as well. Some persons just gather carte de visites for dissimilar hat styles, hair styles, or wild suits. Some love CDV photographs with animals, early bicycles, or interesting architecture.

There’s in truth no limit to who collects carte de visite photographs. I never imagined I would be mesmerized in them until I started out to learn more with regards to their history and the history of the humans in them. CDVs, like other forms of early photography, veritably are distinguishable and cherishable keepsakes.

• Original language: French
• Binding: Paperback