Monday, February 04, 2008

The Trimmed CDV


Most carte de visite enthusiasts understand that trimmed corners and edges was the work of the original owners, who made the cuts so that the photographs would fit easily into the heavy cardboard pages of the period photo albums. Some might not have guessed that they did so at the written request of the album manufacturers, as the instructional paper inserts pictured here state. Both of these examples were found in original albums.

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