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LL/116900
André Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri
Brevet d'invention déposé le 27.11.1854 pour des perfectionnements en photographie, notamment appliqués aux cartes de visites, portraits, monuments, etc.
1854, 27 November
Brevete
 
French Patent and Trademark Office (INPI)
1BB21502
 
LL/116900

1 of 110
LL/64868
Maison Alphonse Giroux
Front cover for Catalogue General des Photographies Carte de Visite
1865 (ca)
Front cover
 
Archive Farms
 
LL/64868 [Further details available]

2 of 110
LL/44770
Sarony
Sarony Studio Sample Board
1866-1871
Albumen print
13 7/8 x 17 ins
 
Cornell University Library
 
LL/44770 [Further details available]

3 of 110
LL/80777
Sarony
Page of studio sample book
1885 (ca)
Albumen prints
14 x 16 1/2 ins (35.56 x 41.91 cm) (overall)
 
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Gift of Hallmark Cards, Inc., Object number: 2005.27.3460.A,B
 
LL/80777

4 of 110
LL/80290
E. & H.T. Anthony & Co.
12 Views of New York City
n.d.
Carte de visite
 
The Jeffrey Kraus Collection
 
LL/80290

5 of 110
LL/112162
Francis Bedford
Bangor and Beaumaris
1865 (ca)
Albumen print
 
Archive Farms
The Patrick Montgomery Collection, Object No. 2018.658
 
LL/112162

6 of 110
LL/125667
Carol Szathmari
[View from the Metropolis Hill towards the Church of St. Catherine, the Church of S. Spiridon Nou and the Radu Voda Monastery] [Bucharest, Romania]
1863 (or earlier)
Carte de visite
 
National Library of Romania - Biblioteca Na?ionala a României
 
LL/125667

7 of 110
LL/108042
Zacharie-Jean-Baptiste Torbéchet and Prosper Denis Edouard Allain
Paris - Mosaique. No. 1
n.d.
Carte de visite
 
Musei Civici Imola
Fondo Tozzoni
 
LL/108042 [Further details available]

8 of 110
LL/108041
Zacharie-Jean-Baptiste Torbéchet and Prosper Denis Edouard Allain
Cathedrales de France. No. 1
n.d.
Carte de visite
 
Musei Civici Imola
Fondo Tozzoni
 
LL/108041 [Further details available]

9 of 110
LL/87061
John Carbutt
Twelve Views of the Great West. No. 1
n.d.
Carte de visite
 
Private collection of Dan Barber
 
LL/87061

10 of 110
LL/64814
Unidentified photographer(s)
North Africans
1870 (ca)
Albumen print
7 5/8 x 11 1/4 ins
 
Archive Farms
 
LL/64814

11 of 110
LL/65604
A price catalogue showing the wide variety of card photograph styles available (Vienna, Austria)
1910 (ca)
Catalogue / Pricelist
 
Private collection of Bálint Flesch?
 
LL/65604

12 of 110
LL/113544
Athanase Calphas (Paris)
A portrait of a child with a decorative printed surround [Possibly given away as an advert for the photographer]
n.d.
Carte de visite
 
Private collection of Brice François Perin
 
LL/113544

13 of 110
LL/120410
Mansfield
The Albino, or White Negro Girl
1864 (or later)
Carte de visite
 
Jeffrey Kraus Antique Photographics
 
LL/120410 [Further details available]

14 of 110
LL/13381
André Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri
Disdéri self-portrait
1858-1862
Carte de visite
 
Paul Frecker
 
LL/13381 [Further details available]

15 of 110
LL/12019
W. & D. Downey
Princess Alexandra with her daughter, Princess Louise
1867, September
Carte de visite
 
Paul Frecker
 
LL/12019 [Further details available]

16 of 110
LL/93846
W. & D. Downey
H.R.H. the Princess of Wales
1859-1870 (ca)
Carte de visite
 
Boston Public Library
Accession #: 13_05_000585
 
LL/93846

17 of 110
LL/11255
Whitlock
English Prime Minister William Ewart Gladstone (1809-1898)
n.d.
Carte de visite
 
Stereographica - Antique Photographica
Courtesy of Bryan and Page Ginns (#13 / 45)
 
LL/11255

18 of 110
LL/84379
Window & Bridge
William Ewart Gladstone
1862-1866
Carte de visite
 
National Portrait Gallery - NPG
Given by Algernon Graves, 1916, Photographs Collection, NPG Ax16275
 
LL/84379

19 of 110
LL/38778
Unidentified photographer
Col. David B. Birney [Union Army in the American Civil War]
1861-1865
Carte de visite
 
Private collection
 
LL/38778 [Further details available]

20 of 110
LL/88798
C.R. Savage
Yellow Bull, First Indian Soldier to enlist in American Army
n.d.
Carte de visite
 
Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Département des Estampes et de la Photographie
Département Société de Géographie, SG WF-275, Identifier: ark:/12148/btv1b53084700q, F. 19
 
LL/88798 [Further details available]

21 of 110
LL/74404
Unidentified photographer (Canada)
Royal Arch Mason
n.d.
Carte de visite
 
Private collection of William Jones
 
LL/74404

22 of 110
LL/79028
Jose Mora
Francis Bangs (1837-?), actor
n.d.
Carte de visite
 
Private collection of Jerilyn Marshall
 
LL/79028

23 of 110
LL/78698
Unidentified photographer (German)
Germania on Guard on the Rhine [Die Wacht am Rhein]
1870-1880 (ca)
Carte de visite
 
Rijksmuseum
RP-F-2009-48
 
LL/78698

24 of 110
LL/78381
Unidentified photographer
One man playing with a camera while the two others pray
n.d.
Cabinet card
 
Private collection of Jack and Beverly Wilgus
 
LL/78381 [Further details available]

25 of 110
LL/79691
J. Wood (American, active 1870s–80s)
Musical Mokes
1860s
Carte de visite
 
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Gilman Collection, Museum Purchase, 2005, Accession Number: 2005.100.1145
 
LL/79691

26 of 110
LL/80954
Miller & Rowell
Madame Young
1860-1865 (ca)
Carte de visite
 
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Gift of Hallmark Cards, Inc., Object number: 2005.27.267
 
LL/80954

27 of 110
LL/80955
R.J. Hillier (act. 1860s)
Spirit Photograph
1865 (ca)
Carte de visite
 
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Gift of Hallmark Cards, Inc., Object number: 2005.27.218
 
LL/80955

28 of 110
LL/80961
Unidentified photographer
Spirit Photograph
1870 (ca)
Carte de visite
 
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Gift of Hallmark Cards, Inc., Object number: 2005.27.217
 
LL/80961

29 of 110
LL/96217
Gihon & Rixon (Philadelphia)
Studio portrait of a seated man wearing the head of a gorilla
n.d.
Carte de visite
 
The Jeffrey Kraus Collection
 
LL/96217

30 of 110
LL/116916
Joseph Dupont (Antwerp)
[Plating around in the studio]
1865 (ca)
Carte de visite
 
Bazar Nadar / Wouter Lambrechts
 
LL/116916

31 of 110
LL/121522
Unidentified photographer
[Laundry Day]
n.d.
Carte de visite
 
Private collection of Susan Higginbotham
 
LL/121522

32 of 110
LL/80614
Unidentified photographer (possibly George H. Gilbert of Placerville, Calif.)
Young Girl, Hidden Mother
n.d.
Carte de visite
 
Private collection of Ron Coddington
 
LL/80614 [Further details available]

33 of 110
LL/113257
Unidentified photographer
A Fairy Princess
n.d.
Carte de visite, hand-painted
 
Private collection of Ron Coddington
 
LL/113257 [Further details available]

34 of 110
LL/112792
T. Searle (Liskeard, GB)
Laundry day
n.d.
Carte de visite
 
Private collection of Steve Bannos
 
LL/112792

35 of 110
LL/117614
Unidentified photographer
The torso of an unidentified woman
n.d.
Carte de visite
 
Private collection of Richard Hart
 
LL/117614

36 of 110
LL/125770
N. Brown & Son
Vignetted portrait of a concealed woman
n.d.
Carte de visite
 
Private collection of Laddy Kite
 
LL/125770

37 of 110
LL/118163
Webster (Binghampton)
Back view of a women with ringlets
n.d.
Carte de visite
 
Private collection of Richard Hart
 
LL/118163

38 of 110
LL/104194
L.G. Francis
Tightrope Walker, Stamford, NY
n.d.
Carte de visite
 
Richard T. Rosenthal
 
LL/104194 [Further details available]

39 of 110
LL/104196
L.G. Francis
Rooftop Weather Vane
n.d.
Carte de visite
 
Rosenthal-Shilling Collection
 
LL/104196

40 of 110
LL/54769
Ignacy Krieger (1817-1889, Kraków)
Peasant couple
1870s
Carte de visite, hand-painted
 
Private collection of Fr. Gregor
 
LL/54769

41 of 110
LL/96194
Unidentified photographer
Giant puppets
n.d.
Carte de visite
 
Private collection of Laddy Kite
 
LL/96194

42 of 110
LL/115927
Unidentified photographer
Two men leaning into wall under sign that reads “Defense d’uriner”
n.d.
Carte de visite
 
California Museum of Photography
Gift of Charles Desmarais, Accession Number: 1983.0044.0030
 
LL/115927

43 of 110
LL/118690
Domenico Campagnoli (Imola)
Ricordo di Amicizia - Federico Fantini - Imolese
n.d.
Carte de visite
 
Private collection of Alberto Azzi
 
LL/118690

44 of 110
LL/32942
Stereoscopic Co.
The Seven Heads of the Greek Brigands
1870 (or later)
Carte de visite
 
Stereographica - Antique Photographica
Courtesy of Bryan and Page Ginns (#21 / 144)
 
LL/32942 [Further details available]

45 of 110
LL/80052
Unidentified photographer
The Deserter's Fate
1861-1865
Carte de visite
 
Internet - Original source ill-defined
Current location requested (6 February 2018)
 
LL/80052

46 of 110
LL/74195
Unidentified photographer
Karen Pastors
n.d.
Carte de visite
 

 
LL/74195

47 of 110
LL/84763
Murphy Brothers (Alton, Illinois)
Moung Thanbyah
1860s (ca)
Carte de visite
 
Private collection of Carl Mautz
 
LL/84763

48 of 110
LL/82373
R. Newell
R. Newell, Landscape Photographer
n.d.
Carte de visite
 
Ebay
Seller: dontskip, Item: 123107246656 (May 2018)
 
LL/82373

49 of 110
LL/88883
I.W. Taber
US Arctic Relief Ship "Rodgers" [and her officers], in search of the "Jeannette"
1881
Carte de visite
 
Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Département des Estampes et de la Photographie
Département Société de Géographie, SG PORTRAIT-2348, Identifier: ark:/12148/btv1b105015527
 
LL/88883

50 of 110
LL/13480
André Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri
Disdéri
1860
Carte de visite
 
Paul Frecker
 
LL/13480 [Further details available]

51 of 110
LL/77417
Unidentified artist
Drawing of a photographer identified on the back as Scovill
n.d.
Carte de visite
 
Private collection of Gregory Popovitch
 
LL/77417

52 of 110
LL/86784
Pierre Petit
A caricature of Pierre Petit drawn by Carjat
n.d.
Carte de visite
 
Bazar Nadar / Wouter Lambrechts
 
LL/86784

53 of 110
LL/69423
Unidentified photographer / Unidentified artist
Silhouette of a woman
n.d.
Carte de visite
 
Private collection of Jack and Beverly Wilgus
 
LL/69423 [Further details available]

54 of 110
LL/112450
J. Kirk (Newark, N.J.)
A silhouette of a standing man
n.d.
Carte de visite
 
The Jeffrey Kraus Collection
 
LL/112450

55 of 110
LL/76494
Caroline Mathilda Ranch (1860-1938)
Baby in a basket
1904 (stamp)
Carte de visite
 
Private collection of Karen Hendrix
 
LL/76494 [Further details available]

56 of 110
LL/47899
Unidentified photographer
Head on a plate
n.d.
Carte de visite
 
Private collection of Laddy Kite
 
LL/47899

57 of 110
LL/77174
C. Janssens & E. Radermacher
Studio portrait of a man facing to the left and right
n.d.
Carte de visite, two exposures
 
Private collection of Laddy Kite
 
LL/77174

58 of 110
LL/48904
Mathew B. Brady
Elk-Horn Chair, Presented to President Lincoln, Nov. 26, 1864, by Seth Kinman, the California Hunter and Trapper
1864
Carte de visite
 
Creative Commons - Wikipedia
Original uploader was Smallbones at en.wikipedia
 
LL/48904

59 of 110
LL/90566
Mathew B. Brady
The Grizzly-Bear Chair. Presented, Sept. 8, 1865, to Andrew Johnson, President U.S., by Seth Kinman, the California Hunter and Trapper.
1865, 8 September (Presented)
Carte de visite
 
Internet - Original source ill-defined
 
LL/90566

60 of 110
LL/80983
George O. Bedford (American, active 1860s)
Mechanical Man
1868
Carte de visite
 
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Gift of Hallmark Cards, Inc., Object number: 2005.27.264
 
LL/80983 [Further details available]

61 of 110
LL/119124
Unidentified photographer
A framed group of twenty-five portraits
n.d.
Carte de visite
 
Private collection of Erin Waters
 
LL/119124

62 of 110
LL/102861
Tilton (Boston)
A lily in a vase
1865 (ca)
Carte de visite
 
Private collection of Laure Deratte
 
LL/102861

63 of 110
LL/80613
Unidentified photographer
A Canine Friend Asleep in the Photographer’s Chair
n.d.
Carte de visite
 
Private collection of Ron Coddington
 
LL/80613 [Further details available]

64 of 110
LL/80953
S.D. Phillips (American)
"Over the Fence"
1863-1865 (ca)
Carte de visite
 
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Gift of Hallmark Cards, Inc., Object number: 2005.27.3844
 
LL/80953

65 of 110
LL/35877
J.C. Moulton
A bird delivers the card of J.C. Moulton, Photographic Artist, 368 Main Street, Fitchburg, Mass.
1860s (ca)
Carte de visite
 
Private collection of Laddy Kite
 
LL/35877 [Further details available]

66 of 110
LL/104642
A. Kientzle & Co (Philadelphia)
Self-portrait business advertising carte de vicite for "A. Kientzle & Co., 828 Arch Street, Philada."
n.d.
Carte de visite
 
The Jeffrey Kraus Collection
 
LL/104642

67 of 110
LL/12129
Pierre Petit
A composite showing many of Petit‘s clerical clients
1860s
Carte de visite
 
Paul Frecker
 
LL/12129

68 of 110
LL/99268
André Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri
Mosaique of Joseph Bonaparte
1865 (ca)
Carte de visite
 
Bazar Nadar / Wouter Lambrechts
 
LL/99268

69 of 110
LL/126157
William Carrick
Six portraits of a man
1860s
Carte de visite
 
Private collection of Fostin Cotchen
 
LL/126157

70 of 110
LL/86331
Ben H. Briscoe
D.M. Ferry and Seeds, Detroit Mich. [Man with Straw Hat & Donkey Cart foreground]
1880s
Carte de visite
 
Private collection of Carl Mautz
 
LL/86331

71 of 110
LL/57361
Unidentified photographer
Photomontage of a man with a camera
n.d.
Carte de visite, detail
 
Interencheres - Lyon
14 January 2014, Tresors de la Photographie, Lot: 646
 
LL/57361

72 of 110
LL/103635
George K. Warren
George Kendall Warren toasting
1860s-1870s
Carte de visite
 
National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
ID Number: 1995.0231.002, Accession number: 1995.0231, Catalog number: 1995.0231.002
 
LL/103635 [Further details available]

73 of 110
LL/86260
Unidentified photographer
Caricature
n.d.
Carte de visite
 
Private collection of Graham Pilecki
 
LL/86260 [Further details available]

74 of 110
LL/10900
Dingman & Brother
Top hat / Bottom hat
n.d.
Carte de visite
 
Private collection of Steven Evans
 
LL/10900 [Further details available]

75 of 110
LL/78705
Unidentified photographer (German)
Young Woman Daydreaming about Having a Child
1870-1890 (ca)
Carte de visite
 
Rijksmuseum
RP-F-2002-110
 
LL/78705

76 of 110
LL/68536
Unidentified photographer
St. Basil's, Moscow
1860s (ca)
Carte de visite
 
Private collection of Erin Waters
 
LL/68536

77 of 110
LL/68342
Archibald Burns
Gravestone in Greyfrairs Churchyard, Edinburgh
n.d.
Carte de visite
 
National Museums Scotland
History of Science, Howarth-Loomes Collection, Museum Reference: IL.2003.44.4.2189
 
LL/68342

78 of 110
LL/69002
Giorgio Sommer
Eruption of mount Versuvius
1872, 26 April
Carte de visite
 
Carl Mautz Vintage Photographs
 
LL/69002

79 of 110
LL/101511
Unidentified photographer
A woman found concealed in a trunk
n.d.
Carte de visite
 
Bazar Nadar / Wouter Lambrechts
 
LL/101511

80 of 110
LL/83454
Georg Heiter (Romania)
A studio view of a naked infant posed in front of a large, cracked egg
n.d.
Carte de visite
 
Cowan's Auctions, Inc
American History: Premier Auction, 26 June 2018, Lot: 283
 
LL/83454

81 of 110
LL/87630
Unidentified photographer
Portrait of a man with a fish
n.d.
Carte de visite
 
The Jeffrey Kraus Collection
 
LL/87630

82 of 110
LL/82926
Andrew & Carson
Four Hillsdale, Michigan ladies shooting marbles
n.d.
Carte de visite
 
Private collection of Matt Crawford
 
LL/82926

83 of 110
LL/80964
S. J. Thompson (American)
Genre Scene, NY Sanitary Fair, Albany
1864-1865 (ca)
Carte de visite
 
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Gift of Hallmark Cards, Inc., Object number: 2005.27.3850
 
LL/80964

84 of 110
LL/81962
Charles DeForest Fredricks
Malay doctor & patient
n.d.
Carte de visite
 
The Jeffrey Kraus Collection
 
LL/81962

85 of 110
LL/98165
Emil Wangemann (Passau)
French prisoners of war from the Franco-Prussian War taken to Germany
1870-1871
Carte de visite
 
Private collection of Dr. Jens Mattow
 
LL/98165

86 of 110
LL/100092
Billings
A Broom Brigade
n.d.
Carte de visite
 
Private collection of Laddy Kite
 
LL/100092 [Further details available]

87 of 110
LL/79056
Unidentified photographer
Columbia Rode Safely Through The Storm
1865
Carte de visite
 
Private collection of Graham Pilecki
 
LL/79056

88 of 110
LL/89661
Woodbury & Page
Indian fruit
1857 (ca)
Carte de visite
 
National Gallery of Australia (NGA)
Purchased 2013, Accession no: NGA 2013.3882
 
LL/89661

89 of 110
LL/47461
S. Hyams (Southsea Reform School of Photography, Southsea)
Evangelical Wagon
n.d.
Carte de visite
 
Private collection of Laddy Kite
 
LL/47461

90 of 110
LL/97571
Unidentified photographer
A photographer's display, circus posters, and a man wearing a top hat standing beside a gate patent model
1891, 7 July (patent date on the gate)
Carte de visite
 
Private collection of Erin Waters
 
LL/97571

91 of 110
LL/124231
J.C. Sunderlin
A backyard corn grinder
n.d.
Carte de visite
 
Private collection of Bill Jones
 
LL/124231

92 of 110
LL/113399
Thomas Houseworth
Compliments of Thomas Houseworth, The Leading Photographer. 12 Montgomery St., San Francisco.
n.d.
Carte de visite
 
Private collection of Graham Pilecki
 
LL/113399

93 of 110
LL/113400
Thomas Houseworth
Backmark for "Houseworth, The Photographer,…"
n.d.
Carte de visite, back
 
Private collection of Graham Pilecki
 
LL/113400

94 of 110
LL/115844
Davis & Co.
Handbill for "Carte de Visites"
1864, March (handwritten)
Handbill
9 x 5 1/4 in.
 
Historic New England
Collection Code: , P001, Collection Name: Ephemera collection, Reference Code: EP001.01.089.01.01.020
 
LL/115844 [Further details available]

95 of 110
LL/82572
Howard & Co.
A pike
1870 (ca)
Carte de visite
 
Private collection of Carl Mautz
 
LL/82572 [Further details available]

96 of 110
LL/79008
William Latour
Photomontage of a studio portrait session
n.d.
Carte de visite, photomontage
 
Private collection of Brad W. Townsend (Under review for removal, 11 January 2020)
 
LL/79008

97 of 110
LL/99238
William Latour
Photomontage of a studio portrait session
n.d.
Carte de visite, photomontage
 
Private collection of Christopher Steiner
 
LL/99238

98 of 110
LL/119125
Slee Brothers
Photocollage showing a studio interior
n.d.
Carte de visite
 
Private collection of Brian Wallis
 
LL/119125

99 of 110
LL/119126
Gus Dahms (Davenport, Iowa)
A promotional carte for "Gus. Dahms. Photographer - Brady Street. Cor. Alley Bet. 2d and 3d. - Davenport - Iowa."
n.d.
Carte de visite
 
Private collection of Brian Wallis
 
LL/119126

100 of 110
LL/97418
Slee Brothers
"On the Road" to Po'keepsie
1863, 17 June
Carte de visite
 
Richard T. Rosenthal
 
LL/97418

101 of 110
LL/83955
Unidentified photographer (French)
Portraits of all the known popes
1860 (ca)
Carte de visite
 
Private collection of Carl Mautz
 
LL/83955

102 of 110
LL/85318
André Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri
Studio portraits of Madame du Bouzay
1860 (ca)
Albumen print
20 x 23 cm
 
Bassenge Photography Auctions
5 December 2018, Photography, Auction: 112, Lot: 4041
 
LL/85318 [Further details available]

103 of 110
LL/118715
Camille Silvy
Julia Ann Maria Divett
1863, 8 July
Collodion glass negative
1 3/4 x 9 3/4 in.
 
Archive Farms
The Patrick Montgomery Collection, Object No. 2021.789b
 
LL/118715

104 of 110
LL/92612
Silsbee, Case & Co.
Label for "Silsbee, Case & Co., Photograph and Daguerreotype Artists, 299 1/2 Washington St., Boston"
1858-1860
Carte de visite, back, label
 
Private collection of Dan Kuczynski
 
LL/92612

105 of 110
LL/92227
J.W. Winder
Backmark for "Winder's Carte de Visite Photograph Gallery, No. 373 Central Avenue, opp. Court, Cincinnati, O."
1865 (ca)
Carte de visite, back
 
Private collection of Dan Barber
 
LL/92227

106 of 110
LL/95971
Henry Earle Insley
Backmark for "Insley's Gallery, Cartes de Visite, 47 Montgomery St., Jersey City"
n.d.
Carte de visite, back
 
Private collection of Thomas E. McCarty
 
LL/95971

107 of 110
LL/113594
Plumb & Loomis (Portage, Wis.)
Backmark for "From Plumb & Loomis' Art Gallery, Portage, Wis."
n.d.
Carte de visite, Back, detail with pencil marks removed
 
Private collection of Dale Niesen
 
LL/113594 [Further details available]

108 of 110
LL/117027
Eastern Counties Photographic Copying Company (Norwich [England])
Backmark for "Established 1857. G. Taney, Manager." - "Eastern Counties Photographic Copying Company, Opie Street, London Street, Norwich."
1857 (or later)
Carte de visite, back
 
Private collection of Bill Jones
 
LL/117027

109 of 110
LL/116378
Henry Watkins
Henry Watkins, a young photographer of Londob, …
1858, 6 August
Newspaper article
 
?Private collection of Kristin Marie Dennis
 
LL/116378 [Further details available]

110 of 110
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Contents - Themes & Fragments
Actors and performers - Cartes de visite: Actors
Actors and performers - Introduction to actors and performers
Actors and performers - Thomas Houseworth: Houseworth's Celebrities
Advertising - Advertising photography
Advertising - Cartes de visite: Advertising
Advertising - Cartes de visite: Advertising for photographers
African Americans - Emancipated slaves in the USA
African Americans - Introduction to photography by, and of, African Americans
Albumen prints - Albumen prints
Albumen prints - Albumen prints: Advertising
Albumen prints - Albumen prints: Ethnic and traditional costumes
Albumen prints - Albumen prints: Portraits
Albumen prints - Albumen prints: Still life
American Civil War (1861-1865) - Cartes de visite during the American Civil War (1861-1865)
American Civil War (1861-1865) - Soldiers of the American Civil War (1861-1865)
American Civil War (1861-1865) - The Photographic History of the Civil War
American Civil War (1861-1865) - The United States Sanitary Commission
American struggles for civil rights - Emancipated slaves in the USA
Animals - Cartes de visite: Nature
Arctic - Introduction to photography in the Arctic
Art - Cartes de visite: Art
Babies - Introduction to babies
Back - Portrait: Parts of the body: Back: Single person
Backgrounds and foregrounds - Backgrounds used in nineteenth century photographic studios
Backgrounds and foregrounds - Cartes de visite: Backgrounds and foregrounds
Backgrounds and foregrounds - Foregrounds
Backmarks - Introduction to the backmarks of cartes de visite
Botany - Introduction to flowers
California - Seth Kinman: California hunter
Card photographs - Card photograph types
Card photographs - Card photographs of actors, performers and entertainers
Card photographs - Cartes de visite: Objects
Cartes de visite - André Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri: The innovation of the carte de visite
Cartes de visite - André Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri: Uncut carte de visite sheets
Cartes de visite - Archibald Burns: Cartes de visite of Scotland
Cartes de visite - Cartes de visite: Advertising
Cartes de visite - Cartes de visite: Advertising for photographers
Cartes de visite - Cartes de visite: Art
Cartes de visite - Cartes de visite: Babies and children
Cartes de visite - Cartes de visite: Backgrounds and foregrounds
Cartes de visite - Cartes de visite: British royalty
Cartes de visite - Cartes de visite: Celebrities
Cartes de visite - Cartes de visite: Cityscapes
Cartes de visite - Cartes de visite: Ethnic and traditional costumes
Cartes de visite - Cartes de visite: Humour
Cartes de visite - Cartes de visite: Landscapes
Cartes de visite - Cartes de visite: Military
Cartes de visite - Cartes de visite: Multiple exposures
Cartes de visite - Cartes de visite: Native Americans
Cartes de visite - Cartes de visite: Nature
Cartes de visite - Cartes de visite: Objects
Cartes de visite - Cartes de visite: Occupations and roles
Cartes de visite - Cartes de visite: Photographica
Cartes de visite - Cartes de visite: Photomontage and photo collage
Cartes de visite - Cartes de visite: Politicians
Cartes de visite - Cartes de visite: Scientific
Cartes de visite - Introduction to cartes de visite
Cartes de visite - Introduction to cartes de visite portraits
Cartes de visite - Introduction to the backmarks of cartes de visite
Cartes de visite - Painted cartes de visite
Catastrophes - Giorgio Sommer: Eruption of Vesuvius (1872)
Catastrophes - Thoughts on natural catastrophes
Celebrities - Cartes de visite: Celebrities
Celebrities - Thomas Houseworth: Houseworth's Celebrities
Censorship - Taboos
Chairs and sofas - Props, accessories and novelties: Chairs
Charity - Emancipated slaves in the USA
Charity - Fraternal organisations
Charity - Introduction to charity and photography
Charity - The United States Sanitary Commission
Children - Emancipated slaves in the USA
Christian architecture - Christian architecture
Christianity - Christian architecture
Christianity - Introduction to Christianity
Christianity - Popes
Christianity - Priests, monks, bishops, pilgrims, missionaries, penitents, churchwardens and holy men
Cityscapes - Urban - Cartes de visite: Cityscapes
Colour - Introduction to hand-painted photographs
Commercial - Commercial photography
Commercial catalogues - Marketing: Commercial catalogues
Commercial catalogues - Thomas Houseworth: Houseworth's Celebrities
Commercial uses of collage and photomontage - Early examples of commercial collage
Composition - Foregrounds
Copying photographs and copyists - Copying photographs and copyists
Crime and punishment - Greece: The Dilessi Murders (1870)
Crime and punishment - Introduction to crime and punishment
Domesticated animals - Dogs
Drawing and optical devices - Silhouettes
Emotions - Emotions: Maternal
Ephemera - Marketing: Commercial catalogues
Ethnic and traditional costumes - Albumen prints: Ethnic and traditional costumes
Ethnic and traditional costumes - Cartes de visite: Ethnic and traditional costumes
Events - Greece: The Dilessi Murders (1870)
Experimental and manipulated photography - Photo caricatures
Eyes - Parts of the body: Eyes
Fakes, forgeries, tricks and deceptions - Cartes de visite: Multiple exposures
Family life - Motherhood
Family life - Washing, laundry and hanging clothes out to dry
Fish - Fish in the nineteenth century
Flowers - Introduction to flowers
France - André Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri: Photomontages - Mosaïques
France - Franco-Prussian War (1870-1871): Introduction
Franco-Prussian War (1870-1871) - Franco-Prussian War (1870-1871): Introduction
Fruits - Introduction to fruits
Genre studies - Genre studies: Introduction
Genre studies - Washing, laundry and hanging clothes out to dry
Geology - Giorgio Sommer: Eruption of Vesuvius (1872)
Geology - Volcanoes and volcanic eruptions
Germany - Franco-Prussian War (1870-1871): Introduction
Germany - Introduction to photography in Germany
Greece - Greece: The Dilessi Murders (1870)
Hair - Parts of the body: Hair
Hand-painted photographs - Introduction to hand-painted photographs
Hand-painted photographs - Painted cartes de visite
History of photography - Card photograph types
Humour - Cartes de visite: Humour
Humour - Introduction to humour
Humour - Photo caricatures
Indonesia - Introduction to photography in Indonesia
Interiors of photographic studios - Backgrounds used in nineteenth century photographic studios
Interiors of photographic studios - Photographs of the interiors of photographic shops and studios
Intimate relationships - Introduction to intimate relationships
Italy - Giorgio Sommer: Eruption of Vesuvius (1872)
Italy - Introduction to photography in Italy
Jules Verne: Around the World in Eighty Days - Native Americans
Landscape - Cartes de visite: Cityscapes
Landscape - Cartes de visite: Landscapes
Landscape photography and natural catastrophes - Thoughts on natural catastrophes
Landscapes of North America - John Carbutt: Landscapes of the American West
Landscapes of North America - Landscape photography in nineteenth century North America
Leisure - Leisure
Malaysia - Introduction to photography in Malaysia
Marketing - Cartes de visite: Advertising for photographers
Marketing - Introduction to marketing
Marketing - Marketing: Commercial catalogues
Marketing - Marketing: Photographer and studio labels
Marketing - Marketing: Photographing celebrities
Marketing - Marketing: Studio daybooks, sitters' books, sample books and sample boards
Massachusetts - Introduction to photography in Massachusetts
Medical - Introduction to medical photography
Military - Cartes de visite: Military
Military - Soldiers of the American Civil War (1861-1865)
Multiple exposures - Cartes de visite: Multiple exposures
Native Americans - C.R. Savage: Native Americans
Native Americans - Cartes de visite: Native Americans
Native Americans - Native Americans
Negatives - Introduction to negatives
New York - Introduction to New York City
Occupational - Cartes de visite: Occupations and roles
Occupational - Popes
Occupational - Priests, monks, bishops, pilgrims, missionaries, penitents, churchwardens and holy men
Occupations and roles - Cartes de visite: Occupations and roles
Painting on photographs - Painted cartes de visite
Paris - Introduction to photography in Paris
Patriotism - Flags
Pennsylvania - Introduction to photography in Pennsylvania
Peoples of the world - Albumen prints: Ethnic and traditional costumes
Peoples of the world - Cartes de visite: Ethnic and traditional costumes
Peoples of the world - People of the world
Pets - Dogs
Photograph frames and easels - Photograph frames
Photograph frames and easels - Photograph frames, easels, framing supplies and framers
Photographer, studio and distribution labels - Introduction to labels
Photographer, studio and distribution labels - Marketing: Photographer and studio labels
Photographers - Self-portraits of photographers
Photographic exhibitions - The United States Sanitary Commission
Photographic studios - Photographs of the interiors of photographic shops and studios
Photographing celebrities - Cartes de visite: Celebrities
Photographing celebrities - Marketing: Photographing celebrities
Photographing celebrities - Thomas Houseworth: Houseworth's Celebrities
Photomontage - André Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri: Photomontages - Mosaïques
Photomontage - Cartes de visite: Photomontage and photo collage
Photomontage - Understanding the terms
Poland - The carte de visite in Poland
Politicians - Cartes de visite: Politicians
Politicians - Introduction to politicians
Portrait - André Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri: Uncut carte de visite sheets
Portrait - Cartes de visite: Celebrities
Portrait - Introduction to cartes de visite portraits
Portrait - Photographs taken during the same sitting
Portrait - Thomas Houseworth: Houseworth's Celebrities
Process and product - Card photograph types
Propaganda - Introduction to propaganda
Props - Props, accessories and novelties: Chairs
Racial issues - Emancipated slaves in the USA
Religious architecture - Christian architecture
Romania - Introduction to photography in Romania
Romania - The carte de visite in Romania
Royalty - Cartes de visite: British royalty
Sample books and sample boards - Marketing: Studio daybooks, sitters' books, sample books and sample boards
Scotland - Archibald Burns: Cartes de visite of Scotland
Self-portraits - André Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri: Self portraits
Self-portraits - Self-portraits of photographers
Silhouette - Silhouettes
Slavery, abolition and civil rights - Emancipated slaves in the USA
Social life of photographs - Photograph frames
Social outsiders - Native Americans
Spirit photography and paranormal manifestations - Spirit photography
Sports and pastimes - Leisure
Still life - Albumen prints: Still life
Still life - Cartes de visite: Objects
Still life - Still life: Chairs
Storage and display - Photograph frames
Studio necessities - Backgrounds used in nineteenth century photographic studios
Techniques - Card photograph types
Text and calligraphy - Text and calligraphy: Examples
Travel - Marketing: Commercial catalogues
USA - Landscape photography in nineteenth century North America
Utah - C.R. Savage: Native Americans
Vatican City - Holy See - Popes
Volcanic eruptions - Giorgio Sommer: Eruption of Vesuvius (1872)
Volcanic eruptions - Volcanoes and volcanic eruptions
War - Prisoners of war

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