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| Introduction |
| 1 | Cabinet cards: Introduction |
| 2 | Cabinet Portraits. - A New Impulse for Portraiture (1866) |
| Dating cabinet cards |
| 3 | Dating cabinet cards |
| 4 | Cabinet cards with printed decorative mounts |
| Painted cabinet cards |
| 5 | Cabinet cards: Painted |
| 6 | Owen Angel: Follett Family Album of Children Costumed for a Fancy Dress Ball (ca 1880) |
| Themes |
| 7 | Cabinet cards: Portraits |
| 8 | Cabinet cards: Babies |
| 9 | The softening technique of Andrei Denier |
| 10 | Cabinet cards: Portraits with decorative surrounds |
| 11 | Cabinet cards: Celebrities |
| 12 | Cabinet cards: Politicians |
| 13 | Cabinet cards: Royalty |
| 14 | Cabinet cards: Occupations and roles |
| 15 | Cabinet cards: Military |
| 16 | Cabinet cards: Ethnic and traditional costumes |
| 17 | Cabinet cards: Ethnic: Native Americans |
| 18 | Cabinet cards: Post-mortem and memorial portraits |
| 19 | Cabinet cards: Advertising |
| 20 | Cabinet cards: Charity |
| 21 | Banner girls and ladies |
| 22 | Cabinet cards: Animals |
| 23 | Cabinet cards: Cityscapes |
| 24 | Cabinet cards: Landscapes |
| 25 | New York facades shown in cabinet cards |
| 26 | Cabinet cards: Multiple exposures |
| 27 | Cabinet cards: Photomontage |
| 28 | Cabinet cards: Spirit photography |
| 29 | Cabinet cards: Events |
| 30 | Cabinet cards: Objects |
| 31 | Cabinet cards: Scientific |
| 32 | Cabinet cards: Photographica |
| Regional |
| 33 | India and the cabinet card |
| 34 | Japan: Cabinet cards |
| Placement of studio props, backgrounds and foregrounds |
| 35 | Cabinet cards: Studio prop placement |
| 36 | Cabinet cards: Backgrounds and foregrounds |
| Stories |
| 37 | Robinson & Roi: The Famous Glass Dress - Royal Robe of Princess Eulalia |
| 38 | McDonald: Advertising cabinet cards for the Storm Sign Co., South Bend, Ind. |
| Backs |
| 39 | Introduction to the backmarks on cabinet cards |
| 40 | Cabinet cards: Backs: Awards |
| 41 | Cabinet cards: Backs: Royal patronage |
| 42 | Cabinet cards: Backs: Graphics that place photography with the arts |
| 43 | Cabinet cards: Backs: Photographic studios |
| 44 | Cabinet cards: Backs: Photographica |
| 45 | Cabinet cards: Backs: Electric light |
| 46 | Cabinet cards: Backs: Shared graphic motifs |
| 47 | Cabinet cards: Backs: Missing studio details |
| 48 | Cabinet cards: Backs: Changes in studio ownership |
| 49 | Cabinet cards: Backs: Women photographers |
| 50 | Cabinet cards: Backs: Landscapes, cityscapes and buildings |
| 51 | Cabinet cards: Backs: Diverse occupations |
| 52 | Cabinet cards: Backs: Whimsy |
| 53 | Overstamped cabinet card backs |
| Tissue guards |
| 54 | Tissue guards |
| Cabinet card mailers |
| 55 | Cabinet card mailers and envelopes |
| Albums |
| 56 | Cartes de visite and cabinet card photograph albums |
| Contemporary art and the cabinet card |
| 57 | Cabinet cards as contemporary art |
