Archive for the '1900-09' Category

Photos With Square Mounts

Posted by admin on January 21st, 2008 filed in 1900-09, 1890s, 08 - Other Card-Mounted

Somehow, about the year 1890, photographers got the strange idea that images might look good mounted on square card-mounts. Card mounts came in various sizes, but they had always been rectangular. Esthetically it was a lousy idea, but for a while in the 1890s and early 1900s there was a fad for square card mounts.

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Snapshot Notes Part 1

Posted by admin on October 12th, 2007 filed in 1910-19, 1900-09, 1890s, 10 - Paper Prints, 08 - Other Card-Mounted

 1888-1919
The snapshot was born with the hand-held camera, the most popular being the Kodak, introduced in 1888. In this article we are going to explore the first 32 years of snapshots, and look at how their appearance gives clues to their age. In subsequent articles we will look at some of the later developments in […]

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Real Photo Postcard Portraits

Posted by admin on August 10th, 2007 filed in 1930s, 1940s, 1920s, 1910-19, 1900-09, 10 - Paper Prints

Real photo postcards were used for portraits as well as scenery. In this report, we will focus just on the portraits, as that seems to have been the most popular use for real photo postcards when they were first introduced at the beginning of the 20th century.
We will further limit this study to non-celebrity […]

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