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Cartes-De-Visites (CDVs), were part of a major shift in the 1860’s from glass and metal photographic media to treated paper mounted on cardstock. Cheaper than daguerreotypes and tintypes, CDVs (which originated in France) made photography accessible to more people and were ideal for giving out at social visits as gifts or calling cards. These 2.5 by 4 inch prints also became the standard medium for photos of soldiers.
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Cdv Signed ~ W.w. Burns As Brigadier General
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Outdoor Cdv Of The "slave Prison" In Alexandria Virginia
117 Year Old African American Woman From Londonderry New Hampshire Cdv Photo 
Johney Reb - Confedrate Prisoner - Early Comical Civil War - Cdv
Cdv Of Gen. George Armstrong Custer By Brady
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Hairy Man With His Son - Homme Chien - Freak Show, Circus, Dog C 1873.
Ided Civil War Col. James Shanklin 42nd Indiana Inf. Cdv Photo + 2 Family 
C. 1883-1895 Shoshone Indians Cdv By Charles Royce Savage
3 Cdv Robert Browning Signed Elliott & Fry London Charles Francis Adams
Salt Print / Calotype - Maxime Du Camp - 1849/51 - Philae - Egypt
Cdv Dutch East Indies Gentleman By Salzwedel Soerabaya Indonesia China Hong Kong
1860's Cdv Featuring Photographer Holding A Dag Or Ambro With His Petzval Lens
Cdv Of Confederate From South Carolina By J.r. Schorb & Son, Yorkville, Sc
6 Cdv's Of White Slave Children Freed By General Banks, 1863
Fine Civil War Photo Album W/ 4 Solders Union Confederate 40 Total Cdv Tintype
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Armed Massachusetts Civil War Captain With Glasses Cdv Photo
Rare Cdv Size Thermoplastic Photograph Case
Civil War Officer 127th Ny 103rd Usct Colored Troops Signed Cdv Savannah Ga
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Cdv Two Australian Aborigines By Johann Friedrich Carl [fred] Kruger [1831-1888]
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Self Portrait Frank Edsall Riding Daguerreotype Camera
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Civil War Cdv, Captain- 150th Indiana Infantry
1868 Presidential Campaign Cdv - Seymour & Blair
Outdoor Shot - Signed - Civil War Image - Nice Cdv
Cdv Civil War Soldier Armed Member Of Fillmore's Union Continentals
Id'ed Civil War Soldier Ed. Wood 1862 Cdv Photo With Sword Kepi Uniform
Civil War Col. James Shanklin Father Brother Son Evansville Indiana 3 Cdv Photos
Cdv Of Private Austin M. Drock, 1st New York Dragoons
*** Civil War Navy Soldier Cdv ***
Large Lot 78 Tintype Cabinet Card Cdv And 2 Albums Post Mortem, Men Women Babies
Glory Of Immortal Life Bible Prophesy+rare Post-mortem Cdv Photos 1871 Antique
Cdv Advertising E Murphey's Photograph Parlors New York
Civil War Era Trick Photography-self Portrait Moung Kyan-hamilton Ny
Springfield Illinois Civil War Soldier Cdv Photograph
Springfield Illinois Civil War Officer Cdv Photograph
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Nice - Full Image Officer With Sword - Holster - Buckle Etc. 
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Halloween Witch Lady In Fancy Dress Exc! 1880s Cab Card Photograph 
1870s Mark Twain Authentic Cdv Original Cabinet Photo No Reserve!!!!!!
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