Posted 5 months ago
kindy
(56 items)
Here are just a few of my CDV's. I have a photo album full of them. I'm mostly drawn to the photos of women and children. :)
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The Killer Mobile Device for Victorian Women
Adrift in a sea of digital apps for every imaginable function, we often feel our needs are met better today than in any previous era. But consider the chatelaine, a device popularized in the 18th century that attached to the waist of a wo…
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If These Shirts Could Talk: The Tantalizing Tales Behind Used Clothes
The mysterious packages kept arriving, some from eBay, others from the Home …
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Gloriously Grotesque 19th-Century Pipes
The meerschaum pipes carved in Eastern Europe at the end of the 19th century are among the most bizarre and improbable concoctions in decorative art. Some feature …
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In the Hot Seat: Is Your Antique Windsor a Fake?
While researching her book, "Killer Stuff and Tons of Money," Maureen Stanton came across all sorts of characters. For years, she shadowed her antiques-dealer friend …
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Bizarro Beauty Products, from 1889 to Now
We tend to think of the union of vanity and technology as a particularly modern affliction. It's only recently that science brought the world botox and collagen injections, skin peels, liposucti…
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Love at First Kite: How Pizza and Pente Led to One Oklahoman's High-Flying Obsession
Vintage kites from all over the world hang from the ceiling and walls of Richard Dermer’s popula…
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Pin-Up Queens: Three Female Artists Who Shaped the American Dream Girl
It’s easy to think of pin-up art as a charming relic of the old boys’ club—images that might line the walls of a …
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Say Ahhh: An Oral Surgeon's Quest to Reimagine the Garage-Band Guitar
It’s not unusual for men of a certain age to have a soft spot in their hearts for the look of vintage guitars and the sound…
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Tokens for Sweethearts, in Times of War
A keepsake, an item that recognizes a loved one, strikes a deep, sentimental chord in each of us—particularly that of a sweetheart. The popularity of keepsakes grew in the United States during the period from 1917 to 1919 as our country ent…
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American Picker Dream, Part I: Mike Wolfe On His Love Affair With Bikes
I was walking to school one day and saw all these bikes in the garbage. I was just amazed because I didn't have one and I found it incredible that anyone was throwing them out. So I gathered…
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Cartes-De-VisitesCartes-De-Visites (CDVs), were part of a major shift in the 1860’s from gla…
Victorian EraThe Victorian Era, named after the prosperous and peaceful reign of England…
Good to have another antique photograph collector on the site!
Thanks for your sharing,
scott
Thanks scott! I hope oneday my collection will be as large and awesome as yours :D
Very nice collection kindy. I have a box full of the cabinet cards and many of the photos are taken on very fancy wicker chairs or corner chairs. Were these chairs used exclusively in photography studios, or found in homes also? I would like to own one but never see them at sales.
MattyG ... in regards to your question, I have early photographic catalogues with extensive listings of studio props that include furniture (chairs, etc.), backdrops, tables, posing stands and so forth. In a sense, there was a market of making and selling props to studios, then again, photographers could use their personal furniture as props.
Thanks mustangtony, bratjdd, AR8Jason, vetraio50, AmberRose, MattyG & rniederman!! :)