Figure 1.--This 1929 paper frame was done to look like a caninet card wsith deorative tuling. It was a elementary school portrait from Grantville, a school northeast of Topeka. We know this because of th incription on the back, but just looking at the nount, it would be hard to date.

We see a wide range of American paper/cardboard frames or folios. Some have intricate window designs and other embellishments. They were often done to convey a sense of quality. Some were very simple. These simple frames seen common for school photography. We note somme done to emulate what cabinet cards once looked like but with the photograph sklipped into rather than pasted on. The fold over portfolio style continued to be popular. Some had gakscine paper added fir some sranbge reason. At first the paper frames had to be propped up like cabinet cards but soon they were designd to be self supporting. We note a kind of foot that can be folded out to create a kind of self stand.

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