Photographic Portraits: Card-mounted Portraits (1910s)


Figure 1.--This family portrait shows mother and her two sons. On the back is written "1917 Joe Albert (Mom) Anna (Jeransky) Gyorcansky". the pportrait is 4 x 6 inches mounted on a card 6 x 8 inches. In the lower right corner is the name of the photographer 'J Davidow 20 Avenue C-New York'. Note the sepia-tone portrait.

We find some portraits still mounted on cards in the 1910s, but fewer of them. This was the last decade in which the stiff cabinent card that so dominated American portaiture in the late-19th centurybwas an important format. The cards were not as standard as the old 19th century cabinet cards. And they are mounted with a matte to resemble a paper frame rather than like the 19th century cabinent card format. Many actually had smaller images than the old cabinent cards, although the card itself was often actually larger. They usually were square or retanguklar in contrast to the popular oval formt in the 1900s. Many of these cards had plain grey backs. We no longer see the elaborate advertising on the back. Sepia prints were popular.







HBC






Navigate the Boys' Historical Clothing Web Site:
[Return to Main 1910s paper frame print page]
[Return to Main paper frame 20th century print page]
[Return to Main paper frame print page]
[Return to Main paper frame page]
[Return to Main album, case, frame, amd mount page]
[Return to Main photoography page]
[Introduction] [Activities] [Biographies] [Chronology] [Clothing styles] [Countries]
[Bibliographies] [Contributions] [FAQs] [Glossaries] [Images] [Registration] [Tools]
[Boys' Clothing Home]



Navigate the Boys' Historical Clothing Web Site:
[Sailor suits] [Sailor hats] [Buster Brown suits]
[Eton suits] [Rompers] [Tunics] [Smocks] [Pinafores]



Created: 12:18 AM 4/12/20088
Last updated: 12:19 AM 4/12/2008