Figure 1.--This cabinet card has features of both the classic and new style mounts. It is the standard classic style (4.25" x 6"). And it has studio information across the botton in the classic style. Yet the body of the card is more like the new style with large margins, textured framing, and new colors. It is dated on the back--December 25. 1897. Most of the new style mounts appear after the turn-of-the 20th century, but we see a few in the late-1890s and mixed styles like the one here.

Most cabinet card mounts were either the old classic style or one of the new styles. We see a few mounts that were a kind of mix, using elements of the old and new mounts. The ones we have noted are the larger sized new style mounts, not the small ones. Actually w were a ittle surprised when we first saw examples. Prhaps we just did not notice them earlier before we began to study the mounts in detail. We have not found very many, even without the dates. The only dated ones we have found are from the second half of the decade. Of course this is basedon a very small number. But given the very small number overall, we believe this is a rough indicator of relative prevalence.

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