Figure 1.-- Here we see one one of the new style cabinet cards, this one with colored framing elements. The portrait was taken in 1909 at Post's Studio in Denver. Notice the embossed studio informastion that is difficult to see.

We will try here to list the various styles of new cabinet cards we have noted at the turn of the 20th century. We see most of them at after the turn-of the century. But a few appear just before. We suspect that a major factor was the new Kodak Brownie (1900). Vertical orientations tend to dominate as was the case for the old style cards. The styles we note so far are: mounts with 1) plain mono coloring, 2) extensive framing lines including enbossed framing, and 3) crolled borders. The mono color cards were mostly cream colors. With the first style, we see mono colord cards in thev 19th century, but most were cards larger than the standard-sized cards. After the turn of the century we see a multiplicity of sizes. We still see the the standard sized amd shaped cards. Cream was an especually common collor anf eith an olve gren color. With the second style using all kinds of framing we see mostly cream colors with ollive-greenish with varying colored framing lines. We notice both thin and thick framing lines. Were we have a 1909 card with a basically mono-colored mount with demnossed (impressed/raised) framing devices dated 1908 (figure 1). Other colors were ued, but these seem the most common. By the 1910s we begin seeig brown cards. On the previous page we have a 1908 card using embossed framing. This was a popular style. With the third style we see scrolled borders. This was narrow scrolling along the edge of the card. Many of these cards were with theexception if the crolling, more like thev old-style cabinet cards with the studio name and location at the bottom (with vertically oriented cards). There were some similarities in the new style cabinet cards. The studio is no longer indicated in bold lettering. In fact on many cards it is not indicated at all. Framing was increasingly importabnt. There may have been more styles and we will add them here as we expand this section.

Variety

We will try here to list the various styles of new cabinet cards we have noted at the turn of the 20th century. We see most of them at after the turn-of the century. But a few appear just before. We suspect that a major factor was the new Kodak Brownie (1900). Vertical orientations tend to dominate as was the case for the old style cards. The styles we note so far are: mounts with 1) plain mono coloring, 2) extensive framing lines including enbossed framing, and 3) scrolled borders. The mono color cards were mostly cream colors.

Mono Colors

With the first style, we see mono-colord cards in thev 19th century, but most were cards larger than the standard-sized cards. After the turn of the century we see a multiplicity of sizes. We still see the the standard sized amd shaped cards. Cream was an especually common collor anf eith an olve gren color.

Framing

With the second style using all kinds of framing we see mostly cream colors with ollive-greenish with varying colored framing lines. We notice both thin and thick framing lines. Were we have a 1909 card with a basically mono-colored mount with demnossed (impressed/raised) framing devices dated 1908 (figure 1). Other colors were ued, but these seem the most common. By the 1910s we begin seeig brown cards. On the previous page we have a 1908 card using embossed framing. This was a popular style.

Scrolled borders

With the third style we see scrolled borders. Rhe scrollingb was done withb circular designs. This was narrow scrolling along the edge of the card. Many of these cards were with the exception if the scrolling, more like thev old-style cabinet cards with the studio name and location at the bottom (with vertically oriented cards). This was mostly done with light-colored cards. We see these cards beginning in the 1ate-1890s, just before the turn-of-the century. This was probably because they were more similar to the old style cards. The color and narrowness of the scrolling make less nitable than other features of the new-style mounts as possible.

Similarities

There were some similarities in the new style cabinet cards. The studio is no longer indicated in bold lettering. In fact on many cards it is not indicated at all. Framing was increasingly importabnt. There may have been more styles and we will add them here as we expand this section.

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