Carte de Visite (CDV): Dating Mount Borders--Single Thin Lines without Printing


Figure 1.-- We notice an American CDV of Russel Parsons from the studio of H.S. Mather in Cazenovia, New York. It is not dated, but a very similar CDV from the same studio is dated so we think the portrait was taken about 1869. There is light blue printing on the back and the name of the photographer. Put your cursor on the imsage to see the back.

We have found American thin line borders without front printing from the 1860s. We note quite a large number of these CDVs in America, but here we are trying only to load those CDVs for which we have definitive dates. We notice an American CDV of Russel Parsons from the studio of H.S. Mather in Cazenovia, New York. It has a single light grey rule. It is not dated, but a very similar CDV from the same studio is dated so we think the portrait was taken about 1869. There is light blue printing on the back and the name of the photographer.







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